Table 1.

Population and Neighborhood-Level Characteristics of Census Tracts with and Without at Least One Cannabis Dispensary in Oklahoma (N=1,046 Census Tracts)

	TOTAL		Census Tracts with No Dispensaries		Census Tracts with ≥1 Dispensary
	Mean	±SD	Mean ±SD		Mean ±SD		p-value
Census Tracts, n (%)	1046		366	34.99%	680	65.00%)
Population, n (%)	3,918,137		1,217,950	31.08%	2,700,187	(68.92%)	<.0001
Population Characteristics (%)
Under 18 years of age	23.87%	5.87%	23.76%	5.88%	23.93%	5.88%	0.304
White, NH	71.47%	15.43%	71.36%	16.89%	71.53%	14.59%	0.499
Black, NH	8.62%	14.16%	9.20%	16.39%	8.32%	12.81%	0.251
AI/AN, NH	7.33%	7.23%	7.34%	7.21%	7.33%	7.26%	0.850
Asian, NH	1.92%	3.21%	1.95%	3.36%	1.91%	3.13%	0.339
Hispanic	10.88%	13.05%	9.68%	11.66%	11.52%	13.70%	0.613
Below Poverty	17.52%	11.42%	16.01%	11.22%	18.33%	11.46%	0.028
Unemployed	19.35%	25.26%	19.42%	26.00%	19.31%	24.89%	0.637
Uninsured	17.49%	08.29%	16.12%	8.14%	18.22%	8.27%	<.0001
Neighborhood Characteristics
Location Type, n (%)							0.012
Rural	471	45.03%	183	50.00%	288	42.35%
Suburban	157	15.01%	51	13.93%	106	15.59%
Town	104	9.94%	26	7.10%	78	11.47%
City	314	30.02%	106	28.96%	208	30.59%
Percent Vacant Units	14.78%	9.02%	14.73%	9.91%	14.80%	8.51%	0.901
Percent Household Rentals	35.58%	20.38%	30.98%	21.15%	38.05%	19.53%	<.0001
No. Hospitals (n=163)	0.16	0.43	0.12	0.39	0.18	0.45	0.033
No. Physicians (n=4148)	3.97	16.47	4.48	24.65	3.69	9.52	0.382
No. Pharmacies (n=813)	0.78	1.08	0.43	0.75	0.97	1.18	<.0001
No. Schools (n=1827)	1.75	1.71	1.60	1.68	1.83	1.72	0.093
Total Crime Rate	0.153	0.5676	0.1850	0.9257	0.1358	0.1853	0.183

Note. <SD= Standard deviation;NH= non-Hispanic; AI/AN= American Indian/Alaskan Native; No.= Number.