Clinton County, Illinois is in Illinois, is urban high-performing, is better than the nationwide crime averages in both property crime and violent crime, is better than the nationwide household averages in each of household income, homeownership, 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 worse than the nationwide adult-disease averages in both heart disease and cancer, is better than the nationwide public-safety averages in each of traffic fatalities, drinking water, airborne cancer risk, air quality, and flood hazard, is better than the nationwide adult-disease averages in both obesity and diabetes, and is better than the nationwide black/hispanic disparity averages in each of college education, income, poverty, pollution exposure, and premature death.

• median household income ($63,236)
• public-school spending per student ($13,388)
• average weekly wage ($674.00)
• per-capita spending on police and fire protection ($222.00)
• youth who live within 5 miles of a public school (90.45%)
• high-school graduation rate (89.74%)
• homeownership rate (83.1%)
• households with utility gas or electric for home heating (78.49%)
• households with internet access (71.56%)
• labor-force participation (65.90%)
• 4th-grade students who are proficient in English Language Arts (54.61%)
• pre-school enrollment (53.69%)
• racial integration (50.00%)
• population living close to emergency facilities (47.74%)
• population age 25+ with an Associate Degree or higher (33.31%)
• adult obesity (28.80%)
• heart disease among older adults (28.16%)
• adults who did NOT take part in leisure-time physical activity or exercise in the past month (24.60%)
• households where housing costs (mortgage or rent and utilities) exceed 30% of household income (20.60%)
• land area covered by tree canopy, weighted by population (18.99%)
• older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) who are diagnosed with depression (15.71%)
• adults of age 18+ who smoke tobacco (13.89%)
• adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days (11.79%)
• poverty rate (8.87%)
• workers who commute 60 minutes or more (8.55%)
• population without nearby access to a large grocery store (8.20%)
• adult diabetes (7.6%)
• cancer among older adults (7.25%)
• newborns with low birth weight (6.68%)
• new-business growth rate (6.44%)
• households in a FEMA-designated flood hazard area (5.80%)
• population without health insurance (5.77%)
• change in median household value (+4.51%)
• civilian labor-force unemployment (4.5%)
• households with no vehicle (4.08%)
• youth of ages 16-19 who are neither working nor enrolled in school (3.93%)
• vacant houses (2.10%)
• households that receive public-assistance income (0.91%)
• overcrowded households (0.90%)
• relative disparity in unemployment rates among the disabled, compared to the total population (0.64%)
• tax returns that claim adult education tax credits (0.54%)
• unsafe drinking water exposure (0.00%)
• teenage birth rate (0%)
• affordable housing relative to low-income population (-47.66)
• food environment index (8.6)
• jobs within a 45-minute commute by car (12,654)
• local food outlets per 100,000 in population (8.3)
• nonprofits per 100,000 population (32.6)
• variety of industries among available jobs (0.79)
• walkability index (6.67)
• airborne cancer risk per million in population (33.64)
• car crash fatalities per 100,000 population (13.77)
• days per month that adults self-report 'not good' mental health (3.29)
• deaths due to drug overdose, alcohol, or suicide per 100,000 population (19.10)
• homicides per 100,000 population (8.170)
• preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population (3,430)
• property crimes per 100,000 population (1,351)
• relative disparity in Bachelor's degree among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.13)
• 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 (1.87)
• relative disparity in poverty rates among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.06)
• relative disparity in premature death among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.03)
• risk of developing serious respiratory complications per 10,000 in population (1.04)
• very-hot days per year (5)
• violent crimes per 100,000 population (165.08)
• CMS-certified beds within active hospitals per 1,000 population (2.25)
• first responders per 1,000 population (0.810)
• population (37,614)
• primary-care doctors per 100,000 population (42.26)

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