TABLE 2—

Selected Census Tract Characteristics, by Site and Tract Racial/Ethnic Composition: Maryland, North Carolina, and New York

	Predominantly Black	Predominantly Hispanic	Racially Mixed	Predominantly White	Pa
Maryland tracts
Median household income, $	27 384	. . .	42 732	48 496	<.0001
Households without vehicle, %	39.4	. . .	22.4	12.3	<.0001
Food stores
Number	377	. . .	133	311	. . .
Number per 10 000 population	8	. . .	10	8	.09
Number per mi2	7	. . .	6	2	.004
> 2500 sq ft, %	18	. . .	35	46	<.0001
Types of stores, %
Grocery stores	54.6	. . .	21.8	21.5	. . .
Supermarkets	6.9	. . .	12.0	13.8	. . .
Convenience stores	14.9	. . .	18.1	15.4	. . .
Meat and fish markets	9.8	. . .	16.5	11.9	. . .
Fruit and vegetable markets	2.7	. . .	6.0	4.2	. . .
Bakeries	8.5	. . .	16.5	24.1	. . .
Natural food stores	1.6	. . .	8.3	5.1	. . .
Specialty stores	1.1	. . .	1.0	3.9	<.0001
Liquor stores
Number	133	. . .	37	89	. . .
Number per 10 000 population	3	. . .	3	2	.04
Number per mi2	2	. . .	2	1	<.0001
North Carolina tracts
Median household income, $	19 321	. . .	30 230	48 815	<.0001
Households without vehicle, %	32.7	. . .	15.2	4.7	<.0001
Food stores
Number	39	. . .	67	180	. . .
Number per 10 000 population	11	. . .	11	9	.6
Number per mi2	3	. . .	1	1	<.0001
> 2500 sq ft, %	28	. . .	39	37	.002
Types of stores, %
Grocery stores	30.8	. . .	32.8	16.7	. . .
Supermarkets	5.1	. . .	6.0	17.8	. . .
Convenience stores	33.3	. . .	35.8	43.9	. . .
Meat and fish markets	18.0	. . .	3.0	2.8	. . .
Fruit and vegetable markets	2.6	. . .	0.0	2.2	. . .
Bakeries	7.7	. . .	14.9	8.3	. . .
Natural food stores	0.0	. . .	3.0	5.0	. . .
Specialty stores	2.6	. . .	4.5	3.3	.0005
Liquor stores
Number	0	. . .	7	11	. . .
Number per 10 000 population	0	. . .	1	1	.03
Number per mi2	0	. . .	< 1	< 1	.02
New York tracts
Median household income, $	21 480	21 209	25 114	71 283	<.0001
Households without vehicle, %	77.4	78.3	71.2	64.5	<.0001
Food stores
Number	152	810	475	316	. . .
Number per 10 000 population	9	13	10	8	.2
Number per mi2	48	116	42	69	<.0001
> 2500 sq ft, %	18	13	20	40	<.0001
Types of stores, %
Grocery stores	55.9	59.8	55.2	26.9	. . .
Supermarkets	6.6	2.5	5.3	10.1	. . .
Convenience stores	10.5	9.4	8.8	2.9	. . .
Meat and fish markets	11.2	11.7	11.0	9.5	. . .
Fruit and vegetable markets	4.0	5.3	4.8	8.5	. . .
Bakeries	8.6	9.1	9.1	24.4	. . .
Natural food stores	3.3	1.9	3.8	9.2	. . .
Specialty stores	0.0	0.4	2.1	8.5	<.0001
Liquor stores
Number	19	72	49	60	. . .
Number per 10 000 population	1	1	1	2	.3
Number per mi2	6	10	4	13	.001

^aP value for differences across categories of tract racial/ethnic composition from analysis of variance (for means) or χ² tests (for proportions).