Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of Ohio census tracts, 2016, and corresponding median tobacco retailer density.

Characteristic	Prevalence (% of Ohio Census Tracts)	Median Retailer Density (per 1000 people)
African American
High Prevalencea	28.0	1.08
Low Prevalence	72.0	0.84
Hispanic
High Prevalenceb	4.5	1.44
Low Prevalence	95.5	0.88
Asian
High Prevalencec	1.3	0.68
Low Prevalence	98.7	0.91
Population under age 18
High Prevalenced	31.3	0.88
Low Prevalence	68.7	0.93
Poverty
High Prevalencee	46.4	1.19
Low Prevalence	53.6	0.70
Neighborhood Typef
Urban	59.0	0.91
Suburban	14.6	0.72
Rural	26.5	1.03

^aTracts where 15% or more of the population is African American.

^bTracts where 15% or more of the population is Hispanic.

^cTracts where 15% or more of the population is Asian.

^dTracts where 25% or more of the population is under age 18.

^eTracts where more than 15.4% of the population is below the poverty level (15.4% is the state average for Ohio).

^fClassification of urban, rural, and suburban is based on the county-level classifications applied by the 2008 Ohio Family Health Survey (i.e., the Ohio Medicaid Assessment Survey).²⁶