Appendix.

Descriptive Statistics

	Mean	Standard Deviation
Aggravated assaults per 1,000 population (2000–2004 yearly average)+	15.396	14.634
Robberies per 1,000 (2000–2004 yearly average)+	11.604	11.440
Drug overdose deaths per 1,000 population (1995–2002 total) +	0.856	1.633
Nondrug accidental deaths per, 1000 population (1995–2002 total) +	1.449	1.242
% of the population Black +	33.137	37.417
Residential Instability Index (Alpha = .689)
% moved since 1995	49.619	10.487
% vacant housing units +	9.841	6.964
% renter-occupied units	66.317	19.448
% males age 18–24 +	4.580	1.352
Population Heterogeneity Index (Alpha = .950)
% Latino +	57.548	35.304
% immigrated 1990–2000	19.945	10.608
% linguistically isolated	33.718	21.011
Deprivation Index (Alpha = .892)
% below poverty line	31.624	14.209
% female-headed households with children under 18 +	11.549	8.029
% unemployed	6.522	2.869
Tract population	5150	2121

Note: N = 74

⁺Descriptive statistics for variable in original metric; variable is log transformed (base e) in analysis.