USDA FoodEnvironmentAtlas - Socioeconomic Characteristics
data.virginia.gov | Last Updated 22 Sep 2021This dataset contains Socioeconomic Characteristics metrics displayed in the <a href="https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-environment-atlas/" target="_blank">U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Environment Atlas website</a>, including County resident population by groupings of humans based on shared physical or social qualities into categories generally viewed as distinct by society. Data was last updated on the USDA website in September 2020. Any data elements with numerical values reflect figures at the locality-level unless otherwise specified with an asterisk (*). See column descriptions for details. For more information on all metrics in this dataset, see the <a href="https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-environment-atlas/documentation/#socioeconomic" target="_blank">Food Environment Atlas Socioeconomic Characteristics documentation</a>.
This dataset has the following 18 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIPS | fips | text | A five-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code which uniquely identifies localities (counties and independent cities). | 36067 53063 48181 13157 29155 view top 100 |
| State | state | text | Name of State or Commonwealth. | TX GA VA KY MO view top 100 |
| County | county | text | Name of County or Independent City. | Washington Franklin Jefferson Jackson Lincoln view top 100 |
| PCT_NHWHITE10 | pct_nhwhite10 | number | The percentage of the county resident population that is non-Hispanic White. | 85.75096521424904 97.31615673644659 95.45331633638506 91.89731681638837 96.61554732945531 view top 100 |
| PCT_NHBLACK10 | pct_nhblack10 | number | The percentage of the county resident population that is non-Hispanic Black or African American. | 0.0 0.14534883720930233 0.20920502092050208 0.17905102954341987 0.07042253521126761 view top 100 |
| PCT_HISP10 | pct_hisp10 | number | The percentage of the county resident population that is of Hispanic origin. | 0.9012256669069935 0.9271672393398298 5.473375770435485 3.9522617557661364 9.066123213351327 view top 100 |
| PCT_NHASIAN10 | pct_nhasian10 | number | The percentage of the county resident population that is Asian. | 0.0 0.21645021645021645 0.4316546762589928 0.5454545454545455 0.1404494382022472 view top 100 |
| PCT_NHNA10 | pct_nhna10 | number | The percentage of the county resident population that is American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.0 0.21337126600284498 0.5189990732159407 0.43478260869565216 0.3019627579265224 view top 100 |
| PCT_NHPI10 | pct_nhpi10 | number | The percentage of the county resident population that is Hawaiian or Pacific Islander. | 0.0 0.025106703489831784 0.02976781107362572 0.018474043968224645 0.02469135802469136 view top 100 |
| PCT_65OLDER10 | pct_65older10 | number | The percentage of the county resident population 65 years old or older. | 16.601101494885917 17.845484221980414 17.868203716448726 9.979063163600738 14.236806643114688 view top 100 |
| PCT_18YOUNGER10 | pct_18younger10 | number | The percentage of the county resident population under the age of 18. | 30.077120822622106 25.616666666666667 23.594689597071724 23.641593863200512 17.499434772778656 view top 100 |
| MEDHHINC15 | medhhinc15 | number | Median income by household: an income level that divides county households in half, one half with income above the median and the other half with income below the median; includes income of all household members 15 years old or older. | 42120.0 48127.0 37085.0 43428.0 44221.0 view top 100 |
| POVRATE15 | povrate15 | number | Percent of the county population living in families with income below the poverty threshold; poverty status thresholds vary by family size, number of children, and age of householder. If a family's pre-tax money income is less than the dollar value of their threshold, then that family and every individual in it are considered to be poor. For people not living in families, poverty status is determined by comparing the individual's income to his or her poverty threshold. | 13.1 12.7 10.9 18.1 12.2 view top 100 |
| PERPOV10 | perpov10 | number | Counties where the poverty rate of residents was 20 percent or more in the 1980, 1990, and 2000 decennial censuses and the American Community Survey 5-year estimates for 2007-2011; where 1=persistent-poverty county and 0=otherwise. | 0.0 1.0 view top 100 |
| CHILDPOVRATE15 | childpovrate15 | number | Percent of the county population under age 18 living in families with income below the poverty threshold; poverty status thresholds vary by family size, number of children, and age of householder. If a family's pre-tax money income is less than the dollar value of the threshold, then that family and every individual in it are considered to be poor. For people not living in families, poverty status is determined by comparing the individual's income to his or her poverty threshold. | 19.6 18.1 18.2 25.2 20.7 view top 100 |
| PERCHLDPOV10 | perchldpov10 | number | Percentage of the children within Poverty Rate in the county | 0.0 1.0 view top 100 |
| METRO13 | metro13 | number | Classification of counties by metro or nonmetro definition, where 1=metro county; 0=nonmetro county; 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 | 0.0 1.0 view top 100 |
| POPLOSS10 | poploss10 | number | Counties where the number of residents declined both between 1990 and 2000 and between 2000 and 2010, where 1=population-loss county and 0=otherwise. | 0.0 1.0 view top 100 |