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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Behav. 2012 Apr 10;45(4):526–547. doi: 10.1177/0013916512436421

Table 1.

Characteristics of parks by state*

Characteristics State Location of Parks
CA (n=7) NC (n=6) NM (n=6) OH (n=6) PA (n=6)
Park size in acres
 Mean 9.4 13.5 15.6 7.4 5.3
 Median 6.9 11 8.1 7.3 5
Park full-time program staff
 Percentage 100 67 17 50 100
Population density (0.5 mile radius around each park)
 Mean 13,005 5,944 4,473 7,532 18,328
 Median 13,491 5,233 4,364 6,832 18,711
Households in poverty (0.5 mile radius around each park)
 Percent mean 17 10 16 21 29
 Percent median 18 7 10 15 30
*

Only CA included 7 parks; all other sites studied 6 parks.

The NC parks included target areas only.