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Winkler County, Texas has the 8th-most population living close to emergency facilities (89.86%) among all the 3,142 counties. That 89.86% compares to an average of 38.52% and standard deviation of 16.00% across those 3,142 counties.
Winkler County, Texas has these related standings among all the 3,142 counties:
Winkler County, Texas has these related standings among all the 3,142 counties:
- population living close to emergency facilities = 89.86% (8th-most)
- car crash fatalities per 100,000 population = 31.89 (105th-most)
- homicides per 100,000 population = 7.660 (395th-most, tied)
- property crimes per 100,000 population = 1,062 (570th-fewest)
- violent crimes per 100,000 population = 277.06 (1,020th-most)
- first responders per 1,000 population = 1.290 (361st-most, tied)
- per-capita spending on police and fire protection = $375.95 (544th-highest)
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- population living close to emergency facilities. Higher values are better. Percentage of population within 5 miles of a fare station or a hospital with emergency facilities. Sources are Centers for Medicare & Medicaid and U.S. Geological Survey, 2016.
Winkler County, Texas is in Texas, is in the Southern states, is rural high-performing, is worse than the nationwide crime averages in both violent crime and homicides, is worse than the nationwide employment averages in each of civilian unemployment, job variety, and job proximity, is better than the nationwide household averages in each of household income, homeownership, housing costs, and home heating, is better than the nationwide public-safety averages in each of drinking water, air quality, toxic-chemical exposure, and flood hazard, is better than the nationwide adult-disease averages in each of obesity, diabetes, and cancer, and is better than the nationwide black/hispanic disparity averages in each of college education, income, poverty, and pollution exposure.
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Numeric values:
- median household income ($55,756)
- public-school spending per student ($24,705)
- average weekly wage ($1,039)
- per-capita spending on police and fire protection ($375.95)
- youth who live within 5 miles of a public school (99.53%)
- households with utility gas or electric for home heating (97.79%)
- population living close to emergency facilities (89.86%)
- homeownership rate (79.3%)
- labor-force participation (60.03%)
- 4th-grade students who are proficient in English Language Arts (51.37%)
- pre-school enrollment (33.57%)
- heart disease among older adults (31.90%)
- racial integration (29.00%)
- adult obesity (27.40%)
- population without health insurance (25.09%)
- adults who did NOT take part in leisure-time physical activity or exercise in the past month (23.50%)
- new-business growth rate (20.89%)
- adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days (20.34%)
- population age 25+ with an Associate Degree or higher (16.82%)
- adults of age 18+ who smoke tobacco (14.92%)
- households with internet access (14.51%)
- poverty rate (13.94%)
- older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) who are diagnosed with depression (13.67%)
- workers who commute 60 minutes or more (13.25%)
- households where housing costs (mortgage or rent and utilities) exceed 30% of household income (11.49%)
- youth of ages 16-19 who are neither working nor enrolled in school (8.62%)
- adult diabetes (8.3%)
- newborns with low birth weight (7.92%)
- civilian labor-force unemployment (7.9%)
- land area covered by tree canopy, weighted by population (7.34%)
- cancer among older adults (5.79%)
- households with no vehicle (5.44%)
- change in median household value (+5.12%)
- vacant houses (4.93%)
- overcrowded households (3.42%)
- households that receive public-assistance income (2.36%)
- population without nearby access to a large grocery store (0.97%)
- relative disparity in unemployment rates among the disabled, compared to the total population (0.76%)
- households in a FEMA-designated flood hazard area (0.13%)
- tax returns that claim adult education tax credits (0.00%)
- unsafe drinking water exposure (0.00%)
- teenage birth rate (0%)
- affordable housing relative to low-income population (9.88)
- food environment index (8.9)
- jobs within a 45-minute commute by car (2,362)
- local food outlets per 100,000 in population (0.00)
- natural amenities index (1.31)
- nonprofits per 100,000 population (21.1)
- variety of industries among available jobs (0.37)
- walkability index (7.96)
- airborne cancer risk per million in population (40.06)
- car crash fatalities per 100,000 population (31.89)
- chronic health risk from exposure to toxic chemicals (127.03)
- days per month that adults self-report 'not good' mental health (3.40)
- deaths due to drug overdose, alcohol, or suicide per 100,000 population (50.49)
- homicides per 100,000 population (7.660)
- preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population (5,248)
- property crimes per 100,000 population (1,062)
- relative disparity in Bachelor's degree among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.15)
- relative disparity in income among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.40)
- relative disparity in pollution exposure among blacks, hispanics, and other, compared to whites (1.70)
- relative disparity in poverty rates among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.09)
- 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 (1.27)
- very-hot days per year (12)
- violent crimes per 100,000 population (277.06)
- CMS-certified beds within active hospitals per 1,000 population (3.38)
- first responders per 1,000 population (1.290)
- population (7,574)
- primary-care doctors per 100,000 population (25.57)
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