Clay County, Georgia is in Georgia, is on the East Coast, in the Southern states, is rural up-and-coming, is better than the nationwide crime averages in both property crime and violent crime, is worse than the nationwide household averages in each of household income, homeownership, overcrowding, and internet access, is worse than the nationwide employment averages in each of labor-force participation, civilian unemployment, and job proximity, is worse than the nationwide public-safety averages in each of traffic fatalities, airborne cancer risk, and air quality, is better than the nationwide public-safety averages in each of drinking water, toxic-chemical exposure, and flood hazard, is better than the nationwide adult-disease averages in each of obesity, heart disease, and cancer, and is worse than the nationwide black/hispanic disparity averages in each of income, poverty, and premature death.

• median household income ($20,438)
• public-school spending per student ($13,696)
• average weekly wage ($563.00)
• per-capita spending on police and fire protection ($255.11)
• households with utility gas or electric for home heating (86.43%)
• population without nearby access to a large grocery store (73.99%)
• land area covered by tree canopy, weighted by population (63.35%)
• homeownership rate (59.2%)
• youth who live within 5 miles of a public school (58.20%)
• racial integration (58.00%)
• labor-force participation (44.02%)
• poverty rate (42.19%)
• population living close to emergency facilities (38.86%)
• adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days (34.09%)
• adult obesity (29.50%)
• adults who did NOT take part in leisure-time physical activity or exercise in the past month (27.50%)
• adults of age 18+ who smoke tobacco (25.49%)
• population without health insurance (25.15%)
• pre-school enrollment (24.73%)
• households where housing costs (mortgage or rent and utilities) exceed 30% of household income (23.67%)
• households with no vehicle (23.42%)
• heart disease among older adults (21.92%)
• older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) who are diagnosed with depression (17.26%)
• workers who commute 60 minutes or more (16.48%)
• population age 25+ with an Associate Degree or higher (15.03%)
• adult diabetes (13.2%)
• new-business growth rate (12.90%)
• newborns with low birth weight (12.83%)
• civilian labor-force unemployment (10.5%)
• unsafe drinking water exposure (6.99%)
• cancer among older adults (6.30%)
• youth of ages 16-19 who are neither working nor enrolled in school (5.30%)
• 4th-grade students who are proficient in English Language Arts (5.00%)
• tax returns that claim adult education tax credits (4.67%)
• overcrowded households (2.70%)
• households with internet access (1.35%)
• households in a FEMA-designated flood hazard area (0.91%)
• households that receive public-assistance income (0.85%)
• relative disparity in unemployment rates among the disabled, compared to the total population (0.41%)
• vacant houses (0.26%)
• teenage birth rate (0%)
• change in median household value (-6.97%)
• affordable housing relative to low-income population (-97.80)
• food environment index (4.6)
• jobs within a 45-minute commute by car (1,253)
• local food outlets per 100,000 in population (32.8)
• natural amenities index (1.34)
• nonprofits per 100,000 population (37.7)
• variety of industries among available jobs (0.69)
• walkability index (5.22)
• airborne cancer risk per million in population (45.44)
• car crash fatalities per 100,000 population (18.16)
• chronic health risk from exposure to toxic chemicals (0.22)
• days per month that adults self-report 'not good' mental health (5.08)
• homicides per 100,000 population (8.740)
• preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population (4,663)
• property crimes per 100,000 population (130.1)
• 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 (0.47)
• relative disparity in pollution exposure among blacks, hispanics, and other, compared to whites (2.36)
• relative disparity in poverty rates among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.20)
• 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 (1.81)
• very-hot days per year (6)
• violent crimes per 100,000 population (201.06)
• CMS-certified beds within active hospitals per 1,000 population (0.00)
• first responders per 1,000 population (0.160)
• population (2,962)
• primary-care doctors per 100,000 population (32.24)

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