Table 1.
Descriptive characteristics.
| City | Heat Index (°C) |
Cooling Center (Count) |
Total Population |
Age (%) | Black (%) | Hispanic (%) | Insurance (%) | Poverty Level (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≥65 | ≤64 (Ref) |
Yes | No (Ref) |
Yes | No (Ref) |
No | Own (Ref) |
Below | Above (Ref) |
||||
| Albuquerque, NM | 28.8 | 45 | 568,755 | 14.7 | 85.3 | 3.2 | 96.8 | 49.9 | 50.1 | 8.1 | 91.9 | 17.0 | 83.0 |
| Baltimore, MD | 27.8 | 11 | 609,032 | 13.6 | 86.4 | 62.4 | 37.6 | 5.3 | 94.7 | 6.6 | 93.4 | 21.2 | 78.8 |
| Chicago, IL | 25.5 | 99 | 2,712,529 | 12.4 | 87.6 | 29.5 | 70.5 | 28.8 | 71.2 | 9.7 | 90.3 | 18.4 | 81.6 |
| Columbus, OH | 27.0 | 29 | 913,582 | 10.5 | 89.5 | 28.1 | 71.9 | 6.1 | 93.9 | 8.8 | 91.2 | 19.0 | 81.0 |
| Dallas, TX | 33.4 | 45 | 1,357,894 | 10.5 | 89.5 | 23.9 | 76.1 | 41.4 | 58.6 | 23.2 | 76.8 | 18.6 | 81.4 |
| Detroit, MI | 26.0 | 24 | 674,841 | 13.6 | 86.4 | 78.3 | 21.7 | 7.7 | 92.3 | 8.4 | 91.6 | 35.0 | 65.0 |
| Fresno, CA | 31.0 | 4 | 549,961 | 11.7 | 88.3 | 7.1 | 92.9 | 49.3 | 50.7 | 8.3 | 91.7 | 25.0 | 75.0 |
| Kansas City, MO | 28.5 | 28 | 505,856 | 12.9 | 87.1 | 27.4 | 72.6 | 10.4 | 89.6 | 11.6 | 88.4 | 15.7 | 84.3 |
| Long Beach, CA | 25.9 | 5 | 469,937 | 11.5 | 88.5 | 12.6 | 87.4 | 42.6 | 57.4 | 8.5 | 91.5 | 16.7 | 83.3 |
| Louisville, KY | 28.9 | 25 | 658,837 | 15.1 | 84.9 | 23.1 | 76.9 | 5.5 | 94.5 | 5.3 | 94.7 | 15.3 | 84.7 |
| Memphis, TN | 31.4 | 18 | 677,513 | 12.6 | 87.4 | 64.0 | 36.0 | 7.0 | 93.0 | 13.7 | 86.3 | 24.5 | 75.5 |
| Mesa, AZ | 35.7 | 7 | 516,705 | 17.0 | 83.0 | 4.0 | 96.0 | 27.6 | 72.4 | 12.2 | 87.8 | 15.0 | 85.0 |
| Milwaukee, WI | 25.2 | 16 | 594,722 | 10.5 | 89.5 | 38.7 | 61.3 | 19.0 | 81.0 | 9.3 | 90.7 | 25.4 | 74.6 |
| Minneapolis, MN | 25.6 | 6 | 420,324 | 10.0 | 90.0 | 19.2 | 80.8 | 9.6 | 90.4 | 6.6 | 93.4 | 19.1 | 80.9 |
| Nashville, TN | 30.2 | 13 | 665,708 | 11.8 | 88.2 | 27.5 | 72.5 | 10.5 | 89.5 | 12.1 | 87.9 | 15.1 | 84.9 |
| Oakland, CA | 24.7 | 5 | 425,097 | 13.1 | 86.9 | 23.8 | 76.2 | 27.0 | 73.0 | 7.9 | 92.1 | 16.7 | 83.3 |
| Philadelphia, PA | 27.6 | 29 | 1,579,075 | 13.4 | 86.6 | 42.1 | 57.9 | 14.7 | 85.3 | 8.1 | 91.9 | 24.3 | 75.7 |
| Phoenix, AZ | 36.1 | 30 | 1,649,286 | 10.7 | 89.3 | 7.1 | 92.9 | 42.5 | 57.5 | 14.0 | 86.0 | 17.9 | 82.1 |
| Portland, OR | 25.4 | 27 | 655,855 | 12.9 | 87.1 | 5.8 | 94.2 | 9.9 | 90.1 | 6.5 | 93.5 | 13.7 | 86.3 |
| Riverside, CA | 29.4 | 7 | 329,396 | 10.7 | 89.3 | 6.1 | 93.9 | 54.2 | 45.8 | 9.5 | 90.5 | 13.9 | 86.1 |
| St. Louis, MO | 28.7 | 37 | 308,174 | 13.1 | 86.9 | 46.4 | 53.6 | 4.0 | 96.0 | 10.8 | 89.2 | 21.8 | 78.2 |
| San Antonio, TX | 33.7 | 25 | 1,589,745 | 11.9 | 88.1 | 7.0 | 93.0 | 63.6 | 36.4 | 16.3 | 83.7 | 17.3 | 82.7 |
| San Jose, CA | 25.9 | 5 | 1,060,954 | 12.5 | 87.5 | 3.0 | 97.0 | 31.5 | 68.5 | 5.1 | 94.9 | 8.7 | 91.3 |
| Stockton, CA | 29.3 | 5 | 329,698 | 12.5 | 87.5 | 10.6 | 89.4 | 43.8 | 56.2 | 6.9 | 93.1 | 18.0 | 82.0 |
| Washington, DC | 28.3 | 79 | 692,683 | 12.1 | 87.9 | 46.3 | 53.7 | 11.0 | 89.0 | 3.7 | 96.3 | 16.2 | 83.8 |
| Average | 28.8 | 25 | 820,646 | 12.3 | 87.7 | 25.9 | 74.1 | 24.9 | 75.1 | 9.6 | 90.4 | 18.8 | 81.2 |