Figure 2. Annual exposure concentrations of total benzene at the census tract level in the United States.
Annual exposure concentrations of census tracts have been utilized to calculate county level mean exposure concentration values, which was used as a ‘relative exposure level’ metric to evaluate benzene pollution exposure inequities. Division 1 is New England; Division 2 is Mid-Atlantic; Division 3 is East North Central; Division 4 is West North Central; Division 5 is South Atlantic; Division 6 is East South Central; Division 7 is West South Central; Division 8 is Mountain; Division 9 is Pacific.