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Grenada County, Mississippi has the highest natural amenities index (1.78) of all the 82 Mississippi counties. That 1.78 compares to an average of 0.58 and standard deviation of 0.51 across those 82 counties.
Grenada County, Mississippi has these related standings among those 82 peer counties:
Grenada County, Mississippi has these related standings among those 82 peer counties:
- natural amenities index = 1.78 (the highest)
- chronic health risk from exposure to toxic chemicals = 783.65 (30th-lowest)
- households in a FEMA-designated flood hazard area = 12.43% (13th-most)
- very-hot days per year = 12 (3rd-most, tied)
- risk of developing serious respiratory complications per 10,000 in population = 1.88 (28th-highest, tied)
- airborne cancer risk per million in population = 53.05 (21st-highest, tied)
- unsafe drinking water exposure = 0.00% (the least, tied)
- land area covered by tree canopy, weighted by population = 61.96% (39th-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.
Grenada County, Mississippi is in Mississippi, is 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, overcrowding, and housing costs, is worse than the nationwide employment averages in each of labor-force participation, job proximity, and new-business growth rate, is better than the nationwide household averages in each of homeownership, internet access, and home heating, is worse than the nationwide public-safety averages in each of traffic fatalities, 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 worse than the nationwide black/hispanic disparity averages in each of income, pollution exposure, and premature death.
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Numeric values:
- median household income ($31,779)
- average weekly wage ($640.00)
- per-capita spending on police and fire protection ($387.25)
- adults who don't eat enough daily fruits & vegetables (90.00%)
- pre-school enrollment (83.28%)
- households with internet access (78.64%)
- households with utility gas or electric for home heating (77.49%)
- high-school graduation rate (76.00%)
- homeownership rate (73.4%)
- youth who live within 5 miles of a public school (71.89%)
- land area covered by tree canopy, weighted by population (61.96%)
- racial integration (56.00%)
- labor-force participation (52.59%)
- 4th-grade students who are proficient in English Language Arts (40.00%)
- adult obesity (39.30%)
- population living close to emergency facilities (38.86%)
- adults who did NOT take part in leisure-time physical activity or exercise in the past month (35.90%)
- households where housing costs (mortgage or rent and utilities) exceed 30% of household income (33.13%)
- heart disease among older adults (28.64%)
- population age 25+ with an Associate Degree or higher (23.45%)
- poverty rate (22.31%)
- adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days (22.24%)
- adults of age 18+ who smoke tobacco (19.82%)
- population without nearby access to a large grocery store (14.90%)
- older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) who are diagnosed with depression (13.86%)
- adult diabetes (12.8%)
- population without health insurance (12.62%)
- households in a FEMA-designated flood hazard area (12.43%)
- newborns with low birth weight (11.45%)
- vacant houses (10.27%)
- change in median household value (+9.07%)
- households with no vehicle (8.25%)
- cancer among older adults (7.48%)
- workers who commute 60 minutes or more (6.97%)
- new-business growth rate (6.36%)
- civilian labor-force unemployment (5.2%)
- tax returns that claim adult education tax credits (3.55%)
- households that receive public-assistance income (2.67%)
- overcrowded households (2.54%)
- youth of ages 16-19 who are neither working nor enrolled in school (1.27%)
- relative disparity in unemployment rates among the disabled, compared to the total population (0.55%)
- unsafe drinking water exposure (0.00%)
- teenage birth rate (0%)
- affordable housing relative to low-income population (-76.06)
- food environment index (5.6)
- jobs within a 45-minute commute by car (3,752)
- local food outlets per 100,000 in population (14.1)
- natural amenities index (1.78)
- nonprofits per 100,000 population (21.0)
- variety of industries among available jobs (0.65)
- walkability index (6.21)
- airborne cancer risk per million in population (53.05)
- car crash fatalities per 100,000 population (30.75)
- chronic health risk from exposure to toxic chemicals (783.65)
- days per month that adults self-report 'not good' mental health (4.19)
- deaths due to drug overdose, alcohol, or suicide per 100,000 population (31.91)
- homicides per 100,000 population (13.380)
- preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population (6,070)
- property crimes per 100,000 population (2,895)
- relative disparity in income among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.50)
- relative disparity in pollution exposure among blacks, hispanics, and other, compared to whites (6.43)
- relative disparity in premature death among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.12)
- risk of developing serious respiratory complications per 10,000 in population (1.88)
- very-hot days per year (12)
- violent crimes per 100,000 population (363.76)
- CMS-certified beds within active hospitals per 1,000 population (6.03)
- first responders per 1,000 population (0.560)
- population (21,087)
- primary-care doctors per 100,000 population (64.62)
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