Metro areas with above-average risks of toxic flooding are clustered in the Northeast, Gulf Coast, and Rust Belt.

Percent of residents living in neighborhoods with at least one toxic facility at risk of future flooding, by metropolitan area, 2023

Nationwide, 25 percent of residents live in neighborhoods with at least one toxic facility at risk of flooding. Some of the 100 largest US metros do not have available data and are not included here.
Source: National Equity Atlas analysis of toxic flood risk sites from UC Berkeley and UCLA, and American Community Survey microdata from IPUMS USA. Get the dataCreated with Datawrapper