| |
Metropolitan
|
Nonmetropolitan
|
|---|
|
Moderate Radon n = 10
|
All Nonmetropolitan n = 19
|
Moderate Radon n = 12
|
High Radon n = 7
|
|---|
| |
Median %
|
Range
|
Median %
|
Range
|
Median %
|
Range
|
Median %
|
Range
|
|---|
|
Education
|
|
High school graduate or less
|
11.0
|
7.4–17.1
|
14.3
|
8.5–30.4
|
13.4
|
8.5–30.4
|
17.5
|
14.2–20.2
|
|
Bachelor’s degree or more
|
25.4
|
12.2–45.5
|
16.8
|
11.6–26.3
|
19.9
|
11.6–26.3
|
14.5
|
12.3–22.9
|
|
Age
|
|
18 years or less
|
32.7
|
29.8–38.6
|
33.5
|
23.2–39.3
|
33.9
|
23.2–39.3
|
33.2
|
26.9–36.8
|
|
65 years or more
|
7.7
|
4.9–17.0
|
12.5
|
8.4–17.1
|
12.9
|
8.4–16.7
|
12.5
|
9.4–17.1
|
|
Income
|
|
Median household income (thousands)
|
45.8
|
37.2–65.0
|
34.3
|
28.1–49.6
|
34.9
|
28.1–49.6
|
33.0
|
29.6–35.8
|
|
Persons below poverty
|
6.7
|
5.1–15.4
|
12.0
|
5.5–31.4
|
10.7
|
5.5–31.4
|
14.8
|
10.8–16.8
|
|
Employment
|
|
Unemployed
|
4.7
|
2.8–6.0
|
6.4
|
2.2–15.1
|
5.3
|
2.2–15.1
|
7.7
|
6.3–8.9
|
|
Race/Ethnicity
|
|
Non-white residents (total)
|
3.4
|
0.4–6.7
|
2.3
|
0.5–56.5
|
2.1
|
0.5–56.5
|
2.9
|
1.6–10.1
|
|
Black
|
0.5
|
0.2–1.7
|
0.2
|
0.1–1.2
|
0.2
|
0.05–1.2
|
0.3
|
0.1–0.5
|
|
American Indian/Alaska Native
|
0.8
|
0.1–2.0
|
1.3
|
0–56.1
|
1.0
|
0–56.1
|
2.2
|
1.1–9.7
|
|
Asian/Pacific Islander
|
1.4
|
0.1–4.3
|
0.4
|
0–1.2
|
0.4
|
0–1.2
|
0.3
|
0.2–1.0
|
|
Hispanic
|
6.7
|
1.4–12.8
|
4.5
|
1.8–10.3
|
4.6
|
1.8–7.2
|
4.5
|
2.6–10.3
|
|
Other minority
|
9.7
|
1.7–18.1
|
7.3
|
2.3–59.5
|
6.5
|
2.3–59.5
|
9.4
|
5.2–13.2
|
|
Smoking Prevalence
|
|
1991–1995
|
14.3
|
8.0–25.4
|
17.9
|
12.2–28.3
|
17.5
|
12.2–28.3
|
21.8
|
14.5–25.4
|
|
1996–2000
|
13.8
|
7.7–24.4
|
17.2
|
11.8–27.2
|
16.9
|
11.8–27.2
|
19.7
|
13.9–24.5
|
|
2001–2005
|
13.3
|
7.4–23.5
|
16.5
|
11.3–26.1
|
16.2
|
11.3–26.1
|
18.9
|
13.4–23.5
|
|
2006–2010
|
12.8
|
7.1–22.6
|
15.9
|
10.9–25.1
|
15.6
|
10.9–25.1
|
18.2
|
12.9–22.6
|
- Attributes were collected at the county-level. The median percent represents the median of the aggregate percentage of individuals with that characteristic by county. Moderate radon: 2–4 pCi/L (74 to 148 Bg/m3). High radon: > 4 pCi/L (> 148 Bg/m3)
