Zapata County, Texas is in Texas, is in the Southern states, is rural up-and-coming, is better than the nationwide crime averages in each of homicides, property crime, and violent crime, is worse than the nationwide employment averages in each of civilian unemployment, job variety, and job proximity, is better than the nationwide household averages in each of homeownership, internet access, housing costs, and home heating, is better than the nationwide public-safety averages in each of traffic fatalities, drinking water, airborne cancer risk, and air quality, and is better than the nationwide adult-disease averages in each of obesity, diabetes, and cancer.

• median household income ($32,162)
• public-school spending per student ($10,892)
• average weekly wage ($848.00)
• per-capita spending on police and fire protection ($477.74)
• youth who live within 5 miles of a public school (95.21%)
• households with utility gas or electric for home heating (93.50%)
• households with internet access (92.34%)
• homeownership rate (75.3%)
• labor-force participation (59.39%)
• 4th-grade students who are proficient in English Language Arts (57.00%)
• pre-school enrollment (56.48%)
• racial integration (45.00%)
• heart disease among older adults (44.51%)
• poverty rate (37.39%)
• adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days (35.96%)
• population without nearby access to a large grocery store (33.46%)
• population without health insurance (33.44%)
• population living close to emergency facilities (27.11%)
• adult obesity (26.40%)
• households where housing costs (mortgage or rent and utilities) exceed 30% of household income (23.20%)
• adults who did NOT take part in leisure-time physical activity or exercise in the past month (21.60%)
• adults of age 18+ who smoke tobacco (18.25%)
• vacant houses (14.54%)
• overcrowded households (14.08%)
• population age 25+ with an Associate Degree or higher (12.99%)
• older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) who are diagnosed with depression (12.79%)
• new-business growth rate (12.42%)
• civilian labor-force unemployment (11.0%)
• newborns with low birth weight (9.36%)
• workers who commute 60 minutes or more (9.27%)
• land area covered by tree canopy, weighted by population (8.38%)
• adult diabetes (8.2%)
• households in a FEMA-designated flood hazard area (7.95%)
• households with no vehicle (6.35%)
• cancer among older adults (4.12%)
• tax returns that claim adult education tax credits (3.88%)
• households that receive public-assistance income (2.17%)
• relative disparity in unemployment rates among the disabled, compared to the total population (0.83%)
• change in median household value (+0.36%)
• youth of ages 16-19 who are neither working nor enrolled in school (0.00%)
• unsafe drinking water exposure (0.00%)
• teenage birth rate (0%)
• affordable housing relative to low-income population (-80.25)
• food environment index (6.1)
• jobs within a 45-minute commute by car (1,388)
• local food outlets per 100,000 in population (0.00)
• natural amenities index (2.36)
• nonprofits per 100,000 population (11.4)
• variety of industries among available jobs (0.42)
• walkability index (6.10)
• airborne cancer risk per million in population (35.16)
• car crash fatalities per 100,000 population (11.48)
• days per month that adults self-report 'not good' mental health (4.06)
• deaths due to drug overdose, alcohol, or suicide per 100,000 population (40.10)
• homicides per 100,000 population (4.290)
• preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population (5,584)
• property crimes per 100,000 population (1,658)
• relative disparity in Bachelor's degree among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.15)
• relative disparity in income among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.51)
• relative disparity in pollution exposure among blacks, hispanics, and other, compared to whites (6.59)
• relative disparity in poverty rates among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.06)
• risk of developing serious respiratory complications per 10,000 in population (1.07)
• very-hot days per year (6)
• violent crimes per 100,000 population (205.48)
• CMS-certified beds within active hospitals per 1,000 population (0.00)
• first responders per 1,000 population (2.060)
• population (14,322)
• primary-care doctors per 100,000 population (13.97)

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