Laurens County, Georgia is in Georgia, is on the East Coast, in the Southern states, is urban up-and-coming, is worse 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, homeownership, internet access, and housing costs, is worse than the nationwide employment averages in each of labor-force participation, civilian unemployment, job proximity, and new-business growth rate, is worse than the nationwide public-safety averages in each of traffic fatalities, airborne cancer risk, and air quality, 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, toxic-chemical exposure, and flood hazard, and is worse than the nationwide black/hispanic disparity averages in each of income, poverty, pollution exposure, and premature death.

• median household income ($32,356)
• public-school spending per student ($9,615)
• average weekly wage ($730.00)
• per-capita spending on police and fire protection ($249.97)
• households with utility gas or electric for home heating (91.74%)
• high-school graduation rate (83.20%)
• adults who don't eat enough daily fruits & vegetables (81.10%)
• youth who live within 5 miles of a public school (79.67%)
• homeownership rate (63.7%)
• households with internet access (59.74%)
• land area covered by tree canopy, weighted by population (55.75%)
• racial integration (50.00%)
• pre-school enrollment (48.95%)
• labor-force participation (48.69%)
• adult obesity (36.30%)
• heart disease among older adults (32.05%)
• 4th-grade students who are proficient in English Language Arts (30.03%)
• adults who did NOT take part in leisure-time physical activity or exercise in the past month (29.90%)
• poverty rate (27.48%)
• households where housing costs (mortgage or rent and utilities) exceed 30% of household income (26.85%)
• population living close to emergency facilities (22.98%)
• adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days (22.84%)
• population age 25+ with an Associate Degree or higher (22.45%)
• adults of age 18+ who smoke tobacco (20.34%)
• older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) who are diagnosed with depression (18.81%)
• population without nearby access to a large grocery store (15.67%)
• population without health insurance (15.34%)
• teenage birth rate (13.11%)
• adult diabetes (12.6%)
• newborns with low birth weight (10.18%)
• households with no vehicle (8.44%)
• workers who commute 60 minutes or more (7.60%)
• new-business growth rate (7.53%)
• civilian labor-force unemployment (6.7%)
• cancer among older adults (6.43%)
• youth of ages 16-19 who are neither working nor enrolled in school (5.30%)
• tax returns that claim adult education tax credits (4.18%)
• vacant houses (2.64%)
• overcrowded households (2.05%)
• households in a FEMA-designated flood hazard area (1.87%)
• households that receive public-assistance income (1.41%)
• relative disparity in unemployment rates among the disabled, compared to the total population (0.59%)
• unsafe drinking water exposure (0.00%)
• change in median household value (-4.54%)
• affordable housing relative to low-income population (-78.42)
• food environment index (6.0)
• jobs within a 45-minute commute by car (6,031)
• local food outlets per 100,000 in population (2.1)
• natural amenities index (0.01)
• nonprofits per 100,000 population (34.3)
• variety of industries among available jobs (0.90)
• walkability index (5.64)
• airborne cancer risk per million in population (55.58)
• car crash fatalities per 100,000 population (21.97)
• chronic health risk from exposure to toxic chemicals (144,322)
• days per month that adults self-report 'not good' mental health (4.27)
• deaths due to drug overdose, alcohol, or suicide per 100,000 population (34.04)
• homicides per 100,000 population (7.440)
• preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population (4,125)
• property crimes per 100,000 population (4,352)
• relative disparity in Bachelor's degree among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.12)
• relative disparity in income among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.52)
• relative disparity in pollution exposure among blacks, hispanics, and other, compared to whites (6.94)
• relative disparity in poverty rates among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.19)
• relative disparity in premature death among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.10)
• risk of developing serious respiratory complications per 10,000 in population (2.40)
• very-hot days per year (1)
• violent crimes per 100,000 population (365.15)
• CMS-certified beds within active hospitals per 1,000 population (13.65)
• first responders per 1,000 population (0.910)
• population (47,330)
• primary-care doctors per 100,000 population (102.4)

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