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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 2.

Distance (miles) between urban and rural populations and nearest cooling center.

Distance to nearest cooling center (miles)	Urban tracts^a				Rural tracts^a

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

Total	2425	10,033,179	2.93	1.17	286	1,059,559	11.63	5.32
< 0.1	438	1,776,708 (17.7%)	0.01	0	35	129,285 (12.2%)	0.02	0
0.1– < 0.5	406	1,510,222 (15.1%)	0.28	0.28	24	98,961 (9.3%)	0.26	0.22
0.5– < 1.0	294	1,179,350 (11.8%)	0.71	0.69	15	54,540 (5.2%)	0.76	0.78
1– < 2	313	1,316,310 (13.1%)	1.44	1.39	24	84,594 (7.9%)	1.58	1.57
> = 2	974	4,250,589 (42.4%)	6.50	4.67	188	692,179 (65.3%)	17.39	11.38

As defined by WWAMI Rural Health Research Center Categorization C.