Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of county characteristics by census region (N=3142).
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Overall | Northeasta | Midwestb | Southc | Westd | |
| Depression (%), mean (SD) | 21.0 (3.8) | 18.6 (6.4) | 19.9 (3.2) | 22.4 (3.2) | 20.2 (3.2) | |
| Social Connectedness Index Percentile, n (%) | ||||||
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<1×—Lowest social connectedness | 300 (9.4) | 0 (0) | 132 (12.5) | 124 (8.7) | 36 (8.7) |
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1-2× | 1162 (37.4) | 4 (1.8) | 598 (56.7) | 401 (28.2) | 159 (38.4) |
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2-3× | 503 (16.2) | 25 (11.5) | 173 (16.4) | 232 (16.3) | 73 (17.6) |
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3-5× | 467 (15.0) | 55 (25.4) | 93 (8.8) | 250 (17.6) | 69 (16.7) |
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5-10× | 376 (12.1) | 79 (36.4) | 48 (4.6) | 197 (13.9) | 52 (12.6) |
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10-25× | 230 (7.4) | 47 (21.7) | 11 (1.0) | 151 (10.6) | 21 (5.1) |
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25-100× | 70 (2.3) | 7 (3.2) | 0 (0) | 59 (4.2) | 4 (1.0) |
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≥100×—Highest social connectedness | 8 (0.3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 8 (0.6) | 0 (0) |
| Urbanicity, n (%) | ||||||
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Noncore | 1310 (42.1) | 41 (18.9) | 520 (49.3) | 569 (40.0) | 180 (43.5) |
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Micropolitan | 637 (20.5) | 46 (21.2) | 232 (22.0) | 261 (18.4) | 98 (23.7) |
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Small metro | 355 (11.4) | 27 (12.4) | 112 (10.6) | 167 (11.7) | 49 (11.8) |
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Medium metro | 369 (11.9) | 38 (17.5) | 78 (7.4) | 207 (14.6) | 46 (11.1) |
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Large metro | 437 (14.1) | 65 (30.0) | 113 (10.7) | 218 (15.3) | 41 (9.9) |
| Natural Amenities Index Rank, n (%) | ||||||
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1—Fewest natural amenities | 440 (14.3) | 0 (0) | 438 (41.5) | 0 (0) | 2 (0.5) |
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2 | 440 (14.3) | 32 (15.3) | 263 (24.9) | 141 (10.0) | 4 (1.0) |
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3 | 440 (14.3) | 26 (12.4) | 104 (9.9) | 306 (21.8) | 4 (1.0) |
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4 | 440 (14.3) | 50 (23.9) | 67 (6.4) | 312 (22.2) | 11 (2.7) |
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5 | 440 (14.3) | 72 (34.5) | 96 (9.1) | 243 (17.3) | 29 (7.1) |
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6 | 440 (14.3) | 28 (13.4) | 55 (5.2) | 281 (20.0) | 76 (18.5) |
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7—Most natural amenities | 440 (14.3) | 1 (0.5) | 32 (3.0) | 122 (8.7) | 285 (69.3) |
| Environmental Quality Index Quintiles, n (%) | ||||||
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1—Highest accessibility | 628 (20.0) | 21 (9.7) | 319 (30.2) | 97 (6.8) | 191 (42.6) |
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2 | 629 (20.0) | 37 (17.1) | 265 (25.1) | 235 (16.5) | 92 (20.5) |
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3 | 628 (20.0) | 64 (29.5) | 201 (19.1) | 301 (21.2) | 62 (13.8) |
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4 | 629 (20.0) | 71 (32.7) | 164 (15.6) | 341 (24.0) | 53 (11.8) |
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5—Lowest accessibility | 628 (20.0) | 24 (11.1) | 106 (10.1) | 448 (31.5) | 50 (11.2) |
| Occupation (%), mean (SD) | ||||||
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Management, business, science, and arts | 33.1 (7.0) | 37.9 (7.0) | 33.6 (6.0) | 31.4 (7.0) | 35.1 (7.2) |
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Service | 17.7 (3.8) | 18.0 (2.7) | 16.8 (3.3) | 18.0 (3.9) | 19.0 (4.6) |
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Sales and office | 20.0 (3.1) | 20.4 (1.8) | 19.4 (2.8) | 20.4 (3.1) | 19.7 (3.8) |
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Natural resources, construction, and maintenance | 12.5 (4.2) | 9.9 (3.0) | 12.1 (3.5) | 12.6 (4.2) | 14.0 (5.2) |
| Median household income (US $), mean (SD) | 54,850 (14,600) | 65,277 (16,591) | 56,558 (10,594) | 50,882 (14,973) | 58,653 (16,388) | |
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 41.6 (5.5) | 43.1 (4.1) | 42.1 (5.2) | 41.0 (5.2) | 41.7 (7.2) | |
| Male (%), mean (SD) | 50.1 (2.4) | 49.6 (1.9) | 50.2 (1.7) | 49.8 (2.9) | 50.8 (2.5) | |
| Poor general health (%), mean (SD) | 21.8 (5.5) | 16.8 (6.3) | 19.2 (3.7) | 25.2 (4.7) | 19.6 (4.1) | |
| ≥High school education (%), mean (SD) | 33.9 (7.4) | 33.6 (8.5) | 34.9 (6.5) | 34.9 (7.2) | 28.2 (7.0) | |
| Cohabitation (%), mean (SD) | 56.4 (6.7) | 56.6 (5.2) | 58.2 (5.4) | 54.6 (7.4) | 57.9 (6.9) | |
aNortheast census region: Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine.
bMidwest census region: North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri.
cSouthern census region: Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Washington DC, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
dWestern census region: Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico.