Mason County, Texas is in Texas, is in the Southern states, 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, housing costs, and home heating, is better than the nationwide employment averages in each of labor-force participation, civilian unemployment, and new-business growth rate, is better than the nationwide public-safety averages in each of airborne cancer risk, air quality, and flood hazard, and is better than the nationwide adult-disease averages in each of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer.

• median household income ($37,654)
• public-school spending per student ($11,404)
• average weekly wage ($579.00)
• per-capita spending on police and fire protection ($203.14)
• unsafe drinking water exposure (100%)
• 4th-grade students who are proficient in English Language Arts (94.91%)
• homeownership rate (78.7%)
• youth who live within 5 miles of a public school (67.74%)
• labor-force participation (62.41%)
• households with utility gas or electric for home heating (62.02%)
• households with internet access (56.83%)
• racial integration (44.00%)
• population living close to emergency facilities (43.02%)
• households where housing costs (mortgage or rent and utilities) exceed 30% of household income (31.04%)
• land area covered by tree canopy, weighted by population (27.51%)
• pre-school enrollment (27.01%)
• population without health insurance (26.10%)
• population age 25+ with an Associate Degree or higher (25.94%)
• adult obesity (25.70%)
• heart disease among older adults (23.58%)
• adults who did NOT take part in leisure-time physical activity or exercise in the past month (22.80%)
• youth of ages 16-19 who are neither working nor enrolled in school (22.15%)
• population without nearby access to a large grocery store (21.19%)
• older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) who are diagnosed with depression (16.57%)
• adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days (16.47%)
• poverty rate (14.25%)
• adults of age 18+ who smoke tobacco (13.41%)
• new-business growth rate (11.48%)
• newborns with low birth weight (10.04%)
• adult diabetes (8.7%)
• cancer among older adults (6.01%)
• workers who commute 60 minutes or more (5.27%)
• households in a FEMA-designated flood hazard area (4.82%)
• civilian labor-force unemployment (3.7%)
• households with no vehicle (2.22%)
• households that receive public-assistance income (1.63%)
• relative disparity in unemployment rates among the disabled, compared to the total population (1.36%)
• vacant houses (1.22%)
• overcrowded households (0.82%)
• tax returns that claim adult education tax credits (0.00%)
• teenage birth rate (0%)
• change in median household value (-4.97%)
• affordable housing relative to low-income population (-32.81)
• food environment index (7.6)
• jobs within a 45-minute commute by car (684)
• local food outlets per 100,000 in population (0.00)
• natural amenities index (1.54)
• nonprofits per 100,000 population (329.0)
• variety of industries among available jobs (0.35)
• walkability index (5.27)
• airborne cancer risk per million in population (36.86)
• car crash fatalities per 100,000 population (22.24)
• days per month that adults self-report 'not good' mental health (3.38)
• preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population (3,136)
• property crimes per 100,000 population (789.99)
• 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 (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 (0.90)
• very-hot days per year (11)
• violent crimes per 100,000 population (49.37)
• CMS-certified beds within active hospitals per 1,000 population (0.00)
• first responders per 1,000 population (1.180)
• population (4,222)
• primary-care doctors per 100,000 population (24.56)

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