Sherman County, Nebraska is in Nebraska, is rural high-performing, is better than the nationwide crime averages in both property crime and violent crime, is worse than the nationwide household averages in each of household income, internet access, and home heating, is better than the nationwide household averages in each of homeownership, overcrowding, and housing costs, is better than the nationwide employment averages in each of labor-force participation, civilian unemployment, and new-business growth rate, is worse than the nationwide public-safety averages in each of traffic fatalities, drinking water, and flood hazard, is worse than the nationwide adult-disease averages in both obesity and heart disease, is better than the nationwide adult-disease averages in both cancer and diabetes, and is better than the nationwide black/hispanic disparity averages in each of income, pollution exposure, and premature death.

• median household income ($46,366)
• public-school spending per student ($17,002)
• average weekly wage ($559.00)
• per-capita spending on police and fire protection ($180.52)
• population without nearby access to a large grocery store (83.44%)
• homeownership rate (77.9%)
• high-school graduation rate (77.48%)
• adults who don't eat enough daily fruits & vegetables (77.00%)
• unsafe drinking water exposure (74.66%)
• racial integration (70.00%)
• pre-school enrollment (65.52%)
• households with utility gas or electric for home heating (65.30%)
• labor-force participation (64.21%)
• 4th-grade students who are proficient in English Language Arts (61.84%)
• youth who live within 5 miles of a public school (57.90%)
• households with internet access (52.98%)
• population living close to emergency facilities (48.86%)
• change in median household value (+39.68%)
• adult obesity (32.90%)
• heart disease among older adults (32.72%)
• population age 25+ with an Associate Degree or higher (25.10%)
• adults who did NOT take part in leisure-time physical activity or exercise in the past month (23.80%)
• households where housing costs (mortgage or rent and utilities) exceed 30% of household income (16.92%)
• teenage birth rate (16.28%)
• adults of age 18+ who smoke tobacco (15.29%)
• older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) who are diagnosed with depression (14.81%)
• poverty rate (13.49%)
• adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days (12.48%)
• new-business growth rate (11.27%)
• population without health insurance (7.87%)
• adult diabetes (7.5%)
• newborns with low birth weight (6.73%)
• workers who commute 60 minutes or more (6.54%)
• households in a FEMA-designated flood hazard area (6.48%)
• cancer among older adults (5.71%)
• land area covered by tree canopy, weighted by population (5.17%)
• households with no vehicle (3.78%)
• civilian labor-force unemployment (3.3%)
• overcrowded households (1.23%)
• households that receive public-assistance income (1.16%)
• relative disparity in unemployment rates among the disabled, compared to the total population (0.76%)
• youth of ages 16-19 who are neither working nor enrolled in school (0.00%)
• tax returns that claim adult education tax credits (0.00%)
• vacant houses (0.00%)
• affordable housing relative to low-income population (-19.30)
• food environment index (6.8)
• jobs within a 45-minute commute by car (372)
• local food outlets per 100,000 in population (32.7)
• natural amenities index (0.26)
• nonprofits per 100,000 population (63.5)
• variety of industries among available jobs (0.27)
• walkability index (6.20)
• airborne cancer risk per million in population (19.45)
• car crash fatalities per 100,000 population (18.46)
• days per month that adults self-report 'not good' mental health (2.89)
• preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population (3,654)
• property crimes per 100,000 population (592.78)
• 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 (2.36)
• 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 (0.56)
• very-hot days per year (10)
• violent crimes per 100,000 population (21.17)
• CMS-certified beds within active hospitals per 1,000 population (0.00)
• first responders per 1,000 population (0.260)
• population (3,086)
• primary-care doctors per 100,000 population (0.00)

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