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Yalobusha County, Mississippi has the 10th-highest natural amenities index (0.53) of the 82 Mississippi counties. That 0.53 compares to an average of 0.58 and standard deviation of 0.51 across those 82 counties.
Yalobusha County, Mississippi has these related standings among those 82 peer counties:
Yalobusha County, Mississippi has these related standings among those 82 peer counties:
- natural amenities index = 0.53 (10th-highest)
- chronic health risk from exposure to toxic chemicals = 0.28 (4th-lowest)
- households in a FEMA-designated flood hazard area = 5.77% (41st-most)
- very-hot days per year = 7 (20th-fewest, tied)
- risk of developing serious respiratory complications per 10,000 in population = 1.25 (5th-lowest, tied)
- airborne cancer risk per million in population = 44.03 (8th-lowest, tied)
- unsafe drinking water exposure = 0.00% (the least, tied)
- land area covered by tree canopy, weighted by population = 65.92% (34th-most)
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- natural amenities index. Higher values are better. The natural amenities index, similar to a score, measures natural, physical, environmental qualities that most people prefer, like warm winter, winter sun, temperate summer, low summer humidity, topographic variation, and water area. The index/score ranges from -6 to +12, where higher is better. Source is Department of Agriculture, 1999.
Yalobusha County, Mississippi is in Mississippi, is in the Southern states, is rural up-and-coming, 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, job proximity, and new-business growth rate, 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, toxic-chemical exposure, and flood hazard, and is better than the nationwide black/hispanic disparity averages in each of college education, pollution exposure, and premature death.
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Numeric values:
- median household income ($36,502)
- public-school spending per student ($8,899)
- average weekly wage ($632.00)
- per-capita spending on police and fire protection ($197.27)
- adults who don't eat enough daily fruits & vegetables (82.30%)
- homeownership rate (74.9%)
- high-school graduation rate (72.83%)
- land area covered by tree canopy, weighted by population (65.92%)
- youth who live within 5 miles of a public school (60.72%)
- households with utility gas or electric for home heating (58.76%)
- households with internet access (56.74%)
- labor-force participation (54.62%)
- pre-school enrollment (47.54%)
- racial integration (46.00%)
- adult obesity (39.40%)
- adults who did NOT take part in leisure-time physical activity or exercise in the past month (34.90%)
- heart disease among older adults (32.80%)
- population living close to emergency facilities (28.10%)
- households where housing costs (mortgage or rent and utilities) exceed 30% of household income (27.23%)
- 4th-grade students who are proficient in English Language Arts (26.03%)
- adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days (23.44%)
- population without nearby access to a large grocery store (21.05%)
- poverty rate (20.28%)
- population age 25+ with an Associate Degree or higher (19.81%)
- adults of age 18+ who smoke tobacco (19.46%)
- change in median household value (+16.74%)
- older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) who are diagnosed with depression (15.82%)
- adult diabetes (15.7%)
- population without health insurance (12.90%)
- vacant houses (12.69%)
- newborns with low birth weight (9.96%)
- new-business growth rate (8.43%)
- households with no vehicle (8.37%)
- youth of ages 16-19 who are neither working nor enrolled in school (6.75%)
- workers who commute 60 minutes or more (6.73%)
- cancer among older adults (6.57%)
- civilian labor-force unemployment (6.2%)
- households in a FEMA-designated flood hazard area (5.77%)
- tax returns that claim adult education tax credits (3.79%)
- overcrowded households (2.78%)
- households that receive public-assistance income (1.18%)
- relative disparity in unemployment rates among the disabled, compared to the total population (0.48%)
- unsafe drinking water exposure (0.00%)
- teenage birth rate (0%)
- affordable housing relative to low-income population (-57.60)
- food environment index (5.1)
- jobs within a 45-minute commute by car (1,815)
- local food outlets per 100,000 in population (8.2)
- natural amenities index (0.53)
- nonprofits per 100,000 population (24.5)
- variety of industries among available jobs (0.63)
- walkability index (5.18)
- airborne cancer risk per million in population (44.03)
- car crash fatalities per 100,000 population (29.54)
- chronic health risk from exposure to toxic chemicals (0.28)
- days per month that adults self-report 'not good' mental health (4.25)
- deaths due to drug overdose, alcohol, or suicide per 100,000 population (38.42)
- homicides per 100,000 population (10.640)
- preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population (6,988)
- 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 (0.45)
- 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 (0.13)
- 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 (1.25)
- very-hot days per year (7)
- CMS-certified beds within active hospitals per 1,000 population (2.52)
- first responders per 1,000 population (1.060)
- population (12,497)
- primary-care doctors per 100,000 population (24.44)
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