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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Dec 8.
Published in final edited form as: Popul Res Policy Rev. 2020 Sep 21;39(5):913–940. doi: 10.1007/s11113-020-09609-4

Table 2:

Descriptive Profile of Community Capitals, 1980–2010

Tiny Towns in Not-adjacent metro counties Tiny Towns in Metro-adjacent counties County versus Place Estimates
Min Max Mean SD N Min Max Mean SD N Correlation Coefficient R2
Human capital
 College graduates (%) 0.00 83.87 11.89 8.46 1877 0.00 72.07 11.56 7.36 825 0.54 0.30



 Population 65 years + (%) 0.00 100.00 21.50 8.10 1879 0.00 66.67 19.06 6.79 825 0.54 0.30


 Employment-to-population (%) 0.00 100.00 52.02 11.73 1877 0.00 92.41 52.01 10.12 825 0.57 0.32
Financial capital
 Median household income 0 105,625 23,626 12,649 1877 0 105,417 25,229 12,876 825 0.86 0.74



 Individuals in poverty (%) 0.00 100.00 17.78 11.45 1877 0.00 84.48 17.17 10.00 825 0.51 0.26



 Unemployment (%) 0.00 100.00 6.78 6.69 1873 0.00 75.00 7.61 5.96 825 0.52 0.27
Physical/Built capital
 Market Access 1.99 771.08 109.45 87.40 1879 1.56 654.14 123.83 94.80 825 -- --



 Broadband Access* 0.00 5.00 3.00 0.94 1879 1.00 5.00 3.00 0.98 825 -- --
Natural capital
 Natural Amenities Scale −5.34 10.60 −0.23 2.49 1879 −5.20 9.72 −0.24 2.50 825 -- --
Social capital
 White residents (%) 0.00 100.00 92.32 15.21 1879 0.00 100.00 88.50 18.33 825 0.79 0.63



 Hispanic residents (%) 0.00 94.92 3.15 9.25 1879 0.00 90.71 3.45 9.00 825 0.88 0.77



 Income inequality (Gini Index) 0.00 0.58 0.38 0.06 1877 0.00 0.54 0.39 0.06 825 0.43 0.19
Cultural capital
 National Historic Landmarks* 0 102 1 3.07 1879 0 45 1 2.95 825 -- --
*

Median presented in place of mean