Haines Borough, Alaska is in Alaska, is in the Western states, is worse than the nationwide household averages in each of homeownership, overcrowding, internet access, and home heating, is better than the nationwide employment averages in each of labor-force participation, job variety, and new-business growth rate, is better than the nationwide public-safety averages in each of traffic fatalities, airborne cancer risk, air quality, and flood hazard, is better than the nationwide adult-disease averages in each of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer, and is better than the nationwide black/hispanic disparity averages in each of income, pollution exposure, and premature death.

• median household income ($58,750)
• public-school spending per student ($25,981)
• average weekly wage ($692.00)
• per-capita spending on police and fire protection ($273.53)
• high-school graduation rate (90.00%)
• youth who live within 5 miles of a public school (74.12%)
• homeownership rate (69.1%)
• labor-force participation (68.91%)
• 4th-grade students who are proficient in English Language Arts (49.50%)
• population age 25+ with an Associate Degree or higher (42.61%)
• unsafe drinking water exposure (36.26%)
• pre-school enrollment (26.32%)
• population without health insurance (25.45%)
• racial integration (25.00%)
• adult obesity (24.30%)
• households where housing costs (mortgage or rent and utilities) exceed 30% of household income (22.96%)
• change in median household value (+22.62%)
• population without nearby access to a large grocery store (20.69%)
• population living close to emergency facilities (19.10%)
• adults of age 18+ who smoke tobacco (17.17%)
• heart disease among older adults (16.46%)
• adults who did NOT take part in leisure-time physical activity or exercise in the past month (15.80%)
• adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days (11.88%)
• new-business growth rate (10.10%)
• civilian labor-force unemployment (9.8%)
• older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) who are diagnosed with depression (9.67%)
• households that receive public-assistance income (6.89%)
• adult diabetes (6.3%)
• households with no vehicle (6.21%)
• overcrowded households (6.12%)
• poverty rate (5.29%)
• cancer among older adults (4.53%)
• households with utility gas or electric for home heating (3.33%)
• workers who commute 60 minutes or more (0.77%)
• relative disparity in unemployment rates among the disabled, compared to the total population (0.74%)
• households in a FEMA-designated flood hazard area (0.06%)
• youth of ages 16-19 who are neither working nor enrolled in school (0.00%)
• tax returns that claim adult education tax credits (0.00%)
• teenage birth rate (0%)
• vacant houses (0.00%)
• households with internet access (0.00%)
• affordable housing relative to low-income population (-32.31)
• food environment index (7.3)
• jobs within a 45-minute commute by car (401)
• local food outlets per 100,000 in population (39.8)
• nonprofits per 100,000 population (167.5)
• variety of industries among available jobs (0.79)
• walkability index (5.46)
• airborne cancer risk per million in population (24.33)
• car crash fatalities per 100,000 population (6.57)
• days per month that adults self-report 'not good' mental health (3.16)
• preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population (1,982)
• property crimes per 100,000 population (1,258)
• relative disparity in income among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.41)
• relative disparity in pollution exposure among blacks, hispanics, and other, compared to whites (2.36)
• relative disparity in premature death among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.00)
• risk of developing serious respiratory complications per 10,000 in population (0.48)
• violent crimes per 100,000 population (413.84)
• CMS-certified beds within active hospitals per 1,000 population (0.00)
• first responders per 1,000 population (13.700)
• population (2,526)
• primary-care doctors per 100,000 population (311.77)

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