U.S. Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentTo assist communities in identifying racially/ethnically-concentrated areas of poverty (R/ECAPs), HUD has developed a census tract-based definition of R/ECAPs. The definition involves a racial/ethnic concentration threshold and a poverty test. The racial/ethnic concentration threshold is straightforward: R/ECAPs must have a non-white population of 50 percent or more. Regarding the poverty threshold, Wilson (1980) defines neighborhoods of extreme poverty as census tracts with 40 percent or more of individuals living at or below the poverty line.ArcGIS FeatureLayer56de4edea8264fe5a344da9811ef5d6e_15engHUD-eGIS Geospatial Data StorefrontPublicRacially or Ethnically Concentrated Areas of Poverty (R/ECAPs) [United States]Web servicesUnited StatesLast Modified: 2023-09-27