Table 1.

Summary statistics for variables analyzed and bivariate correlations with county EAL Risk Index for all U.S. counties.

Variable	Minimum	Maximum	Mean	Standard Deviation	Pearson's r (Risk Index)
EAL Risk Index, financial loss (0–100)	0.1	100.0	14.1	7.2	–
Percent with a disability (%)
Overall percent with a disability	4.0	36.8	16.0	4.4	−0.32
Gender
Female	3.6	36.3	15.5	4.4	−0.27
Male	2.5	38.7	16.4	4.9	−0.35
Race
White	5.2	36.5	16.2	4.5	−0.31
Black	0.0	100.0	17.3	15.9	−0.11
Other race	0.0	100.0	14.1	9.4	−0.22
Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic	0.0	100.0	16.4	9.6	−0.20
Hispanic	5.2	53.4	16.8	4.6	−0.27
Age
Under 18 years old	0.0	20.8	4.8	2.2	−0.07
18–64 years old	1.5	36.7	13.5	4.7	−0.26
65+ years old	0.0	67.2	28.6	8.1	−0.18
Impairment
Hearing	10.1	72.3	32.1	6.9	−0.27
Vision	0.3	66.7	4.8	3.4	−0.45
Other county-level variables
Land that is barren (%)	0.0	14.5	0.1	0.6	0.11
Land that is highly developed (%)	0.0	8.8	0.2	0.4	0.64
County employment in nature (%)	0.0	60.5	6.7	7.4	−0.35
Population density (average population per square mile)	0.2	72,053	272	1813	0.33

Source: Author's calculations of various data sources described in text.

Notes: Disability percentages are based on the civilian non-institutionalized population. For the subgroups, we define disability prevalence as the number of individuals in that subgroup with a disability divided by the non-institutionalized population of that subgroup. Pearson's r signifies the correlation coefficient between the row variable and the natural hazard risk score.

n = 3107 counties.