Population Surrounding 180,049 Active Underground Storage Tank Facilities
Underground Storage Tank facilities exist in thousands of communities across the United States ranging from remote to large urban settings. Many of them are located in economically distressed communities.
To help understand the communities near UST facilities, EPA collected data on the population living within three, one, and a quarter mile(s) of UST facilities.
Population Surrounding 180,049 Active Underground Storage Tanks (pdf)
Population data is from the 20176-20210 American Community Survey. Facilities from states are as of 2018-2019 and from Tribal lands and U.S. territories are as of 2020-2021.