Torrance County, New Mexico is in New Mexico, is in the Western states, is rural up-and-coming, is better than the nationwide crime averages in both property crime and violent crime, is worse than the nationwide household averages in each of household income, overcrowding, internet access, housing costs, and home heating, is worse than the nationwide employment averages in each of labor-force participation, civilian unemployment, job variety, and job proximity, is better than the nationwide public-safety averages in each of traffic fatalities, airborne cancer risk, and air quality, is better than the nationwide adult-disease averages in each of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer, and is better than the nationwide black/hispanic disparity averages in each of college education, poverty, pollution exposure, and premature death.

• median household income ($32,083)
• public-school spending per student ($12,463)
• average weekly wage ($648.00)
• per-capita spending on police and fire protection ($239.09)
• homeownership rate (83.3%)
• adults who don't eat enough daily fruits & vegetables (81.20%)
• high-school graduation rate (70.32%)
• youth who live within 5 miles of a public school (62.30%)
• households with utility gas or electric for home heating (54.17%)
• pre-school enrollment (50.51%)
• labor-force participation (46.77%)
• teenage birth rate (38.30%)
• population without nearby access to a large grocery store (37.43%)
• households where housing costs (mortgage or rent and utilities) exceed 30% of household income (35.25%)
• poverty rate (32.31%)
• racial integration (30.00%)
• 4th-grade students who are proficient in English Language Arts (26.86%)
• population age 25+ with an Associate Degree or higher (26.70%)
• adult obesity (26.20%)
• households with internet access (25.46%)
• adults who did NOT take part in leisure-time physical activity or exercise in the past month (24.10%)
• adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days (23.28%)
• population living close to emergency facilities (22.43%)
• adults of age 18+ who smoke tobacco (18.99%)
• workers who commute 60 minutes or more (16.60%)
• population without health insurance (16.40%)
• older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) who are diagnosed with depression (15.75%)
• heart disease among older adults (15.75%)
• households in a FEMA-designated flood hazard area (14.86%)
• unsafe drinking water exposure (12.84%)
• newborns with low birth weight (10.62%)
• change in median household value (+10.49%)
• new-business growth rate (9.91%)
• land area covered by tree canopy, weighted by population (9.11%)
• civilian labor-force unemployment (9.1%)
• adult diabetes (8.3%)
• households with no vehicle (4.99%)
• youth of ages 16-19 who are neither working nor enrolled in school (4.82%)
• cancer among older adults (3.90%)
• overcrowded households (3.59%)
• households that receive public-assistance income (2.33%)
• relative disparity in unemployment rates among the disabled, compared to the total population (0.56%)
• tax returns that claim adult education tax credits (0.07%)
• vacant houses (0.03%)
• affordable housing relative to low-income population (-81.07)
• food environment index (5.9)
• jobs within a 45-minute commute by car (3,983)
• local food outlets per 100,000 in population (6.7)
• natural amenities index (4.02)
• nonprofits per 100,000 population (35.4)
• variety of industries among available jobs (0.51)
• walkability index (4.88)
• airborne cancer risk per million in population (24.55)
• car crash fatalities per 100,000 population (13.31)
• days per month that adults self-report 'not good' mental health (4.18)
• deaths due to drug overdose, alcohol, or suicide per 100,000 population (66.17)
• homicides per 100,000 population (6.960)
• preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population (2,088)
• property crimes per 100,000 population (1,687)
• 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 (0.49)
• relative disparity in pollution exposure among blacks, hispanics, and other, compared to whites (0.30)
• relative disparity in poverty rates among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.11)
• relative disparity in premature death among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.03)
• risk of developing serious respiratory complications per 10,000 in population (1.25)
• very-hot days per year (8)
• violent crimes per 100,000 population (198.7)
• CMS-certified beds within active hospitals per 1,000 population (0.00)
• first responders per 1,000 population (0.580)
• population (15,506)
• primary-care doctors per 100,000 population (6.41)

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