Logan County, West Virginia is in West Virginia, 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 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 each of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease, is better than the nationwide public-safety averages in each of drinking water, airborne cancer risk, and air quality, and is better than the nationwide black/hispanic disparity averages in each of college education, poverty, pollution exposure, and premature death.

• median household income ($36,763)
• public-school spending per student ($11,582)
• average weekly wage ($750.00)
• per-capita spending on police and fire protection ($181.89)
• households with utility gas or electric for home heating (95.50%)
• youth who live within 5 miles of a public school (90.61%)
• adults who don't eat enough daily fruits & vegetables (87.10%)
• high-school graduation rate (85.00%)
• homeownership rate (75.9%)
• land area covered by tree canopy, weighted by population (75.79%)
• households with internet access (64.09%)
• labor-force participation (45.41%)
• racial integration (43.00%)
• adult obesity (41.00%)
• 4th-grade students who are proficient in English Language Arts (40.00%)
• pre-school enrollment (37.06%)
• heart disease among older adults (35.95%)
• adults who did NOT take part in leisure-time physical activity or exercise in the past month (33.00%)
• adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days (26.76%)
• adults of age 18+ who smoke tobacco (26.16%)
• households in a FEMA-designated flood hazard area (24.74%)
• older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) who are diagnosed with depression (23.58%)
• households where housing costs (mortgage or rent and utilities) exceed 30% of household income (21.81%)
• poverty rate (19.67%)
• population living close to emergency facilities (19.60%)
• population age 25+ with an Associate Degree or higher (15.67%)
• adult diabetes (15.3%)
• population without health insurance (13.43%)
• households with no vehicle (10.86%)
• teenage birth rate (10.77%)
• newborns with low birth weight (10.50%)
• civilian labor-force unemployment (10.1%)
• workers who commute 60 minutes or more (9.29%)
• change in median household value (+8.03%)
• population without nearby access to a large grocery store (7.35%)
• new-business growth rate (6.58%)
• cancer among older adults (6.12%)
• youth of ages 16-19 who are neither working nor enrolled in school (3.78%)
• vacant houses (3.47%)
• households that receive public-assistance income (1.85%)
• overcrowded households (1.14%)
• relative disparity in unemployment rates among the disabled, compared to the total population (0.58%)
• tax returns that claim adult education tax credits (0.00%)
• unsafe drinking water exposure (0.00%)
• affordable housing relative to low-income population (-71.98)
• food environment index (7.2)
• jobs within a 45-minute commute by car (2,474)
• local food outlets per 100,000 in population (2.8)
• nonprofits per 100,000 population (16.1)
• variety of industries among available jobs (0.39)
• walkability index (4.75)
• airborne cancer risk per million in population (34.68)
• car crash fatalities per 100,000 population (34.00)
• days per month that adults self-report 'not good' mental health (5.42)
• deaths due to drug overdose, alcohol, or suicide per 100,000 population (81.69)
• homicides per 100,000 population (7.930)
• preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population (11,386)
• property crimes per 100,000 population (2,184)
• 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 (2.36)
• relative disparity in poverty rates among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.04)
• relative disparity in premature death among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.01)
• risk of developing serious respiratory complications per 10,000 in population (1.58)
• very-hot days per year (8)
• violent crimes per 100,000 population (437.99)
• CMS-certified beds within active hospitals per 1,000 population (3.81)
• first responders per 1,000 population (0.700)
• population (32,925)
• primary-care doctors per 100,000 population (48.09)

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