CalEnviroScreen 2.0, Linguistic Isolation, Percentile, 2014

Percentile range in groupings of 10%. The highest CalEnviroScreen scores (most burdened) are represented in the 91 - 100% grouping.  See the CalEnvor mapper at:  http://oehha.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Viewer/index.html?appid=112d915348834263ab8ecd5c6da67f68

What is linguistic isolation?
 
Linguistic isolation is a term used by the U.S. Census Bureau for households in which no adults speak English well. More than 40 percent of Californians speak a language other than English at home. About half of those do not speak English well or at all.
 
Adults who are not able to speak English well often have trouble talking to the people who provide social services and medical care. Linguistically isolated households may also not hear or understand important information when there is an emergency like an accidental chemical release or spill.
 
More information can be found in the Linguistic Isolation chapter in the CalEnviroScreen 2.0 report.


About CalEnviroScreen:

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), on behalf of the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA), announces the availability of the Communities Environmental Health Screening Tool: CalEnviroScreen Version 2.0 (CalEnviroScreen 2.0). CalEnviroScreen is a screening methodology that can be used to help identify California communities that are disproportionately burdened by multiple sources of pollution.

The tool was updated in October 2014 to include additional data along the US-Mexico border. Information on the update is described in the SB 535 response to comments (http://www.calepa.ca.gov/EnvJustice/GHGInvest/Documents/SB535PubCom.pdf#page=10)

The 2.0 report and supporting documents are available at: http://oehha.ca.gov/ej/ces2.html