Table 1.
Variables used to construct index.
| Demographics | |
|---|---|
| PCTBLACK | Percent African American |
| PCTINDIAN | Percent Indian |
| PCTASIAN | Percent Asian |
| PCTKIDS | Percent of population under 5years of age |
| PCTOLD | Percent of population over 65 |
| PCTFEM | Percent of population that is female |
| PCTHISPANIC | Percent Hispanic |
| MEDAGE | Median age |
| AVGPERHH | Average number of people per families |
| BRATE | Birth rate |
| Social Capital | |
| PCTF_HH | % female headed household |
| CTRFRM | % rural farm population |
| PCTMOBL | % housing units that are mobile homes |
| PCTRENTER | % housing units that are renter occupied |
| PCTNOHS | % over 25 with no high school diploma |
| FEMLBR | % civilian labor force that is female |
| PCTVLUM | % civilian labor force that is unemployed |
| TOTCVLBF | % of population participating in the labor force |
| PCTPOV | % of population below the poverty level |
| HOSPCT03 | Hospitals per capita, 2003 |
| NRRESPC | Number of nursing home residents per capita |
| HOUDENUT | Housing density per square mile |
| Economics | |
| MVALOO | Median value of owner occupied housing |
| MEDINCOME | Median income |
| RPROPDEN | Total value of farm products sold per sq. mile |
| EARNDEN | Earnings ($1000) of all establishments per sq. mile |
| AGRIPC | % employed in primary extractive industries |
| TRANPC | % employed in transportation, communications, public utilities |
| SERVPC | % employed in service occupations |
| PCTHH75 | % of households earning over $75,000 per year |
| SSBENPC | Per capita social security recipients |
| MEDRENT | Median rent |
| MAESDEN | Number manufacturing establishments per square mile |
| PCTFARM | % farm land as a percent of total land |
| SSIREC | % population receives supplemental security Insurance benefits |
| COMDEVDN | Number of commercial establishments per square mile, |
| Government | |
| EXPED | Local expenditures for education |
| PERVOTE | % of population that voted in the 1992 presidential election |
| LGFREVPERCAP | Local government finance, revenue per capita |
| PROPTACPC | Property tax, per capita |
| GENEXPPC | Direct general expenditures per capita, |
| Environmental | |
| MELE | County mean elevation above sea level |
| TRI | lbs of toxic release per county |