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Skagway Municipality, Alaska has the 12th-lowest poverty rate (4.41%) among all the 3,142 counties. That 4.41% compares to an average of 16.70% and standard deviation of 6.60% across those 3,142 counties.
Skagway Municipality, Alaska has these related standings among all the 3,142 counties:
Note that poverty rate correlates (0.54) with civilian labor-force unemployment. But on the latter, Skagway Municipality, Alaska (with 10.6%) is higher (i.e., worse) than the median (5.0%) of those 3,142 counties.
Skagway Municipality, Alaska has these related standings among all the 3,142 counties:
- poverty rate = 4.41% (12th-lowest)
- new-business growth rate = 7.14% (962nd-lowest, tied)
- jobs within a 45-minute commute by car = 225 (97th-fewest)
- variety of industries among available jobs = 0.50 (705th-least, tied)
- labor-force participation = 85.03% (2nd-highest)
- average weekly wage = $747.00 (1,220th-highest, tied)
- civilian labor-force unemployment = 10.6% (50th-highest, tied)
- households that receive public-assistance income = 1.48% (753rd-fewest, tied)
- median household income = $69,318 (169th-highest)
Note that poverty rate correlates (0.54) with civilian labor-force unemployment. But on the latter, Skagway Municipality, Alaska (with 10.6%) is higher (i.e., worse) than the median (5.0%) of those 3,142 counties.
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- poverty rate. Lower values are better. Percentage of population below the federal poverty line. Source is the 2015 Census.
Skagway Municipality, Alaska is in Alaska, is in the Western states, is worse than the nationwide household averages in each of homeownership, overcrowding, internet access, housing costs, and home heating, is worse than the nationwide employment averages in each of civilian unemployment, job variety, job proximity, and new-business growth rate, and is better than the nationwide adult-disease averages in each of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer.
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Numeric values:
- median household income ($69,318)
- public-school spending per student ($26,991)
- per-capita spending on police and fire protection ($1,876)
- average weekly wage ($747.00)
- youth who live within 5 miles of a public school (100%)
- pre-school enrollment (88.24%)
- labor-force participation (85.03%)
- 4th-grade students who are proficient in English Language Arts (75.00%)
- homeownership rate (54.9%)
- racial integration (52.00%)
- population living close to emergency facilities (51.34%)
- population age 25+ with an Associate Degree or higher (40.28%)
- adult obesity (27.60%)
- households where housing costs (mortgage or rent and utilities) exceed 30% of household income (27.09%)
- population without health insurance (24.82%)
- adults who did NOT take part in leisure-time physical activity or exercise in the past month (16.10%)
- heart disease among older adults (13.62%)
- civilian labor-force unemployment (10.6%)
- older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) who are diagnosed with depression (9.14%)
- households with no vehicle (8.87%)
- new-business growth rate (7.14%)
- households in a FEMA-designated flood hazard area (7.05%)
- adult diabetes (6.6%)
- change in median household value (+6.01%)
- overcrowded households (4.68%)
- poverty rate (4.41%)
- cancer among older adults (3.92%)
- households with utility gas or electric for home heating (1.79%)
- households that receive public-assistance income (1.48%)
- relative disparity in unemployment rates among the disabled, compared to the total population (0.80%)
- workers who commute 60 minutes or more (0.33%)
- population without nearby access to a large grocery store (0.31%)
- 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%)
- households with internet access (0.00%)
- affordable housing relative to low-income population (-25.00)
- jobs within a 45-minute commute by car (225)
- local food outlets per 100,000 in population (0.00)
- nonprofits per 100,000 population (113.6)
- variety of industries among available jobs (0.50)
- walkability index (6.67)
- airborne cancer risk per million in population (25.18)
- relative disparity in income among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.33)
- relative disparity in pollution exposure among blacks, hispanics, and other, compared to whites (2.36)
- risk of developing serious respiratory complications per 10,000 in population (0.87)
- CMS-certified beds within active hospitals per 1,000 population (0.00)
- first responders per 1,000 population (1.600)
- population (1,157)
- primary-care doctors per 100,000 population (0.00)
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