Dickenson County, Virginia is in Virginia, is on the East Coast, in the Southern states, is urban up-and-coming, is better than the nationwide crime averages in both property crime and violent crime, is worse than the nationwide employment averages in each of labor-force participation, civilian unemployment, job variety, job proximity, and new-business growth rate, is better than the nationwide household averages in each of homeownership, overcrowding, housing costs, and home heating, is worse than the nationwide adult-disease averages in both obesity and heart disease, is better than the nationwide public-safety averages in each of drinking water, airborne cancer risk, and flood hazard, and is better than the nationwide adult-disease averages in both cancer and diabetes.

• median household income ($33,624)
• public-school spending per student ($10,543)
• average weekly wage ($715.00)
• per-capita spending on police and fire protection ($305.85)
• households with utility gas or electric for home heating (84.77%)
• land area covered by tree canopy, weighted by population (79.41%)
• homeownership rate (77.4%)
• high-school graduation rate (77.00%)
• youth who live within 5 miles of a public school (76.51%)
• 4th-grade students who are proficient in English Language Arts (62.00%)
• households with internet access (53.39%)
• labor-force participation (43.40%)
• racial integration (43.00%)
• adult obesity (35.30%)
• heart disease among older adults (30.09%)
• older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) who are diagnosed with depression (30.01%)
• adults who did NOT take part in leisure-time physical activity or exercise in the past month (24.70%)
• pre-school enrollment (24.10%)
• households where housing costs (mortgage or rent and utilities) exceed 30% of household income (22.56%)
• poverty rate (21.42%)
• population age 25+ with an Associate Degree or higher (18.75%)
• adults of age 18+ who smoke tobacco (18.49%)
• adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days (17.03%)
• teenage birth rate (16.35%)
• workers who commute 60 minutes or more (13.88%)
• population living close to emergency facilities (13.73%)
• population without health insurance (11.32%)
• households with no vehicle (10.57%)
• civilian labor-force unemployment (9.9%)
• adult diabetes (8.6%)
• newborns with low birth weight (7.78%)
• households that receive public-assistance income (6.53%)
• cancer among older adults (6.29%)
• households in a FEMA-designated flood hazard area (5.13%)
• new-business growth rate (4.12%)
• overcrowded households (1.97%)
• vacant houses (1.37%)
• youth of ages 16-19 who are neither working nor enrolled in school (0.80%)
• relative disparity in unemployment rates among the disabled, compared to the total population (0.43%)
• tax returns that claim adult education tax credits (0.00%)
• unsafe drinking water exposure (0.00%)
• population without nearby access to a large grocery store (0.00%)
• change in median household value (-0.54%)
• affordable housing relative to low-income population (-75.43)
• food environment index (8.0)
• jobs within a 45-minute commute by car (1,179)
• local food outlets per 100,000 in population (6.6)
• natural amenities index (0.61)
• nonprofits per 100,000 population (19.5)
• variety of industries among available jobs (0.31)
• walkability index (3.66)
• airborne cancer risk per million in population (31.16)
• car crash fatalities per 100,000 population (24.74)
• days per month that adults self-report 'not good' mental health (3.83)
• deaths due to drug overdose, alcohol, or suicide per 100,000 population (93.40)
• homicides per 100,000 population (5.360)
• preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population (5,775)
• property crimes per 100,000 population (1,405)
• relative disparity in income among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.48)
• 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 (1.85)
• very-hot days per year (5)
• violent crimes per 100,000 population (106.45)
• CMS-certified beds within active hospitals per 1,000 population (1.57)
• first responders per 1,000 population (1.710)
• population (14,782)
• primary-care doctors per 100,000 population (32.66)

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