Carbon County, Utah is in Utah, is in the Western states, is rural high-performing, is better than the nationwide crime averages in both violent crime and homicides, is worse than the nationwide employment averages in each of civilian unemployment, job proximity, and new-business growth rate, is better than the nationwide household averages in each of household income, internet access, housing costs, and home heating, is better than the nationwide public-safety averages in each of traffic fatalities, drinking water, airborne cancer risk, air quality, toxic-chemical exposure, and flood hazard, is better than the nationwide adult-disease averages in each of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer, and is better than the nationwide black/hispanic disparity averages in each of college education, income, poverty, and premature death.

• median household income ($46,900)
• public-school spending per student ($8,783)
• average weekly wage ($758.00)
• per-capita spending on police and fire protection ($488.86)
• youth who live within 5 miles of a public school (97.71%)
• high-school graduation rate (97.00%)
• households with internet access (94.58%)
• households with utility gas or electric for home heating (92.26%)
• adults who don't eat enough daily fruits & vegetables (83.30%)
• homeownership rate (71.1%)
• labor-force participation (62.43%)
• population living close to emergency facilities (43.05%)
• pre-school enrollment (36.91%)
• 4th-grade students who are proficient in English Language Arts (32.00%)
• population age 25+ with an Associate Degree or higher (28.69%)
• adult obesity (26.20%)
• population without nearby access to a large grocery store (25.96%)
• adults who did NOT take part in leisure-time physical activity or exercise in the past month (24.40%)
• households where housing costs (mortgage or rent and utilities) exceed 30% of household income (21.69%)
• racial integration (20.00%)
• heart disease among older adults (19.41%)
• poverty rate (15.34%)
• adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days (15.10%)
• older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) who are diagnosed with depression (14.08%)
• population without health insurance (12.85%)
• adults of age 18+ who smoke tobacco (11.78%)
• newborns with low birth weight (10.05%)
• land area covered by tree canopy, weighted by population (8.96%)
• adult diabetes (8.6%)
• new-business growth rate (7.60%)
• households with no vehicle (6.32%)
• vacant houses (6.25%)
• civilian labor-force unemployment (5.9%)
• households in a FEMA-designated flood hazard area (5.54%)
• cancer among older adults (4.90%)
• households that receive public-assistance income (4.21%)
• workers who commute 60 minutes or more (3.87%)
• overcrowded households (2.45%)
• tax returns that claim adult education tax credits (2.19%)
• youth of ages 16-19 who are neither working nor enrolled in school (1.71%)
• teenage birth rate (0.79%)
• relative disparity in unemployment rates among the disabled, compared to the total population (0.74%)
• change in median household value (+0.49%)
• unsafe drinking water exposure (0.00%)
• affordable housing relative to low-income population (-37.44)
• food environment index (6.9)
• jobs within a 45-minute commute by car (3,241)
• local food outlets per 100,000 in population (9.8)
• natural amenities index (3.13)
• nonprofits per 100,000 population (26.6)
• variety of industries among available jobs (0.76)
• walkability index (7.49)
• airborne cancer risk per million in population (27.75)
• car crash fatalities per 100,000 population (10.72)
• chronic health risk from exposure to toxic chemicals (8.35)
• days per month that adults self-report 'not good' mental health (3.64)
• deaths due to drug overdose, alcohol, or suicide per 100,000 population (101.83)
• homicides per 100,000 population (1.810)
• preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population (3,377)
• property crimes per 100,000 population (3,328)
• relative disparity in Bachelor's degree among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.08)
• 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 (5.81)
• relative disparity in poverty rates among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.04)
• 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 (0.97)
• very-hot days per year (6)
• violent crimes per 100,000 population (212.23)
• CMS-certified beds within active hospitals per 1,000 population (3.92)
• first responders per 1,000 population (0.730)
• population (20,295)
• primary-care doctors per 100,000 population (48.40)

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