The Public-Use Gridded Environmental Impacts Frame

John Voorheis, Jonathan Colmer, Kendall Houghton, Eva Lyubich, Mary Munro, Cameron Scalera and Jennifer Withrow

Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, 2026, vol. 20, issue 2, 313 - 322

Abstract: This article introduces the Gridded Environmental Impacts Frame (Gridded EIF), a novel public-use data set derived from the US Census Bureau’s confidential Environmental Impacts Frame (EIF) microdata infrastructure. The EIF combines comprehensive administrative records and survey data on the US population with high-resolution geospatial information on environmental conditions. Although access to the EIF is restricted due to the confidential nature of the underlying data, the Gridded EIF offers a broader research community the opportunity to glean insights from the data and preserve confidentiality. We describe the data and privacy-protection methods and offer guidance on appropriate usage, presenting practical applications.

Date: 2026
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