Table 2.

Spearman rho correlations: ZIP-code level factors among 196 Black people that resided in 142 unique ZIP codes at the time of the study, NSHBC, 2016

	1	2	3	4	5
1. Area-level HIV risk (Change in HIV diagnosis rates, 2014 to 2015)	1
2. Percentage below the Federal poverty level	0.49	1
3. Percent unemployed	0.30	0.68	1
4. Median household income	0.41	0.89	0.68	1
5. Income inequality (GINI coefficient)	0.35	0.48	0.16*	0.41	1

All P-values were less than .01 unless indicated.

^*P-value = .04.