The labor-market engagement index provides a summary description of the relative intensity of labor market engagement and human capital in a neighborhood. This is based upon the level of employment, labor force participation, and educational attainment in a census tract.
Layer displays information about the insurance status of the population age 0-64. The data are from the 2013 Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, released by the US Census Bureau in March 2015.
The school proficiency index uses school-level data on the performance of 4th grade students on state exams to describe which neighborhoods have high-performing elementary schools nearby and which are near lower performing elementary schools.
Layer displays the modeled cancer risk associated with air toxics exposure. Figures represents the likelihood of hazardous exposure per 1 million population.
This layer depicts average annual precipitation amounts based on data from 1981 to 2010. Data was obtained from the PRISM Climate Group at Oregon State University. PRISM models climate information using a process which incorporates a digital elevation model. Monthly average data is also available.
Layer displays the estimated percentage of adults who are in obese across all counties in the United States. These figures are multi-year modeled estimates based on survey data from the CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.