Claiborne County, Mississippi is in Mississippi, 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 household averages in each of household income, homeownership, overcrowding, internet access, and housing costs, 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 public-safety averages in each of traffic fatalities, drinking water, and airborne cancer risk, is worse than the nationwide adult-disease averages in both obesity and diabetes, is better than the nationwide public-safety averages in each of air quality, toxic-chemical exposure, and flood hazard, and is better than the nationwide adult-disease averages in both heart disease and cancer.

• median household income ($23,259)
• average weekly wage ($979.00)
• per-capita spending on police and fire protection ($243.75)
• adults who don't eat enough daily fruits & vegetables (93.80%)
• high-school graduation rate (77.00%)
• land area covered by tree canopy, weighted by population (76.73%)
• pre-school enrollment (73.17%)
• households with utility gas or electric for home heating (72.11%)
• homeownership rate (69.9%)
• racial integration (51.00%)
• youth who live within 5 miles of a public school (50.06%)
• adult obesity (47.90%)
• poverty rate (42.00%)
• labor-force participation (39.08%)
• adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days (35.43%)
• adults who did NOT take part in leisure-time physical activity or exercise in the past month (34.10%)
• unsafe drinking water exposure (33.95%)
• households where housing costs (mortgage or rent and utilities) exceed 30% of household income (31.64%)
• population living close to emergency facilities (27.23%)
• adults of age 18+ who smoke tobacco (27.10%)
• heart disease among older adults (26.15%)
• population age 25+ with an Associate Degree or higher (23.81%)
• population without health insurance (19.06%)
• adult diabetes (15.9%)
• newborns with low birth weight (15.64%)
• older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) who are diagnosed with depression (13.84%)
• 4th-grade students who are proficient in English Language Arts (12.00%)
• civilian labor-force unemployment (11.4%)
• households with no vehicle (11.31%)
• population without nearby access to a large grocery store (9.66%)
• vacant houses (9.40%)
• tax returns that claim adult education tax credits (9.03%)
• teenage birth rate (8.57%)
• new-business growth rate (6.67%)
• cancer among older adults (6.27%)
• households in a FEMA-designated flood hazard area (6.00%)
• overcrowded households (5.83%)
• workers who commute 60 minutes or more (5.67%)
• change in median household value (+3.46%)
• households that receive public-assistance income (3.23%)
• youth of ages 16-19 who are neither working nor enrolled in school (1.44%)
• relative disparity in unemployment rates among the disabled, compared to the total population (0.50%)
• households with internet access (0.00%)
• affordable housing relative to low-income population (-90.68)
• food environment index (3.0)
• jobs within a 45-minute commute by car (1,628)
• local food outlets per 100,000 in population (0.00)
• nonprofits per 100,000 population (36.4)
• variety of industries among available jobs (0.41)
• walkability index (3.31)
• airborne cancer risk per million in population (52.28)
• car crash fatalities per 100,000 population (19.61)
• chronic health risk from exposure to toxic chemicals (1.45)
• days per month that adults self-report 'not good' mental health (5.03)
• homicides per 100,000 population (19.660)
• preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population (8,127)
• property crimes per 100,000 population (1,463)
• relative disparity in income among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.51)
• relative disparity in pollution exposure among blacks, hispanics, and other, compared to whites (2.24)
• relative disparity in premature death among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.02)
• risk of developing serious respiratory complications per 10,000 in population (1.59)
• very-hot days per year (13)
• violent crimes per 100,000 population (502.6)
• CMS-certified beds within active hospitals per 1,000 population (3.64)
• first responders per 1,000 population (0.310)
• population (8,950)
• primary-care doctors per 100,000 population (33.04)

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