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20 <br /> PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PLAN <br /> Also speak English <br /> Speak Spanish Very Less than very Well Not Not at <br /> Well well well all <br /> 7166 3506 3660 1168 1357 1135 <br /> Speak Indonesian <br /> 4344 3638 706 526 113 67 <br /> Speak Asian <br /> 5865 3281 2584 1748 626 210 <br /> Speak Other <br /> 629 525 104 104 0 0 <br /> Orange County Environmental Justice analysis methodology follows the same process as the <br /> two Metropolitan Planning Organization's analysis. The "Communities of Concern" are defined <br /> as a particular geographic area (US Census Block) where the percentage of the population <br /> (minority, low-income, hispanic, zero-car, limited English proficiency, or elderly) is greater than <br /> the county threshold for that same population. County thresholds for each population type were <br /> developed and used as benchmarks for comparison. The thresholds were calculated by dividing <br /> the particular population type over total population. Table 9 shows the Orange County specific <br /> thresholds a Census Block must meet in order to be considered a Community of Concern. <br /> Black Minority Hispanic/Latino Below Poverty Elderly Zero Car LEP <br /> HH <br /> 12% 25% 8% 12% 13% 5% 2% <br /> Any Census block in Orange County who's similar percentages meets or exceeds the threshold <br /> is considered an Environmental Justice Community of Concern. This comparative analysis was <br /> performed for each population group listed above to determine the locations of concentrated or <br /> overlapping Communities of Concern. Block groups that met three or four thresholds are <br /> considered more important Communities of Concern then those that only one or two. <br /> Report Date 14 <br />