Wicomico County, Maryland is in Maryland, 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 worse than the nationwide household averages in each of homeownership, overcrowding, housing costs, and home heating, is worse than the nationwide employment averages in each of civilian unemployment, job proximity, and new-business growth rate, is worse than the nationwide adult-disease averages in each of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer, is better than the nationwide public-safety averages in each of traffic fatalities, drinking water, toxic-chemical exposure, and flood hazard, and is worse than the nationwide black/hispanic disparity averages in each of income, pollution exposure, and premature death.

• median household income ($52,278)
• public-school spending per student ($16,669)
• average weekly wage ($810.00)
• per-capita spending on police and fire protection ($346.48)
• households with internet access (98.66%)
• youth who live within 5 miles of a public school (95.00%)
• high-school graduation rate (84.00%)
• adults who don't eat enough daily fruits & vegetables (70.50%)
• households with utility gas or electric for home heating (64.68%)
• labor-force participation (64.62%)
• homeownership rate (62.3%)
• pre-school enrollment (56.32%)
• racial integration (38.00%)
• adult obesity (35.80%)
• population age 25+ with an Associate Degree or higher (35.02%)
• households where housing costs (mortgage or rent and utilities) exceed 30% of household income (34.92%)
• land area covered by tree canopy, weighted by population (31.46%)
• population living close to emergency facilities (31.20%)
• 4th-grade students who are proficient in English Language Arts (31.00%)
• population without nearby access to a large grocery store (29.00%)
• heart disease among older adults (27.94%)
• adults who did NOT take part in leisure-time physical activity or exercise in the past month (25.50%)
• teenage birth rate (16.54%)
• adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days (16.01%)
• poverty rate (15.94%)
• adults of age 18+ who smoke tobacco (15.47%)
• older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) who are diagnosed with depression (15.34%)
• adult diabetes (11.4%)
• population without health insurance (10.01%)
• newborns with low birth weight (8.80%)
• cancer among older adults (8.73%)
• new-business growth rate (7.89%)
• households with no vehicle (7.45%)
• civilian labor-force unemployment (6.0%)
• workers who commute 60 minutes or more (5.67%)
• tax returns that claim adult education tax credits (3.97%)
• households in a FEMA-designated flood hazard area (3.23%)
• households that receive public-assistance income (2.89%)
• youth of ages 16-19 who are neither working nor enrolled in school (2.75%)
• overcrowded households (2.51%)
• unsafe drinking water exposure (2.41%)
• vacant houses (1.58%)
• relative disparity in unemployment rates among the disabled, compared to the total population (0.63%)
• change in median household value (-8.49%)
• affordable housing relative to low-income population (-78.95)
• food environment index (7.0)
• jobs within a 45-minute commute by car (15,885)
• local food outlets per 100,000 in population (4.2)
• nonprofits per 100,000 population (42.8)
• variety of industries among available jobs (0.91)
• walkability index (7.31)
• airborne cancer risk per million in population (46.40)
• car crash fatalities per 100,000 population (15.89)
• chronic health risk from exposure to toxic chemicals (69,170)
• days per month that adults self-report 'not good' mental health (3.75)
• deaths due to drug overdose, alcohol, or suicide per 100,000 population (31.60)
• homicides per 100,000 population (4.180)
• preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population (4,616)
• property crimes per 100,000 population (3,561)
• relative disparity in Bachelor's degree among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.14)
• 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 (9.54)
• relative disparity in poverty rates among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.12)
• 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 (1.79)
• very-hot days per year (11)
• violent crimes per 100,000 population (625.36)
• CMS-certified beds within active hospitals per 1,000 population (5.98)
• first responders per 1,000 population (0.900)
• population (102,923)
• primary-care doctors per 100,000 population (75.83)

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