Table 2 Description of key variables by county size

Demographics of the county

Percent of population living in a rural area

2.83

0 to 18.39

10.98

.18 to 31.03

48.08

0 to 100

Median household income

65,439

41,514 to

115,518

63,459

39,629 to 134,609

51,817

30,467 to 10,8635

Income inequality

4.92

3.76 to 7.19

4.51

3.46 to 5.71

4.43

3.13 to 6.88

High school graduation rate

81.38

66.28 to 93.59

82.81

59.96 to 93.2

85.54

32.56 to 97.5

Percent of population that are African American

16.29

1.60 to 62.49

11.49

.92 to 54.06

7.04

.15 to 80.74

Percent of population that are Hispanic

23.52

2.03 to 82.2

14.53

1.13 to 58.88

9.03

.70 to 83.75

Health care related issues

Number of physically unhealthy days

3.55

2.44 to 4.57

3.59

2.32 to 4.63

3.72

2.40 to 5.76

Primary care physician rate

87.05

42.02 to 158.53

84.52

17.46 to 177.50

61.68

0 to 228.48

Total amount of costs from health care

9,710

7,902 to 13,762

9,253

7,294 to 11,817

8,995

6,284 to 13,078

Percent of drug treatment services paid by Medicaid

19.89

4.4 to 49.5

20.41

5.3 to 49.5

22.49

4 to 49.5

Percent of counties with a medical school

70.7%

22.04%

.9%

Psychiatrists per capita

.0002289

.000028 to .001313

.0002289

.0000167 to .0007414

.000039

0 to .001423

Licensed psychologists per capita

.0005042

.00006111 to .002134

.0004043

.00003093 to .002011

.00014

0 to .01136

Community MH centers per capita

.000000612

0 to .0000068

.000000523

0 to .00000867

.0000004

0 to .000178

Crime issues

Violent crime rate

8,223.61

1,010 to 42,555

1,711.33

277.33 to 5,525

202.99

.33 to 1,710

Police per capita

2.0

.61 to 4.34

1.67

.73 to 3.55

1.5

.03 to 4.63

Outcome variables

Jail population per capita

.0028

.0005 to .0074

.0030

.00001 to .008

.0033

0 to .0165