Yankton County, South Dakota is in South Dakota, is urban high-performing, is better than the nationwide household averages in each of household income, overcrowding, internet access, housing costs, and home heating, is better than the nationwide employment averages in each of labor-force participation, civilian unemployment, and job variety, is better than the nationwide public-safety averages in each of drinking water, airborne cancer risk, air quality, toxic-chemical exposure, 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 college education, poverty, and premature death.

• median household income ($48,176)
• public-school spending per student ($9,198)
• average weekly wage ($759.00)
• per-capita spending on police and fire protection ($191.33)
• high-school graduation rate (95.93%)
• households with internet access (85.94%)
• youth who live within 5 miles of a public school (80.66%)
• adults who don't eat enough daily fruits & vegetables (77.20%)
• households with utility gas or electric for home heating (77.19%)
• homeownership rate (67.5%)
• labor-force participation (63.98%)
• population living close to emergency facilities (47.33%)
• 4th-grade students who are proficient in English Language Arts (46.14%)
• population age 25+ with an Associate Degree or higher (35.31%)
• pre-school enrollment (34.11%)
• racial integration (34.00%)
• adult obesity (29.90%)
• population without nearby access to a large grocery store (25.45%)
• households where housing costs (mortgage or rent and utilities) exceed 30% of household income (23.31%)
• heart disease among older adults (22.68%)
• adults who did NOT take part in leisure-time physical activity or exercise in the past month (18.70%)
• adults of age 18+ who smoke tobacco (16.37%)
• poverty rate (14.24%)
• older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) who are diagnosed with depression (14.14%)
• adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days (10.33%)
• population without health insurance (9.67%)
• land area covered by tree canopy, weighted by population (7.94%)
• new-business growth rate (6.88%)
• newborns with low birth weight (6.84%)
• adult diabetes (6.8%)
• cancer among older adults (6.18%)
• change in median household value (+4.89%)
• households with no vehicle (4.57%)
• households in a FEMA-designated flood hazard area (4.36%)
• workers who commute 60 minutes or more (4.12%)
• tax returns that claim adult education tax credits (4.11%)
• teenage birth rate (3.07%)
• vacant houses (2.90%)
• civilian labor-force unemployment (2.4%)
• unsafe drinking water exposure (2.01%)
• households that receive public-assistance income (1.02%)
• relative disparity in unemployment rates among the disabled, compared to the total population (0.92%)
• overcrowded households (0.78%)
• youth of ages 16-19 who are neither working nor enrolled in school (0.34%)
• affordable housing relative to low-income population (-43.50)
• food environment index (7.4)
• jobs within a 45-minute commute by car (5,037)
• local food outlets per 100,000 in population (23.9)
• nonprofits per 100,000 population (53.5)
• variety of industries among available jobs (0.82)
• walkability index (7.62)
• airborne cancer risk per million in population (31.29)
• car crash fatalities per 100,000 population (18.80)
• chronic health risk from exposure to toxic chemicals (1,442)
• days per month that adults self-report 'not good' mental health (2.56)
• deaths due to drug overdose, alcohol, or suicide per 100,000 population (25.94)
• preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population (3,748)
• property crimes per 100,000 population (2,216)
• 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 (0.47)
• relative disparity in pollution exposure among blacks, hispanics, and other, compared to whites (5.89)
• relative disparity in poverty rates among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.07)
• 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 (1.07)
• very-hot days per year (9)
• violent crimes per 100,000 population (194.07)
• CMS-certified beds within active hospitals per 1,000 population (12.79)
• first responders per 1,000 population (0.690)
• population (22,662)
• primary-care doctors per 100,000 population (101.39)

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