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This document provides demographic and economic data for 5 communities and the United States. Community #2 has the highest rates of unemployment, poverty, and households earning less than $25,000 while also having lower rates of bachelor's degree attainment and home ownership. Community #3 stands in contrast with very low poverty and unemployment rates, a high median income, and greater racial/ethnic diversity. The data suggests families in Community #2 would likely face greater economic hardship and health challenges compared to Community #3.

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Strat Data Activity Completed

This document provides demographic and economic data for 5 communities and the United States. Community #2 has the highest rates of unemployment, poverty, and households earning less than $25,000 while also having lower rates of bachelor's degree attainment and home ownership. Community #3 stands in contrast with very low poverty and unemployment rates, a high median income, and greater racial/ethnic diversity. The data suggests families in Community #2 would likely face greater economic hardship and health challenges compared to Community #3.

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Name: Sai Poluri

Remember, all Data should come from the 2016 American Community Survey

Community #1 Community #2 Community #3 Community #4 Community #5 United States


Community --
Zip Code 23113(my home) 78412 90210 45701 21056

Economic Indicators
Percent Unemployed 5.30% 8.50% 6.50% 9.70% 0% 7.40%
Percentage of households earning
Median
less thanhousehold
$24,999 income
(you’ll have to 100,675 47,901 146,250 32,076 167,969 $55,322
Percentage of households earning
add for this one).
more than $100,000 (you’ll have to 7.30% 28.30% 17% 42.70% 0% 22.20%
add for this). households receiving
Percentage 50.40% 15.90% 63.5 15.10% 26.90% 24.60%
Percentage of of all families with
Food
income Stamps/SNAP benefits.
below the federal poverty 1.50% 13% 0.10% 14.30% 0% 13%
level.
Percentage of children who live 1.30% 16% 8.20% 18.50% 0% 11%
below the federal poverty level. 4.70% 35.20% 4.00% 23.40% 0% 21.20%

Racial & Ethnic Demographics


Percent White alone 87.90% 81.10% 86.70% 88.60% 95.90% 62%
Percent
Percent Black/AA
Americanalone
Indian and Alaska 5.40% 4.30% 1.70% 3.60% 2.60% 12.30%
Native alone 0.10% 0.60% 0.10% 0.20% 0.70% 0.70%
Percent
Percent Asian alone
Hispanic or Latino (of any 4.20% 2.60% 5.80% 4.80% 0.70% 5.20%
race) 2.40% 51.40% 5% 2.10% 2.20% 17.30%

Education
Percent high school graduate or
higher
Percent(25+)
bachelor's degree or higher 85.50% 95.20% 59.60% 98.70% 100% 87%
(25+) 17.40% 6.60% 40.40% 6.90% 100% 30.30%

Housing
Percent
Median of owner-occupied
value housing
of owner-occupied 81.90% 44.80% 68.30% 44.90% 89% 63.60%
houses 401,200 116,000 2,000,000 152,000 1,442,300 $184,700
1. What surprises you? Does anything about your comparison surprise you, based on what you
know about the communities? Why or why not?

2. What patterns do you see in your data? How do the indiciators relate to each other

3. What do you think it would be like to live in each community? Use class material and
readings to consider what struggles families might face living in or close to poverty in these
communities.
4. What do you think health in these communities is like? Based on what we know about the social patterning of 
health an illness in the U.S. what could we expect to find if we looked at health indicators in these communities?

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