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Published in final edited form as: J Transp Health. 2019 Sep;14:10.1016/j.jth.2019.05.002. doi: 10.1016/j.jth.2019.05.002

Table 1a.

Distance between general and vulnerable populations and nearest cooling center.

Distance to nearest cooling center (miles)	NYS Census tracts^a				Heat-Vulnerable tracts^b

	N	Population (%)	Average Distance (miles)	Median Distance (miles)	N	Population (%)	Average Distance (miles)	Median Distance (miles)

Total	2723	11,148,037	3.84	1.34	961	3,682,132	2.43	0.46
< 0.1	475	1,913,326 (17.2)	0.01	0	244	903,895 (24.6)	0.01	0
0.1– < 0.5	431	1,613,189 (14.5)	0.28	0.27	250	869,196 (23.6)	0.28	0.27
0.5– < 1.0	311	1,245,506 (11.2)	0.71	0.70	119	431,943 (11.7)	0.70	0.68
1– < 2	338	1,401,588 (12.6)	1.44	1.41	99	400,999 (10.9)	1.44	1.43
> = 2	1168	4,974,428 (44.6)	8.24	5.03	249	1,076,099 (29.2)	8.16	4.11

NYS population excluding NYC.

Heat-vulnerable tracts: Heat vulnerability Index (HVI) Score ≥ 15.