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8 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> Public Engagement Plan SHORT RANGE TRANSIT PLAN <br /> ■ Any Block Group with a minority population at least ten percentage points higher than the <br /> County average would also have a notable EJ presence. Minority populations include all races <br /> that are non-White and Hispanic populations that are also White. <br /> Orange County meets the federal threshold for having an EJ presence. Of the 121 Census Tract Block <br /> Groups that make up Orange County, 27 Block Groups meet the EJ threshold. The presence of <br /> minority populations in Orange County are shown in Figure 1 —Percent of Minority Populations in <br /> Orange County. <br /> Populations Living Below Poverty Level <br /> The following thresholds have been established for Poverty: <br /> ■ Any Block Group where the percentage of the population in any of the poverty categories— <br /> Below Poverty Level, Very Poor, or Near Poor—equals or exceeds 25 percent of the total <br /> population of that Block Group. <br /> ■ Any Block Group where the percentage of the population in any of the poverty categories— <br /> Below Poverty Level, Very Poor, or Near Poor— exceeds the County average by five <br /> percentage points or more. <br /> Orange County meets the federal threshold for having an EJ presence for populations living below <br /> poverty level. Of the 121 block groups that make up Orange County, 49 Block Groups were identified <br /> as exceeding the County average by five percentage points or more, indicating a notable EJ presence <br /> in those Block Groups. <br /> Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates 2-3 <br />