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Coweta County, Georgia has the 12th-least population living close to emergency facilities (13.90%) among the 159 Georgia counties. That 13.90% compares to an average of 28.50% and standard deviation of 11.10% across those 159 counties.
Coweta County, Georgia has these related standings among those 159 peer counties:
Coweta County, Georgia has these related standings among those 159 peer counties:
- population living close to emergency facilities = 13.90% (12th-least)
- car crash fatalities per 100,000 population = 10.88 (12th-fewest)
- homicides per 100,000 population = 8.890 (17th-most, tied)
- property crimes per 100,000 population = 2,159 (56th-fewest)
- violent crimes per 100,000 population = 191.31 (46th-fewest)
- first responders per 1,000 population = 1.070 (48th-most, tied)
- per-capita spending on police and fire protection = $288.37 (47th-highest)
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- population living close to emergency facilities. Higher values are better. Percentage of population within 5 miles of a fare station or a hospital with emergency facilities. Sources are Centers for Medicare & Medicaid and U.S. Geological Survey, 2016.
Coweta County, Georgia is in Georgia, is on the East Coast, in the Southern states, is urban high-performing, is worse than the nationwide crime averages in both property crime and homicides, is better than the nationwide household averages in each of household income, homeownership, overcrowding, internet access, and home heating, is better than the nationwide employment averages in each of labor-force participation, civilian unemployment, job variety, job proximity, and new-business growth rate, is worse than the nationwide adult-disease averages in both cancer and diabetes, is better than the nationwide public-safety averages in each of traffic fatalities, drinking water, toxic-chemical exposure, and flood hazard, is better than the nationwide adult-disease averages in both obesity and heart disease, and is worse than the nationwide black/hispanic disparity averages in each of college education, poverty, and premature death.
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Numeric values:
- median household income ($62,461)
- public-school spending per student ($8,180)
- average weekly wage ($755.00)
- per-capita spending on police and fire protection ($288.37)
- youth who live within 5 miles of a public school (98.43%)
- households with internet access (95.01%)
- households with utility gas or electric for home heating (92.22%)
- high-school graduation rate (86.00%)
- homeownership rate (72.8%)
- labor-force participation (65.30%)
- land area covered by tree canopy, weighted by population (61.91%)
- pre-school enrollment (50.40%)
- population without nearby access to a large grocery store (43.46%)
- 4th-grade students who are proficient in English Language Arts (39.00%)
- population age 25+ with an Associate Degree or higher (34.42%)
- racial integration (30.00%)
- households where housing costs (mortgage or rent and utilities) exceed 30% of household income (29.10%)
- adult obesity (26.30%)
- heart disease among older adults (24.03%)
- adults who did NOT take part in leisure-time physical activity or exercise in the past month (22.00%)
- older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) who are diagnosed with depression (17.26%)
- adults of age 18+ who smoke tobacco (14.79%)
- population living close to emergency facilities (13.90%)
- adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days (13.48%)
- poverty rate (13.18%)
- workers who commute 60 minutes or more (12.64%)
- population without health insurance (11.81%)
- new-business growth rate (11.51%)
- adult diabetes (9.9%)
- newborns with low birth weight (7.46%)
- cancer among older adults (7.30%)
- tax returns that claim adult education tax credits (6.28%)
- civilian labor-force unemployment (5.0%)
- teenage birth rate (4.02%)
- households with no vehicle (3.72%)
- change in median household value (+3.43%)
- vacant houses (2.85%)
- youth of ages 16-19 who are neither working nor enrolled in school (2.48%)
- households in a FEMA-designated flood hazard area (1.92%)
- unsafe drinking water exposure (1.70%)
- overcrowded households (1.58%)
- households that receive public-assistance income (1.17%)
- relative disparity in unemployment rates among the disabled, compared to the total population (0.67%)
- affordable housing relative to low-income population (-77.07)
- food environment index (7.6)
- jobs within a 45-minute commute by car (30,566)
- local food outlets per 100,000 in population (1.5)
- nonprofits per 100,000 population (26.3)
- variety of industries among available jobs (0.88)
- walkability index (6.11)
- airborne cancer risk per million in population (48.64)
- car crash fatalities per 100,000 population (10.88)
- chronic health risk from exposure to toxic chemicals (1,849)
- days per month that adults self-report 'not good' mental health (3.48)
- deaths due to drug overdose, alcohol, or suicide per 100,000 population (29.08)
- homicides per 100,000 population (8.890)
- preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population (3,433)
- property crimes per 100,000 population (2,159)
- relative disparity in Bachelor's degree among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.18)
- 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 (2.70)
- relative disparity in poverty rates among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.24)
- relative disparity in premature death among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.09)
- risk of developing serious respiratory complications per 10,000 in population (1.82)
- very-hot days per year (5)
- violent crimes per 100,000 population (191.31)
- CMS-certified beds within active hospitals per 1,000 population (1.71)
- first responders per 1,000 population (1.070)
- population (143,114)
- primary-care doctors per 100,000 population (49.42)
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