Input Variable Maps
Median Income of Families |
American Community Survey, 2005-2009, median income of families (USD). A family includes a householder and one or more individuals related to the householder by birth, marriage or adoption. |
Percent of Population Over 25 With Bachelor's Degree or Higher |
American Community Survey, 2005-2009, percent of population over 25 years of age with Bachelors degree or more. |
Persistent Poverty |
20 percent or more of residents in poverty as measured by each of the last 4 censuses, 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000, and 2010. |
Population Growth |
Annualized population growth from 1990-2010 |
Population Loss |
Counties where the number of residents declined both between the 1980 and 1990 censuses and between the 1990 and 2000 censuses. |
Socioeconomic Stress Index |
Index based on the sum of Persistent Poverty, Housing Stress, Low Employment, Low Educational Attainment, and Population Loss. |
Timber Jobs |
Number of forest industry jobs. |
Total Population |
Total population (normalized by number/square mile) by county. |
Urban Influence |
Urban economic influence from USDA ERS County typology codes |