Dare County, North Carolina is in North Carolina, 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 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, job variety, and new-business growth rate, is better than the nationwide public-safety averages in each of traffic fatalities, drinking water, airborne cancer risk, air quality, and toxic-chemical exposure, is better than the nationwide adult-disease averages in each of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease, and is better than the nationwide black/hispanic disparity averages in each of income, poverty, pollution exposure, and premature death.

• median household income ($54,496)
• public-school spending per student ($12,022)
• per-capita spending on police and fire protection ($775.74)
• average weekly wage ($615.00)
• high-school graduation rate (94.00%)
• households with utility gas or electric for home heating (88.86%)
• households with internet access (86.58%)
• youth who live within 5 miles of a public school (85.36%)
• adults who don't eat enough daily fruits & vegetables (77.30%)
• labor-force participation (69.35%)
• homeownership rate (68.1%)
• households in a FEMA-designated flood hazard area (66.22%)
• pre-school enrollment (53.75%)
• 4th-grade students who are proficient in English Language Arts (49.00%)
• population living close to emergency facilities (48.65%)
• population age 25+ with an Associate Degree or higher (38.10%)
• population without nearby access to a large grocery store (35.96%)
• households where housing costs (mortgage or rent and utilities) exceed 30% of household income (35.80%)
• land area covered by tree canopy, weighted by population (31.52%)
• racial integration (31.00%)
• adult obesity (27.00%)
• adults who did NOT take part in leisure-time physical activity or exercise in the past month (23.40%)
• heart disease among older adults (20.38%)
• population without health insurance (17.74%)
• adults of age 18+ who smoke tobacco (16.27%)
• adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days (13.81%)
• older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) who are diagnosed with depression (12.39%)
• new-business growth rate (9.17%)
• cancer among older adults (8.51%)
• poverty rate (8.32%)
• adult diabetes (8.1%)
• civilian labor-force unemployment (6.7%)
• newborns with low birth weight (6.52%)
• workers who commute 60 minutes or more (4.40%)
• households with no vehicle (3.91%)
• youth of ages 16-19 who are neither working nor enrolled in school (2.37%)
• teenage birth rate (1.51%)
• overcrowded households (1.23%)
• households that receive public-assistance income (1.18%)
• tax returns that claim adult education tax credits (1.16%)
• relative disparity in unemployment rates among the disabled, compared to the total population (0.87%)
• vacant houses (0.02%)
• unsafe drinking water exposure (0.00%)
• change in median household value (-7.96%)
• affordable housing relative to low-income population (-76.35)
• food environment index (7.1)
• jobs within a 45-minute commute by car (3,812)
• local food outlets per 100,000 in population (5.8)
• natural amenities index (1.63)
• nonprofits per 100,000 population (56.3)
• variety of industries among available jobs (0.67)
• walkability index (8.17)
• airborne cancer risk per million in population (29.55)
• car crash fatalities per 100,000 population (14.60)
• chronic health risk from exposure to toxic chemicals (1.12)
• days per month that adults self-report 'not good' mental health (3.59)
• deaths due to drug overdose, alcohol, or suicide per 100,000 population (50.29)
• preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population (2,507)
• property crimes per 100,000 population (5,760)
• relative disparity in Bachelor's degree among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.25)
• 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 (3.46)
• relative disparity in poverty rates among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.02)
• relative disparity in premature death among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.01)
• risk of developing serious respiratory complications per 10,000 in population (0.87)
• very-hot days per year (2)
• violent crimes per 100,000 population (341.0)
• CMS-certified beds within active hospitals per 1,000 population (0.56)
• first responders per 1,000 population (0.750)
• population (36,099)
• primary-care doctors per 100,000 population (65.52)

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