Nelson County, Kentucky is in Kentucky, is 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 worse than the nationwide household averages in each of overcrowding, internet access, and housing costs, is better than the nationwide household averages in each of household income, homeownership, and home heating, is better than the nationwide employment averages in each of labor-force participation, civilian unemployment, job variety, and new-business growth rate, is worse than the nationwide public-safety averages in each of traffic fatalities, drinking water, airborne cancer risk, and air quality, is worse than the nationwide adult-disease averages in each of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer, and is better than the nationwide black/hispanic disparity averages in each of college education, poverty, and premature death.

• median household income ($49,298)
• public-school spending per student ($9,529)
• average weekly wage ($744.00)
• per-capita spending on police and fire protection ($116.61)
• high-school graduation rate (91.81%)
• adults who don't eat enough daily fruits & vegetables (83.80%)
• households with utility gas or electric for home heating (83.78%)
• youth who live within 5 miles of a public school (77.06%)
• homeownership rate (76.1%)
• labor-force participation (64.72%)
• 4th-grade students who are proficient in English Language Arts (53.79%)
• pre-school enrollment (46.59%)
• land area covered by tree canopy, weighted by population (33.43%)
• adult obesity (32.00%)
• unsafe drinking water exposure (30.46%)
• racial integration (28.00%)
• adults who did NOT take part in leisure-time physical activity or exercise in the past month (27.90%)
• heart disease among older adults (27.80%)
• households where housing costs (mortgage or rent and utilities) exceed 30% of household income (27.09%)
• population age 25+ with an Associate Degree or higher (25.25%)
• population living close to emergency facilities (24.42%)
• adults of age 18+ who smoke tobacco (21.65%)
• older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) who are diagnosed with depression (18.76%)
• adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days (18.62%)
• poverty rate (16.01%)
• households with internet access (14.41%)
• new-business growth rate (11.18%)
• adult diabetes (10.3%)
• change in median household value (+10.05%)
• population without health insurance (9.09%)
• workers who commute 60 minutes or more (9.08%)
• newborns with low birth weight (9.05%)
• teenage birth rate (8.04%)
• cancer among older adults (7.25%)
• households with no vehicle (4.88%)
• civilian labor-force unemployment (4.5%)
• vacant houses (4.40%)
• population without nearby access to a large grocery store (3.74%)
• households in a FEMA-designated flood hazard area (3.55%)
• tax returns that claim adult education tax credits (3.18%)
• households that receive public-assistance income (2.94%)
• overcrowded households (2.55%)
• youth of ages 16-19 who are neither working nor enrolled in school (1.80%)
• relative disparity in unemployment rates among the disabled, compared to the total population (0.57%)
• affordable housing relative to low-income population (-73.89)
• food environment index (7.5)
• jobs within a 45-minute commute by car (13,204)
• local food outlets per 100,000 in population (4.6)
• nonprofits per 100,000 population (24.4)
• variety of industries among available jobs (0.78)
• walkability index (5.60)
• airborne cancer risk per million in population (70.33)
• car crash fatalities per 100,000 population (17.87)
• chronic health risk from exposure to toxic chemicals (2,058)
• days per month that adults self-report 'not good' mental health (3.99)
• deaths due to drug overdose, alcohol, or suicide per 100,000 population (37.27)
• homicides per 100,000 population (2.860)
• preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population (3,617)
• property crimes per 100,000 population (1,665)
• relative disparity in Bachelor's degree among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.08)
• 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 (32.78)
• relative disparity in poverty rates among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.11)
• relative disparity in premature death among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.01)
• risk of developing serious respiratory complications per 10,000 in population (2.48)
• very-hot days per year (7)
• violent crimes per 100,000 population (118.09)
• CMS-certified beds within active hospitals per 1,000 population (0.92)
• first responders per 1,000 population (0.690)
• population (45,640)
• primary-care doctors per 100,000 population (53.56)

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