Table 1.

Baseline Park Characteristics (n=48)

48 Parks	Overall	Frequent User Program n= 12	Free Classes n= 12	Free Classes & Frequent User Program n= 12	Control n= 12
Acres	8.4	6.1	9.0	8.0	10.3
Number of facilities	8.1	8	8	9	8
1-mile population estimate (average per park)	52,310	54,925	48,612	50,300	55,404
1 mile population per study arm	2,510,890	659,102	583,346	603,596	664,846
% households in poverty	27.2	27.2	27.5	26.0	27.1
Census population ethnicity
% Hispanic	68.7%	58.9%	66.7%	78.8%	70.5%
Census reported population race
% White	9.0%	11.1%	11.9%	3.3%	9.6%
% African American	11.7%	14.8%	8.6%	13.6%	9.9%
% Asian	9.0%	13.3%	11.0%	3.2%	8.4%
% Other/Multiple	1.6%	1.9%	1.7%	1.1%	1.5%
Baseline Observations
Average # Park users	1,414	1,285	1,561	1,496	1,312
Average # Males	934 (66%)	823	1037	1023	851
Average # Females	480 (34%)	462	524	473	461
Average # Children	421 (30%)	411	494	404	374
Average # Teens	232 (16%)	172	225	272	259
Average # Adults	725 (51%)	679	813	770	638
Average # Seniors	36 (3%)	22	29	51	42
% engaging in MVPA	33%	34%	32%	34%	34%
Violent crime rate (crimes per 1000 population within 1-mile radius of parks)	74.7	73.7	77.6	70.8	66.8