Benchmarking Grenada County, Mississippi against all counties
Grenada County, Mississippi has the highest natural amenities index (1.78) of all the 82 Mississippi counties. That 1.78 compares to an average of 0.58 and standard deviation of 0.51 across those 82 counties.
Grenada County, Mississippi has these related standings among those 82 peer counties:
Grenada County, Mississippi has these related standings among those 82 peer counties:
- natural amenities index = 1.78 (the highest)
- chronic health risk from exposure to toxic chemicals = 783.65 (30th-lowest)
- households in a FEMA-designated flood hazard area = 12.43% (13th-most)
- very-hot days per year = 12 (3rd-most, tied)
- risk of developing serious respiratory complications per 10,000 in population = 1.88 (28th-highest, tied)
- airborne cancer risk per million in population = 53.05 (21st-highest, tied)
- unsafe drinking water exposure = 0.00% (the least, tied)
- land area covered by tree canopy, weighted by population = 61.96% (39th-most)
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Peers
beat Tishomingo County, Mississippi (1.66), Lauderdale County, Mississippi (1.31), Itawamba County, Mississippi (1.01), and Harrison County, Mississippi (1.00), and others, ending with Attala County, Mississippi (0.02).
59 out of the other 81 counties were ruled out due to missing, unknown, or not-applicable values for natural amenities index, e.g., Tunica County, Mississippi.
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References
- 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.