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Sussex County, Delaware has the 8th-lowest natural amenities index (0.05) of the 178 Mid-Atlantic counties. That 0.05 compares to an average of 0.49 and standard deviation of 0.39 across those 178 counties.
Sussex County, Delaware has these related standings among those 178 peer counties:
Sussex County, Delaware has these related standings among those 178 peer counties:
- natural amenities index = 0.05 (8th-lowest)
- chronic health risk from exposure to toxic chemicals = 637.44 (45th-lowest)
- households in a FEMA-designated flood hazard area = 20.16% (7th-most)
- very-hot days per year = 5 (3rd-fewest, tied)
- risk of developing serious respiratory complications per 10,000 in population = 1.36 (36th-lowest, tied)
- airborne cancer risk per million in population = 36.58 (43rd-lowest)
- unsafe drinking water exposure = 2.04% (68th-least)
- land area covered by tree canopy, weighted by population = 33.32% (71st-least)
better than Warren County, New York (0.00), Somerset County, Pennsylvania (0.01), Bucks County, Pennsylvania (0.01), and Sullivan County, Pennsylvania (0.01), and 3 others, ending with Harford County, Maryland (0.04).
trailed Elk County, Pennsylvania (0.07), Cape May County, New Jersey (0.07), Orange County, New York (0.09), and Cecil County, Maryland (0.10), and others, ending with Suffolk County, New York (1.52).
102 out of the other 177 counties were ruled out due to missing, unknown, or not-applicable values for natural amenities index, e.g., Bedford County, Pennsylvania.
trailed Elk County, Pennsylvania (0.07), Cape May County, New Jersey (0.07), Orange County, New York (0.09), and Cecil County, Maryland (0.10), and others, ending with Suffolk County, New York (1.52).
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- natural amenities index. Higher values are better. The natural amenities index, similar to a score, measures natural, physical, environmental qualities that most people prefer, like warm winter, winter sun, temperate summer, low summer humidity, topographic variation, and water area. The index/score ranges from -6 to +12, where higher is better. Source is Department of Agriculture, 1999.
- in region. The 9 regions with their corresponding states or other geographic entities are: New England (CT ME MA NH RI VT), Mid Atlantic (DE DC MD NJ NY PA), Great Lakes (IL IN MI OH WI), Plains (IA KS MN MO NE ND SD), Southeast (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC SC TN VA WV), Southwest (AZ NM OK TX), Rocky Mountains (CO ID MT UT WY), Far West (AK CA HI NV OR WA), and Outlying Areas (VI PR GU AS MP).
Sussex County, Delaware is in Delaware, 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, homeownership, overcrowding, and internet access, is better than the nationwide employment averages in each of civilian unemployment, job variety, and new-business growth rate, is worse than the nationwide adult-disease averages in each of diabetes, heart disease, and cancer, is better than the nationwide public-safety averages in each of traffic fatalities, drinking water, airborne cancer risk, air quality, and toxic-chemical exposure, and is worse than the nationwide black/hispanic disparity averages in each of college education, poverty, and premature death.
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Numeric values:
- median household income ($53,751)
- public-school spending per student ($17,404)
- average weekly wage ($742.00)
- per-capita spending on police and fire protection ($153.57)
- households with internet access (95.90%)
- youth who live within 5 miles of a public school (87.55%)
- high-school graduation rate (84.03%)
- homeownership rate (77.6%)
- adults who don't eat enough daily fruits & vegetables (77.10%)
- labor-force participation (57.43%)
- 4th-grade students who are proficient in English Language Arts (54.04%)
- households with utility gas or electric for home heating (53.94%)
- racial integration (42.00%)
- pre-school enrollment (36.48%)
- land area covered by tree canopy, weighted by population (33.32%)
- population age 25+ with an Associate Degree or higher (31.78%)
- heart disease among older adults (31.23%)
- adult obesity (30.80%)
- households where housing costs (mortgage or rent and utilities) exceed 30% of household income (30.65%)
- population without nearby access to a large grocery store (29.66%)
- population living close to emergency facilities (26.24%)
- adults who did NOT take part in leisure-time physical activity or exercise in the past month (24.00%)
- households in a FEMA-designated flood hazard area (20.16%)
- adults of age 18+ who smoke tobacco (17.25%)
- adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days (15.92%)
- older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) who are diagnosed with depression (14.04%)
- poverty rate (12.63%)
- adult diabetes (10.2%)
- population without health insurance (9.83%)
- new-business growth rate (9.01%)
- cancer among older adults (8.79%)
- newborns with low birth weight (7.60%)
- teenage birth rate (7%)
- workers who commute 60 minutes or more (6.77%)
- youth of ages 16-19 who are neither working nor enrolled in school (4.81%)
- civilian labor-force unemployment (4.4%)
- households with no vehicle (4.24%)
- tax returns that claim adult education tax credits (3.70%)
- households that receive public-assistance income (2.38%)
- unsafe drinking water exposure (2.04%)
- overcrowded households (1.90%)
- vacant houses (1.89%)
- relative disparity in unemployment rates among the disabled, compared to the total population (0.72%)
- change in median household value (-5.50%)
- affordable housing relative to low-income population (-61.62)
- food environment index (8.3)
- jobs within a 45-minute commute by car (8,769)
- local food outlets per 100,000 in population (9.0)
- natural amenities index (0.05)
- nonprofits per 100,000 population (38.0)
- variety of industries among available jobs (0.91)
- walkability index (7.39)
- airborne cancer risk per million in population (36.58)
- car crash fatalities per 100,000 population (16.58)
- chronic health risk from exposure to toxic chemicals (637.44)
- days per month that adults self-report 'not good' mental health (3.69)
- deaths due to drug overdose, alcohol, or suicide per 100,000 population (42.67)
- homicides per 100,000 population (4.120)
- preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population (3,844)
- property crimes per 100,000 population (3,482)
- relative disparity in Bachelor's degree among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.23)
- relative disparity in income among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.43)
- relative disparity in pollution exposure among blacks, hispanics, and other, compared to whites (4.69)
- relative disparity in poverty rates among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.25)
- relative disparity in premature death among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.08)
- risk of developing serious respiratory complications per 10,000 in population (1.36)
- very-hot days per year (5)
- violent crimes per 100,000 population (489.61)
- CMS-certified beds within active hospitals per 1,000 population (2.24)
- first responders per 1,000 population (0.800)
- population (225,322)
- primary-care doctors per 100,000 population (66.40)
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