Central Los Angeles
Rite Aid locations in New York and Los Angeles that have used facial recognition technology tended to be located in areas that are poorer and have fewer white residents.
RITE AID STORE LOCATION
LOCATION USING FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY
percent of households below poverty line by census block group
30
45
15
60%+
BEVERLY HILLS
SANTA MONICA
DOWNTOWN L.A.
INGLEWOOD
Percent non-white by census block group
20
40
60
80%
BEVERLY HILLS
SANTA MONICA
DOWNTOWN L.A.
INGLEWOOD
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey; Google; University of Minnesota, IPUMS NHGIS; Reuters reporting
Note: From October 2019 to July 2020, Reuters visited the 75 Rite Aid locations in Manhattan and the central Los Angeles metropolitan area one or more times to identify locations using the facial recognition technology.
Graphic by Sam Hart | REUTERS GRAPHICS
RITE AID STORE LOCATION
LOCATION USING FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY
percent of households below poverty line by census block group
Percent non-white by census block group
20
40
60
80%
30
45
15
60%+
BEVERLY HILLS
BEVERLY HILLS
SANTA MONICA
SANTA MONICA
DOWNTOWN L.A.
DOWNTOWN L.A.
INGLEWOOD
INGLEWOOD
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey; Google; University of Minnesota, IPUMS NHGIS; Reuters reporting
Note: From October 2019 to July 2020, Reuters visited the 75 Rite Aid locations in Manhattan and the central Los Angeles metropolitan area one or more times to identify locations using the facial recognition technology.
Graphic by Sam Hart | REUTERS GRAPHICS
RITE AID STORE LOCATION
LOCATION USING FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY
percent of households below poverty line by census block group
Percent non-white by census block group
30
45
15
60%+
20
60
40
80%
BEVERLY HILLS
BEVERLY HILLS
SANTA MONICA
SANTA MONICA
DOWNTOWN L.A.
DOWNTOWN L.A.
INGLEWOOD
INGLEWOOD
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey; Google; University of Minnesota, IPUMS NHGIS; Reuters reporting
Note: From October 2019 to July 2020, Reuters visited the 75 Rite Aid locations in Manhattan and the central Los Angeles metropolitan area one or more times to identify locations using the facial recognition technology.
Graphic by Sam Hart | REUTERS GRAPHICS
RITE AID STORE LOCATION
LOCATION USING FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY
percent of households below poverty line by census block group
30
45
15
60%+
BEVERLY HILLS
SANTA MONICA
DOWNTOWN L.A.
INGLEWOOD
Percent non-white by census block group
20
40
60
80%
BEVERLY HILLS
SANTA MONICA
DOWNTOWN L.A.
INGLEWOOD
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey; Google; University of Minnesota, IPUMS NHGIS; Reuters reporting
Note: From October 2019 to July 2020, Reuters visited the 75 Rite Aid locations in Manhattan and the central Los Angeles metropolitan area one or more times to identify locations using the facial recognition technology.
Graphic by Sam Hart | REUTERS GRAPHICS
Manhattan
Rite Aid locations in New York and Los Angeles that have used facial recognition technology tended to be located in areas that are poorer and have fewer white residents.
RITE AID STORE LOCATION
LOCATION USING FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY
percent of households below poverty line by census block group
30
45
15
60%+
One store that used the technology in the otherwise affluent neighborhood Chelsea sat near a public housing complex.
Percent non-white by census block group
20
40
60
80%
Multiple stores in upper Manhattan using the equipment were in poorer areas made up mostly of Latino and Black residents.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey; Google; University of Minnesota, IPUMS NHGIS; Reuters reporting
Note: From October 2019 to July 2020, Reuters visited the 75 Rite Aid locations in Manhattan and the central Los Angeles metropolitan area one or more times to identify locations using the facial recognition technology.
Graphic by Sam Hart | REUTERS GRAPHICS
RITE AID STORE LOCATION
LOCATION USING FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY
percent of households below poverty line by census block group
Percent non-white by census block group
20
40
60
80%
15
30
45
60%+
Multiple stores in upper Manhattan using the equipment were in poorer areas made up mostly of Latino and Black residents.
One store that used the technology in the otherwise affluent neighborhood Chelsea sat near a public housing complex.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey; Google; University of Minnesota, IPUMS NHGIS; Reuters reporting
Note: From October 2019 to July 2020, Reuters visited the 75 Rite Aid locations in Manhattan and the central Los Angeles metropolitan area one or more times to identify locations using the facial recognition technology.
Graphic by Sam Hart | REUTERS GRAPHICS
RITE AID STORE LOCATION
LOCATION USING FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY
percent of households below poverty line by census block group
Percent non-white by census block group
20
40
60
80%
15
30
45
60%+
Multiple stores in upper Manhattan using the equipment were in poorer areas made up mostly of Latino and Black residents.
One store that used the technology in the otherwise affluent neighborhood Chelsea sat near a public housing complex.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey; Google; University of Minnesota, IPUMS NHGIS; Reuters reporting
Note: From October 2019 to July 2020, Reuters visited the 75 Rite Aid locations in Manhattan and the central Los Angeles metropolitan area one or more times to identify locations using the facial recognition technology.
Graphic by Sam Hart | REUTERS GRAPHICS
RITE AID STORE LOCATION
LOCATION USING FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY
percent of households below poverty line by census block group
30
45
15
60%+
One store that used the technology in the otherwise affluent neighborhood Chelsea sat near a public housing complex.
Percent non-white by census block group
20
40
60
80%
Multiple stores in upper Manhattan using the equipment were in poorer areas made up mostly of Latino and Black residents.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey; Google; University of Minnesota, IPUMS NHGIS; Reuters reporting
Note: From October 2019 to July 2020, Reuters visited the 75 Rite Aid locations in Manhattan and the central Los Angeles metropolitan area one or more times to identify locations using the facial recognition technology.
Graphic by Sam Hart | REUTERS GRAPHICS
Demographics of areas surrounding Rite Aids
Of the 75 locations visited in Manhattan and the Los Angeles metropolitan area, stores using the technology were more likely to be in lower-income communities of color.
RITE AID STORE LOCATION
LOCATION USING FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY
HOUSEHOLDS BELOW POVERTY LINE
35%
30
25
20
15
10
5
20
40
60
80
100%
NON-WHITE POPULATION
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey; Google; University of Minnesota, IPUMS NHGIS; Reuters reporting
Note: Demographics shown reflect the census block groups surrounding each Rite Aid location.
Graphic by Sam Hart | REUTERS GRAPHICS
HOUSEHOLDS BELOW POVERTY LINE
RITE AID STORE LOCATION
LOCATION USING FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY
35%
30
25
20
15
10
5
20
40
60
80
100%
NON-WHITE POPULATION
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey; Google; University of Minnesota, IPUMS NHGIS; Reuters reporting
Note: Demographics shown reflect the census block groups surrounding each Rite Aid location.
Graphic by Sam Hart | REUTERS GRAPHICS
RITE AID STORE LOCATION
LOCATION USING FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY
HOUSEHOLDS BELOW POVERTY LINE
35%
30
25
20
15
10
5
20
40
60
80
100%
NON-WHITE POPULATION
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey; Google; University of Minnesota, IPUMS NHGIS; Reuters reporting
Note: Demographics shown reflect the census block groups surrounding each Rite Aid location.
Graphic by Sam Hart | REUTERS GRAPHICS