Marshall County, Kansas is in Kansas, is rural 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 homeownership, overcrowding, internet access, and housing costs, 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 each of obesity, heart disease, and cancer, and is better than the nationwide public-safety averages in each of traffic fatalities, drinking water, airborne cancer risk, air quality, and toxic-chemical exposure.

• median household income ($45,374)
• public-school spending per student ($11,445)
• average weekly wage ($663.00)
• per-capita spending on police and fire protection ($166.35)
• high-school graduation rate (89.06%)
• 4th-grade students who are proficient in English Language Arts (80.44%)
• adults who don't eat enough daily fruits & vegetables (76.60%)
• homeownership rate (74.0%)
• youth who live within 5 miles of a public school (73.11%)
• households with utility gas or electric for home heating (69.49%)
• households with internet access (67.37%)
• pre-school enrollment (64.16%)
• labor-force participation (64.04%)
• population living close to emergency facilities (63.96%)
• racial integration (59.00%)
• adult obesity (32.60%)
• heart disease among older adults (28.40%)
• population age 25+ with an Associate Degree or higher (24.71%)
• adults who did NOT take part in leisure-time physical activity or exercise in the past month (22.30%)
• households where housing costs (mortgage or rent and utilities) exceed 30% of household income (21.93%)
• population without nearby access to a large grocery store (17.48%)
• adults of age 18+ who smoke tobacco (16.53%)
• adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days (13.75%)
• land area covered by tree canopy, weighted by population (13.28%)
• older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) who are diagnosed with depression (11.94%)
• change in median household value (+11.58%)
• poverty rate (11.06%)
• households in a FEMA-designated flood hazard area (9.11%)
• cancer among older adults (8.82%)
• newborns with low birth weight (8.20%)
• population without health insurance (8.18%)
• adult diabetes (7.4%)
• new-business growth rate (6.45%)
• vacant houses (6.25%)
• households with no vehicle (4.23%)
• tax returns that claim adult education tax credits (3.26%)
• civilian labor-force unemployment (3.2%)
• workers who commute 60 minutes or more (2.98%)
• youth of ages 16-19 who are neither working nor enrolled in school (2.84%)
• overcrowded households (1.62%)
• unsafe drinking water exposure (0.93%)
• relative disparity in unemployment rates among the disabled, compared to the total population (0.78%)
• households that receive public-assistance income (0.56%)
• teenage birth rate (0%)
• affordable housing relative to low-income population (-41.60)
• food environment index (7.8)
• jobs within a 45-minute commute by car (1,616)
• local food outlets per 100,000 in population (20.3)
• nonprofits per 100,000 population (65.2)
• variety of industries among available jobs (0.68)
• walkability index (7.41)
• airborne cancer risk per million in population (28.13)
• car crash fatalities per 100,000 population (12.91)
• chronic health risk from exposure to toxic chemicals (58.35)
• days per month that adults self-report 'not good' mental health (3.19)
• preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population (3,892)
• property crimes per 100,000 population (1,647)
• relative disparity in income among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.45)
• 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 (0.97)
• very-hot days per year (7)
• violent crimes per 100,000 population (151.88)
• CMS-certified beds within active hospitals per 1,000 population (2.47)
• first responders per 1,000 population (0.200)
• population (9,745)
• primary-care doctors per 100,000 population (49.97)

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