Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska is in Nebraska, is urban high-performing, is worse than the nationwide household averages in each of household income, homeownership, overcrowding, and housing costs, is better than the nationwide employment averages in each of labor-force participation, civilian unemployment, and job variety, is better than the nationwide public-safety averages in each of airborne cancer risk, air quality, toxic-chemical exposure, and flood hazard, is better than the nationwide adult-disease averages in each of diabetes, heart disease, and cancer, and is worse than the nationwide black/hispanic disparity averages in each of income, poverty, and pollution exposure.

• median household income ($45,992)
• public-school spending per student ($11,539)
• average weekly wage ($724.00)
• per-capita spending on police and fire protection ($304.27)
• youth who live within 5 miles of a public school (92.38%)
• high-school graduation rate (89.70%)
• households with utility gas or electric for home heating (86.55%)
• households with internet access (86.41%)
• adults who don't eat enough daily fruits & vegetables (77.80%)
• 4th-grade students who are proficient in English Language Arts (75.69%)
• homeownership rate (68.5%)
• labor-force participation (66.92%)
• pre-school enrollment (62.05%)
• population living close to emergency facilities (58.56%)
• racial integration (40.00%)
• adult obesity (34.10%)
• population age 25+ with an Associate Degree or higher (32.18%)
• households where housing costs (mortgage or rent and utilities) exceed 30% of household income (28.59%)
• adults who did NOT take part in leisure-time physical activity or exercise in the past month (22.70%)
• heart disease among older adults (21.69%)
• unsafe drinking water exposure (17.92%)
• adults of age 18+ who smoke tobacco (17.20%)
• adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days (16.17%)
• older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) who are diagnosed with depression (15.14%)
• population without health insurance (14.26%)
• poverty rate (13.67%)
• population without nearby access to a large grocery store (10.18%)
• adult diabetes (9.0%)
• newborns with low birth weight (8.31%)
• change in median household value (+8.24%)
• cancer among older adults (6.44%)
• new-business growth rate (5.95%)
• land area covered by tree canopy, weighted by population (5.76%)
• households with no vehicle (5.37%)
• teenage birth rate (4.57%)
• civilian labor-force unemployment (3.6%)
• households in a FEMA-designated flood hazard area (3.50%)
• overcrowded households (2.83%)
• tax returns that claim adult education tax credits (2.65%)
• workers who commute 60 minutes or more (2.57%)
• vacant houses (2.37%)
• households that receive public-assistance income (1.71%)
• youth of ages 16-19 who are neither working nor enrolled in school (1.17%)
• relative disparity in unemployment rates among the disabled, compared to the total population (0.77%)
• affordable housing relative to low-income population (-62.60)
• food environment index (7.7)
• jobs within a 45-minute commute by car (6,569)
• local food outlets per 100,000 in population (8.4)
• natural amenities index (1.11)
• nonprofits per 100,000 population (50.9)
• variety of industries among available jobs (0.83)
• walkability index (7.70)
• airborne cancer risk per million in population (30.18)
• car crash fatalities per 100,000 population (20.15)
• chronic health risk from exposure to toxic chemicals (1,524)
• days per month that adults self-report 'not good' mental health (3.27)
• deaths due to drug overdose, alcohol, or suicide per 100,000 population (39.39)
• preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population (3,008)
• property crimes per 100,000 population (2,844)
• relative disparity in Bachelor's degree among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.15)
• 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 (7.91)
• relative disparity in poverty rates among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.20)
• relative disparity in premature death among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.02)
• risk of developing serious respiratory complications per 10,000 in population (1.72)
• very-hot days per year (4)
• violent crimes per 100,000 population (127.39)
• CMS-certified beds within active hospitals per 1,000 population (4.49)
• first responders per 1,000 population (0.460)
• population (36,363)
• primary-care doctors per 100,000 population (79.53)

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