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Potter County in TX has the lowest unemployment rate (3.4%) among the 80 counties with at most a 49.0% white non-Hispanic population and that are in the Southern states and contain a high-density urban area. That 3.4% compares to an average of 6.3% across those 80 counties.
Potter County in TX has these related standings among those 80 counties:
Potter County in TX has these related standings among those 80 counties:
- unemployment rate = 3.4% (the lowest)
- change in unemployment rate over the last 8 years = -0.4% (3rd-lowest)
- change in unemployment rate over the last 4 years = -2.5% (11th-highest)
- contain a high-density urban area. Classification of counties into metro or nonmetro. Metro areas include all counties containing one or more urbanized areas: high-density urban areas containing 50,000 people or more; metro areas also include outlying counties that are economically tied to the central counties, as measured by the share of workers commuting on a daily basis to the central counties. Nonmetro counties are outside the boundaries of metro areas and have no cities with 50,000 residents or more. Source: http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/atlas-of-rural-and-small-town-america.aspx.
- unemployment rate. Lower values are better. Unemployment rate, 2015. Source: http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/atlas-of-rural-and-small-town-america.aspx.
- white non-Hispanic population. Percent Non-Hispanic White, 2010. Source: http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/atlas-of-rural-and-small-town-america.aspx.
Potter County in TX is in Texas, is in the Southern states, high in poverty, high in natural amenities, contains a high-density urban area, got worse or bottomed out on all the obesity and diabetes change metrics (4 of these; each county needs at least 3 with actual values to qualify), is economically non-specialized, saw little change in onshore oil production, saw a big decrease in natural-gas production, is worse than the nationwide averages in each of change over 4 years in overall obesity, change over 4 years in male obesity, and change over 4 years in female obesity, is worse than the nationwide income averages in each of median household income, per-capita income, poverty rate, poverty rate for children age 0-17, deep-poverty rate, and deep-poverty rate for children age 0-17, and is worse than the nationwide averages in adults of age 25+ with each of a bachelors degree or higher, less than a bachelors degree, less than an associate degree, no college credits, and no high school diploma or ged.
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Numeric values:
- median household income ($38,224)
- per-capita income ($19,967)
- median rent for a 3-bedroom unit ($1,174)
- median rent for a 1-bedroom unit ($682)
- median rent for a 0-bedroom (studio/efficiency) unit ($567)
- proportion of veterans who are male (94.7%)
- farmland (89.7%)
- adults of age 25+ with less than a bachelors degree (84.9%)
- adults of age 25+ with less than an associate degree (77.9%)
- religious adherents (77.20%)
- owner-occupied housing (58.0%)
- residents employed in services (51.6%)
- adults of age 25+ with no college credits (51.5%)
- Evangelical Protestants (50.20%)
- white non-Hispanic population (49.0%)
- Southern Baptists (39.30%)
- change in median rent for a 1-bedroom unit over the last decade (+39.0%)
- change in median rent for a 3-bedroom unit over the last decade (+38.0%)
- Hispanic population (35.3%)
- female obesity (31%)
- obesity (30.4%)
- poverty rate for children age 0-17 (30.2%)
- male obesity (29.8%)
- adults of age 25+ with no high school diploma or GED (23.7%)
- poverty rate (21.5%)
- change in median rent for a 0-bedroom (studio/efficiency) unit over the last decade (+19.0%)
- non-English speaking households (17.7%)
- female-headed family households (16.3%)
- adults of age 25+ with a bachelors degree or higher (15.1%)
- foreign-born population (14.2%)
- deep-poverty rate for children age 0-17 (13.7%)
- Catholics (13.10%)
- residents employed in manufacturing (12.0%)
- population age 65 or older (10.9%)
- black non-Hispanic population (9.8%)
- deep-poverty rate (9.7%)
- Caribbean-born population (9.5%)
- adults of age 65+ living alone (9.4%)
- Mexican-born population (9.3%)
- residents who have diabetes (8.9%)
- residents who are veterans (8.5%)
- Mainline Protestants (6.80%)
- change over 4 years in the prevalence of female obesity (+6.4%)
- change over 4 years in the prevalence of obesity (+6.2%)
- change over 4 years in the prevalence of male obesity (+6.1%)
- proportion of veterans who are female (5.3%)
- unemployment rate for veterans (4.6%)
- change, relative to its home state, in the poverty rate (+4.3%)
- Asian population (3.9%)
- residents employed in government (3.8%)
- unemployment rate (3.4%)
- United Methodists (3.40%)
- multi-racial population (3.0%)
- enrollment frequency in a health plan through HealthCare.gov (2.60%)
- change in population from 2010-2015 due to net international immigration (+2.5%)
- residents employed in agriculture or other resource-based industries (1.7%)
- Mormons (1.70%)
- difference in obesity prevalence among women over men (1.2%)
- change over 9 years in the prevalence of diabetes (+0.9%)
- change in population from 2010-2015 (+0.6%)
- Native American non-Hispanic population (0.5%)
- European-born population (0.3%)
- Central or South American-born population (0.0%)
- African-born population (0.0%)
- Asian-born population (0.0%)
- change in unemployment rate over the last 8 years (-0.4%)
- difference in obesity prevalence among men over women (-1.2%)
- change in unemployment rate over the last 4 years (-2.5%)
- change in population from 2010-2015 due to net inbound migration (-3.4%)
- change, relative to its home state, in the net inbound migration rate (-8.0%)
- change, relative to its home state, in per-capita income (-24.7%)
- average household size (2.7)
- enrollees in a health plan through HealthCare.gov (3,223)
- land area (908.4 sq miles)
- population in 2015 (121,802)
- total domestic water use (12.90 Mgal/day)
- total domestic water use per capita (105.9 gallons/day)
- total water usage for all purposes (5.60 Mgal/day)
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