Why are demographics important for an EJ analysis?
There are three important reasons to do a demographic analysis: • To determine if minority and/or low-income populations are within the study area so you can then determine if they could be potentially affected by the project. • To support the projects’ public involvement plan — you need to know who you are communicating with in order to determine the best means of communication (e.g.: this may identify translation needs or specific methods that could be most effective). • To enable the analyst to make a determination by overlaying the demographics with the project effects.
