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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Appl Geogr. 2013 Dec;45:10.1016/j.apgeog.2013.08.014. doi: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2013.08.014

Table 1.

Number of food outlets & Census tracts designated as low access according to community food access measure and data source

Field Census D&B InfoUSA
Food Outlets in the Study Area, N
  Supermarket 81 89 82
  Supercenter 13 1 0
  Warehouse Clubs 1 -- --
  Large Grocery Store 7 -- --
  Fruit and Vegetable Market (Green Grocers) 6 11 17

Food Outlets in the Study Area with 10-Mile Buffer, N
  Supermarket 167 174 167
  Supercenter 19 7 6
  Warehouse Clubs 1 -- --
  Large Grocery Store 7 -- --
  Fruit and Vegetable Market 6 11 17

Identified Low Food Access Areas, N (%)
  Food Desert Tracts* 14 (8.3) 11 (6.5) 15 (8.9)
  Non-Healthier Food Retail Tracts* 49 (29.0) 51 (30.2) 50 (29.6)

--: No NAICS codes for those categories in D&B and InfoUSA.

*

: The food access measures are defined for Census tracts. There are 169 Census tracts in the study area.