Berkeley County, South Carolina is in South Carolina, is on the East Coast, in the Southern states, is urban high-performing, is worse than the nationwide crime averages in each of homicides, property crime, and violent crime, is better than the nationwide household averages in each of household income, overcrowding, internet access, and home heating, is better than the nationwide employment averages in each of labor-force participation, civilian unemployment, job proximity, and new-business growth rate, is worse than the nationwide public-safety averages in each of traffic fatalities, airborne cancer risk, air quality, and flood hazard, is worse than the nationwide adult-disease averages in each of obesity, diabetes, and cancer, and is worse than the nationwide black/hispanic disparity averages in each of poverty, pollution exposure, and premature death.

• median household income ($52,506)
• public-school spending per student ($10,341)
• average weekly wage ($929.00)
• per-capita spending on police and fire protection ($185.65)
• households with utility gas or electric for home heating (95.59%)
• youth who live within 5 miles of a public school (92.51%)
• households with internet access (90.26%)
• high-school graduation rate (84.00%)
• adults who don't eat enough daily fruits & vegetables (79.60%)
• homeownership rate (69.9%)
• labor-force participation (62.24%)
• land area covered by tree canopy, weighted by population (53.73%)
• pre-school enrollment (44.03%)
• population living close to emergency facilities (40.61%)
• 4th-grade students who are proficient in English Language Arts (36.00%)
• adult obesity (34.80%)
• population age 25+ with an Associate Degree or higher (32.07%)
• households where housing costs (mortgage or rent and utilities) exceed 30% of household income (31.18%)
• population without nearby access to a large grocery store (29.59%)
• racial integration (29.00%)
• adults who did NOT take part in leisure-time physical activity or exercise in the past month (23.30%)
• heart disease among older adults (21.73%)
• adults of age 18+ who smoke tobacco (16.09%)
• population without health insurance (15.23%)
• older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) who are diagnosed with depression (15.11%)
• adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days (15.09%)
• poverty rate (13.87%)
• adult diabetes (13.2%)
• new-business growth rate (11.56%)
• households in a FEMA-designated flood hazard area (8.62%)
• cancer among older adults (8.46%)
• newborns with low birth weight (8.26%)
• teenage birth rate (6.93%)
• tax returns that claim adult education tax credits (6.29%)
• workers who commute 60 minutes or more (5.93%)
• households with no vehicle (4.46%)
• civilian labor-force unemployment (4.4%)
• youth of ages 16-19 who are neither working nor enrolled in school (2.59%)
• change in median household value (+1.72%)
• households that receive public-assistance income (1.64%)
• overcrowded households (1.47%)
• relative disparity in unemployment rates among the disabled, compared to the total population (0.65%)
• vacant houses (0.35%)
• unsafe drinking water exposure (0.00%)
• affordable housing relative to low-income population (-81.77)
• food environment index (7.3)
• jobs within a 45-minute commute by car (26,017)
• local food outlets per 100,000 in population (2.7)
• natural amenities index (0.71)
• nonprofits per 100,000 population (25.0)
• variety of industries among available jobs (0.54)
• walkability index (6.32)
• airborne cancer risk per million in population (47.26)
• car crash fatalities per 100,000 population (18.42)
• chronic health risk from exposure to toxic chemicals (102,185)
• days per month that adults self-report 'not good' mental health (3.89)
• deaths due to drug overdose, alcohol, or suicide per 100,000 population (33.00)
• homicides per 100,000 population (8.380)
• preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population (3,474)
• property crimes per 100,000 population (3,193)
• relative disparity in Bachelor's degree among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.09)
• relative disparity in income among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.42)
• relative disparity in pollution exposure among blacks, hispanics, and other, compared to whites (6.56)
• relative disparity in poverty rates among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.18)
• relative disparity in premature death among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.05)
• risk of developing serious respiratory complications per 10,000 in population (2.82)
• very-hot days per year (1)
• violent crimes per 100,000 population (435.42)
• CMS-certified beds within active hospitals per 1,000 population (0.00)
• first responders per 1,000 population (0.990)
• population (217,937)
• primary-care doctors per 100,000 population (36.83)

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