Variable name | Description |
High School Education | Percentage of the ninth-grade cohort that graduates from high school in 4 years (2014–2015) |
College Education | Percentage of the population ages 25–44 with some postsecondary education, such as enrollment in vocational/technical schools, junior colleges or 4-year colleges (2011–2015) |
Unemployed | Percentage of the county’s civilian labour force, age 16 and older, that is unemployed but seeking work (2015) |
Median Household Income | The income ($) where half of the households in a county earn more and half of the households earn less (2015) |
Social Association (rate) | Number of membership associations per 10 000 population (2014) |
Severe Housing Problems | Percentage of households with at least 1 of 4 housing problems: overcrowding, high housing costs, lack of kitchen facilities or plumbing issues (2009–2013) |
Uninsured | Percentage of population under age 65 without health insurance (2014) |
Rural | Percentage of rural counties |
FFR-AE* | Percentage of fast-food restaurant availability and expenditures per 1000 population (2014) |
FSR-AE* | Percentage of full-service restaurant availability and expenditures per 1000 population (2014) |
Low access to store* | Percentage of low access to store for seniors among white, black, Hispanic, non-Hispanic Asian (2015) |
Asian | Percentage of population that is Asian (2015) |
White | Percentage of the population that is non-Hispanic White (2015) |
Hispanic | Percentage of the population that is Hispanic (2015) |
African American | Percentage of the population that is non-Hispanic African American (2015) |
*Except https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-environment-atlas.
FFR-AE, per cent of fast-food restaurants availability and expenditures per 1000 population; FSR-AE, per cent of full-service restaurants availability and expenditures per 1000 population.