Chatham County, North Carolina is in North Carolina, is on the East Coast, in the Southern states, is urban high-performing, is better than the nationwide crime averages in each of homicides, property crime, and violent crime, 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 better than the nationwide public-safety averages in each of traffic fatalities, air quality, toxic-chemical exposure, and flood hazard, is better than the nationwide adult-disease averages in each of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease, and is worse than the nationwide black/hispanic disparity averages in each of college education, income, poverty, and premature death.

• median household income ($56,642)
• public-school spending per student ($10,298)
• average weekly wage ($688.00)
• per-capita spending on police and fire protection ($532.57)
• high-school graduation rate (87.00%)
• youth who live within 5 miles of a public school (83.01%)
• homeownership rate (77.2%)
• adults who don't eat enough daily fruits & vegetables (76.30%)
• land area covered by tree canopy, weighted by population (73.22%)
• households with utility gas or electric for home heating (71.61%)
• households with internet access (68.31%)
• labor-force participation (59.20%)
• 4th-grade students who are proficient in English Language Arts (48.00%)
• population age 25+ with an Associate Degree or higher (43.98%)
• pre-school enrollment (43.73%)
• racial integration (41.00%)
• adult obesity (27.00%)
• households where housing costs (mortgage or rent and utilities) exceed 30% of household income (26.86%)
• heart disease among older adults (22.80%)
• adults who did NOT take part in leisure-time physical activity or exercise in the past month (21.50%)
• older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) who are diagnosed with depression (17.29%)
• adults of age 18+ who smoke tobacco (16.19%)
• adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days (15.99%)
• population living close to emergency facilities (14.73%)
• population without health insurance (14.09%)
• poverty rate (13.62%)
• new-business growth rate (12.28%)
• population without nearby access to a large grocery store (11.03%)
• adult diabetes (9.3%)
• unsafe drinking water exposure (9.21%)
• workers who commute 60 minutes or more (8.81%)
• cancer among older adults (8.65%)
• newborns with low birth weight (8.37%)
• youth of ages 16-19 who are neither working nor enrolled in school (7.21%)
• change in median household value (+6.28%)
• households with no vehicle (5.25%)
• civilian labor-force unemployment (4.2%)
• tax returns that claim adult education tax credits (3.00%)
• households that receive public-assistance income (2.98%)
• overcrowded households (2.22%)
• teenage birth rate (1.31%)
• households in a FEMA-designated flood hazard area (1.30%)
• relative disparity in unemployment rates among the disabled, compared to the total population (0.74%)
• vacant houses (0.61%)
• affordable housing relative to low-income population (-65.86)
• food environment index (8.1)
• jobs within a 45-minute commute by car (24,918)
• local food outlets per 100,000 in population (7.7)
• natural amenities index (0.41)
• nonprofits per 100,000 population (41.1)
• variety of industries among available jobs (0.89)
• walkability index (5.85)
• airborne cancer risk per million in population (43.72)
• car crash fatalities per 100,000 population (11.05)
• chronic health risk from exposure to toxic chemicals (62,625)
• days per month that adults self-report 'not good' mental health (3.58)
• deaths due to drug overdose, alcohol, or suicide per 100,000 population (24.25)
• homicides per 100,000 population (4.660)
• preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population (2,805)
• property crimes per 100,000 population (2,051)
• relative disparity in Bachelor's degree among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.31)
• relative disparity in income among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.48)
• relative disparity in pollution exposure among blacks, hispanics, and other, compared to whites (1.36)
• relative disparity in poverty rates among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.26)
• 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 (1.36)
• very-hot days per year (1)
• violent crimes per 100,000 population (175.45)
• CMS-certified beds within active hospitals per 1,000 population (0.39)
• first responders per 1,000 population (0.340)
• population (71,472)
• primary-care doctors per 100,000 population (117.91)

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