Hoke County, North Carolina is in North Carolina, is on the East Coast, in the Southern states, is urban up-and-coming, is worse than the nationwide crime averages in both property crime and homicides, is worse than the nationwide household averages in each of household income, homeownership, overcrowding, and housing costs, is worse than the nationwide employment averages in each of labor-force participation, civilian unemployment, and job proximity, is worse than the nationwide adult-disease averages in each of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease, is better than the nationwide public-safety averages in each of drinking water, air quality, and flood hazard, and is worse than the nationwide black/hispanic disparity averages in each of college education, poverty, and premature death.

• median household income ($41,542)
• public-school spending per student ($8,566)
• average weekly wage ($656.00)
• per-capita spending on police and fire protection ($163.12)
• youth who live within 5 miles of a public school (97.55%)
• households with utility gas or electric for home heating (84.22%)
• households with internet access (83.40%)
• high-school graduation rate (75.00%)
• homeownership rate (66.1%)
• labor-force participation (52.67%)
• land area covered by tree canopy, weighted by population (50.35%)
• pre-school enrollment (35.21%)
• households where housing costs (mortgage or rent and utilities) exceed 30% of household income (35.13%)
• adult obesity (34.60%)
• 4th-grade students who are proficient in English Language Arts (34.00%)
• population age 25+ with an Associate Degree or higher (30.76%)
• heart disease among older adults (29.81%)
• racial integration (28.00%)
• adults who did NOT take part in leisure-time physical activity or exercise in the past month (25.50%)
• adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days (22.94%)
• adults of age 18+ who smoke tobacco (22.41%)
• population living close to emergency facilities (22.35%)
• poverty rate (22.19%)
• population without nearby access to a large grocery store (17.40%)
• older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) who are diagnosed with depression (15.73%)
• population without health insurance (14.17%)
• adult diabetes (13.4%)
• youth of ages 16-19 who are neither working nor enrolled in school (12.11%)
• new-business growth rate (10.14%)
• newborns with low birth weight (9.04%)
• cancer among older adults (6.88%)
• households with no vehicle (6.82%)
• tax returns that claim adult education tax credits (6.74%)
• civilian labor-force unemployment (6.5%)
• teenage birth rate (4.74%)
• overcrowded households (3.57%)
• workers who commute 60 minutes or more (3.51%)
• change in median household value (+3.13%)
• households that receive public-assistance income (1.83%)
• households in a FEMA-designated flood hazard area (1.12%)
• relative disparity in unemployment rates among the disabled, compared to the total population (0.57%)
• vacant houses (0.50%)
• unsafe drinking water exposure (0.00%)
• affordable housing relative to low-income population (-76.48)
• food environment index (5.9)
• jobs within a 45-minute commute by car (13,334)
• local food outlets per 100,000 in population (4.1)
• nonprofits per 100,000 population (18.7)
• variety of industries among available jobs (0.73)
• walkability index (4.56)
• airborne cancer risk per million in population (44.59)
• car crash fatalities per 100,000 population (20.54)
• days per month that adults self-report 'not good' mental health (4.17)
• deaths due to drug overdose, alcohol, or suicide per 100,000 population (28.79)
• homicides per 100,000 population (12.420)
• preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population (6,291)
• property crimes per 100,000 population (2,253)
• relative disparity in Bachelor's degree among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.18)
• relative disparity in income among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.42)
• relative disparity in pollution exposure among blacks, hispanics, and other, compared to whites (0.77)
• relative disparity in poverty rates among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.17)
• relative disparity in premature death among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.09)
• risk of developing serious respiratory complications per 10,000 in population (1.59)
• very-hot days per year (1)
• violent crimes per 100,000 population (136.56)
• CMS-certified beds within active hospitals per 1,000 population (0.87)
• first responders per 1,000 population (0.790)
• population (54,116)
• primary-care doctors per 100,000 population (9.69)

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