McDowell County, West Virginia is in West Virginia, is in the Southern states, is rural up-and-coming, is worse than the nationwide crime averages in both violent crime and homicides, 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, internet access, housing costs, and home heating, is worse than the nationwide adult-disease averages in each of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease, and is better than the nationwide public-safety averages in each of drinking water, airborne cancer risk, air quality, and toxic-chemical exposure.

• median household income ($24,921)
• public-school spending per student ($14,381)
• average weekly wage ($745.00)
• per-capita spending on police and fire protection ($130.20)
• land area covered by tree canopy, weighted by population (86.05%)
• households with internet access (82.10%)
• adults who don't eat enough daily fruits & vegetables (81.80%)
• high-school graduation rate (80.00%)
• youth who live within 5 miles of a public school (77.10%)
• homeownership rate (76.7%)
• households with utility gas or electric for home heating (72.39%)
• racial integration (57.00%)
• adult obesity (42.20%)
• adults who did NOT take part in leisure-time physical activity or exercise in the past month (35.60%)
• poverty rate (35.48%)
• heart disease among older adults (34.53%)
• population living close to emergency facilities (32.64%)
• labor-force participation (31.18%)
• adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days (29.93%)
• adults of age 18+ who smoke tobacco (28.66%)
• pre-school enrollment (27.27%)
• 4th-grade students who are proficient in English Language Arts (27.00%)
• older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) who are diagnosed with depression (21.32%)
• households where housing costs (mortgage or rent and utilities) exceed 30% of household income (18.45%)
• households in a FEMA-designated flood hazard area (18.44%)
• population without health insurance (16.57%)
• adult diabetes (14.9%)
• youth of ages 16-19 who are neither working nor enrolled in school (14.84%)
• households with no vehicle (13.72%)
• newborns with low birth weight (12.28%)
• civilian labor-force unemployment (12.1%)
• workers who commute 60 minutes or more (8.63%)
• population age 25+ with an Associate Degree or higher (8.43%)
• new-business growth rate (6.23%)
• change in median household value (+4.72%)
• cancer among older adults (4.35%)
• unsafe drinking water exposure (4.21%)
• vacant houses (2.99%)
• teenage birth rate (2.50%)
• households that receive public-assistance income (2.09%)
• overcrowded households (1.98%)
• relative disparity in unemployment rates among the disabled, compared to the total population (0.55%)
• population without nearby access to a large grocery store (0.23%)
• tax returns that claim adult education tax credits (0.00%)
• affordable housing relative to low-income population (-95.14)
• food environment index (6.1)
• jobs within a 45-minute commute by car (937)
• local food outlets per 100,000 in population (4.9)
• nonprofits per 100,000 population (46.6)
• variety of industries among available jobs (0.34)
• walkability index (3.64)
• airborne cancer risk per million in population (29.88)
• car crash fatalities per 100,000 population (27.21)
• chronic health risk from exposure to toxic chemicals (4.50)
• days per month that adults self-report 'not good' mental health (5.47)
• deaths due to drug overdose, alcohol, or suicide per 100,000 population (143.75)
• homicides per 100,000 population (9.320)
• preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population (8,761)
• property crimes per 100,000 population (1,524)
• 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 (3.77)
• 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 (1.34)
• very-hot days per year (6)
• violent crimes per 100,000 population (357.45)
• CMS-certified beds within active hospitals per 1,000 population (5.61)
• first responders per 1,000 population (1.230)
• population (18,456)
• primary-care doctors per 100,000 population (44.01)

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