Table 1.

Access to Supermarkets and Fast Food Restaurants by Racial Distribution and Level of Poverty Among 220 Census Tracts, St Louis, Mo

Racial Composition and Poverty Level	Total Population	No. of Census Tracts	No. of Supermarkets	No. of Supermarkets in Highest Tertilea	No. of Fast Food Restaurants	No. of Fast Food Restaurants in Highest Tertilea
All census tracts sampled	904,110	220	81	26	355	120
<10% of population lives in poverty	392,062	84	36	19	170	72
≥75% white	344,066	72	30	17	123	50
≥75% African American	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mixed	47,996	12	6	2	47	22
10%–19.9% of population lives in poverty	251,040	53	28	6	102	25
≥75% white	76,535	18	10	4	43	13
≥75% African American	74,082	13	11	0	15	1
Mixed	100,423	22	7	2	44	11
≥20% of population lives in poverty	261,008	83	10	0	28	3
≥75% white	6,646	2	1	1	0	0
≥75% African American	130,872	47	10	0	28	3
Mixed	123,490	34	6	0	55	20

^aEach restaurant and supermarket was assigned a rating of high, medium, or low potential for meeting dietary intake recommendations as established by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (27).