Wilson County, Kansas is in Kansas, 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 household averages in each of household income, internet access, and home heating, is worse than the nationwide employment averages in each of civilian unemployment, job variety, job proximity, and new-business growth rate, is better than the nationwide household averages in each of homeownership, overcrowding, and housing costs, is worse than the nationwide public-safety averages in each of traffic fatalities, drinking water, airborne cancer risk, air quality, and flood hazard, is worse 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 income, pollution exposure, and premature death.

• median household income ($40,306)
• public-school spending per student ($14,168)
• average weekly wage ($665.00)
• per-capita spending on police and fire protection ($282.81)
• high-school graduation rate (91.91%)
• adults who don't eat enough daily fruits & vegetables (81.80%)
• youth who live within 5 miles of a public school (79.85%)
• homeownership rate (74.5%)
• households with utility gas or electric for home heating (69.62%)
• population living close to emergency facilities (64.14%)
• labor-force participation (60.09%)
• racial integration (56.00%)
• 4th-grade students who are proficient in English Language Arts (38.10%)
• heart disease among older adults (33.77%)
• adult obesity (33.00%)
• households with internet access (27.76%)
• adults who did NOT take part in leisure-time physical activity or exercise in the past month (26.60%)
• households where housing costs (mortgage or rent and utilities) exceed 30% of household income (24.06%)
• population age 25+ with an Associate Degree or higher (23.74%)
• land area covered by tree canopy, weighted by population (20.49%)
• adults of age 18+ who smoke tobacco (20.04%)
• older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) who are diagnosed with depression (19.62%)
• population without nearby access to a large grocery store (19.07%)
• poverty rate (18.57%)
• pre-school enrollment (17.43%)
• adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days (16.50%)
• population without health insurance (15.74%)
• unsafe drinking water exposure (14.23%)
• adult diabetes (11.1%)
• teenage birth rate (9.17%)
• newborns with low birth weight (7.46%)
• cancer among older adults (7.20%)
• vacant houses (7.03%)
• households in a FEMA-designated flood hazard area (6.50%)
• civilian labor-force unemployment (6.4%)
• households with no vehicle (5.97%)
• new-business growth rate (4.74%)
• youth of ages 16-19 who are neither working nor enrolled in school (4.02%)
• workers who commute 60 minutes or more (2.90%)
• households that receive public-assistance income (1.86%)
• overcrowded households (1.30%)
• relative disparity in unemployment rates among the disabled, compared to the total population (0.84%)
• tax returns that claim adult education tax credits (0.00%)
• change in median household value (-3.53%)
• affordable housing relative to low-income population (-74.69)
• food environment index (7.1)
• jobs within a 45-minute commute by car (2,456)
• local food outlets per 100,000 in population (0.00)
• nonprofits per 100,000 population (46.8)
• variety of industries among available jobs (0.61)
• walkability index (6.53)
• airborne cancer risk per million in population (40.18)
• car crash fatalities per 100,000 population (26.35)
• chronic health risk from exposure to toxic chemicals (264.95)
• days per month that adults self-report 'not good' mental health (3.35)
• deaths due to drug overdose, alcohol, or suicide per 100,000 population (58.92)
• homicides per 100,000 population (4.420)
• preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population (5,075)
• property crimes per 100,000 population (1,895)
• relative disparity in income among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.43)
• relative disparity in pollution exposure among blacks, hispanics, and other, compared to whites (2.36)
• relative disparity in premature death among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.00)
• risk of developing serious respiratory complications per 10,000 in population (2.23)
• very-hot days per year (4)
• violent crimes per 100,000 population (240.91)
• CMS-certified beds within active hospitals per 1,000 population (5.31)
• first responders per 1,000 population (0.220)
• population (8,675)
• primary-care doctors per 100,000 population (66.46)

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