Retirement Destination Counties

Retirement destination counties are those where the number of residents age 60 and older grew by 15% or more between the 2000 and 2010 censuses due to net migration.

Persistent Poverty Counties

Persistent poverty counties are those where 20% or more of county residents were poor, measured by the 1980, 1990, and 2000 censuses, and the 2007-11 American Community Survey.

Persistent Child Poverty Counties

Persistent child poverty counties are those where 20% or more of county related children under 18 were poor, measured in the 1980, 1990, 2000 censuses, and the 2007-11 American Community Survey.

Adult Obesity by County, 2015

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.

Access to High-Speed Internet

This layer displays the percentage of population with access to high speed internet as of June 2017. Data are available by County, census tract, and block group. Caculations do not include access based solely on cellular internet providers.

Cropland Data Layer, 2017

The 2017 Cropland Data Layer (CDL) developed by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)

Farming Dependent Counties

Farming dependent counties are those where 25% or more of the county’s average annual labor and proprietors’ earning were derived from farming, or 16% or more of jobs were in farming, as measured by 2010-12 Bureau of Economic Analysis, Local … Continued

Mining Dependent Counties

Mining dependent counties are those where 13% or more of the county’s average annual labor and proprietors’ earning were derived from mining, or 8% or more of jobs were in mining, as measured by 2010-12 Bureau of Economic Analysis, Local … Continued

Household Income, Black Female

This layer displays household income figures as compiled by Opportunity Insights at Harvard University. Data is available at the county, tract, and communing zone level.