Description: {"definition": "The percentage of the county resident population that is non-Hispanic White.", "availableYears": "2010", "name": "% White, 2010", "units": "Percent", "shortName": "PCT_NHWHITE10", "geographicLevel": "County", "dataSources": "U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 2010 Census. "}
Description: {"definition": "The percentage of the county resident population that is non-Hispanic Black or African American.", "availableYears": "2010", "name": "% Black, 2010", "units": "Percent", "shortName": "PCT_NHBLACK10", "geographicLevel": "County", "dataSources": "U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 2010 Census. "}
Description: {"definition": "The percentage of the county resident population that is of Hispanic origin.", "availableYears": "2010", "name": "% Hispanic, 2010", "units": "Percent", "shortName": "PCT_HISP10", "geographicLevel": "County", "dataSources": "U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 2010 Census. "}
Description: {"definition": "The percentage of the county resident population that is Asian.", "availableYears": "2010", "name": "% Asian, 2010", "units": "Percent", "shortName": "PCT_NHASIAN10", "geographicLevel": "County", "dataSources": "U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 2010 Census. "}
Description: {"definition": "The percentage of the county resident population that is American Indian or Alaska Native.", "availableYears": "2010", "name": "% American Indian or Alaska Native, 2010", "units": "Percent", "shortName": "PCT_NHNA10", "geographicLevel": "County", "dataSources": "U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 2010 Census. "}
Description: {"definition": "The percentage of the county resident population that is Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.", "availableYears": "2010", "name": "% Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 2010", "units": "Percent", "shortName": "PCT_NHPI10", "geographicLevel": "County", "dataSources": "U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 2010 Census. "}
Description: {"definition": "The percentage of the county resident population 65 years old or older.", "availableYears": "2010", "name": "% Population 65 years or older, 2010", "units": "Percent", "shortName": "PCT_65OLDER10", "geographicLevel": "County", "dataSources": "U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 2010 Census. "}
Description: {"definition": "The percentage of the county resident population under the age of 18.", "availableYears": "2010", "name": "% Population under age 18, 2010", "units": "Percent", "shortName": "PCT_18YOUNGER10", "geographicLevel": "County", "dataSources": "U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 2010 Census. "}
Description: {"definition": "Median income by household: an income level that divides county households in half, one half with income above the median and the other half with income below the median; includes income of all household members 15 years old or older.", "availableYears": "2015", "name": "Median household income, 2015", "units": "Dollars", "shortName": "MEDHHINC15", "geographicLevel": "County", "dataSources": "USDA Economic Research Service, Atlas of Rural and Small-Town America, using data from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates. "}
Description: {"definition": "Percent of the county population living in families with income below the poverty threshold; poverty status thresholds vary by family size, number of children, and age of householder. If a family pre-tax money income is less than the dollar value of their threshold, then that family and every individual in it are considered to be poor. For people not living in families, poverty status is determined by comparing the individual income to his or her poverty threshold. ", "availableYears": "2015", "name": "Poverty rate, 2015", "units": "Percent", "shortName": "POVRATE15", "geographicLevel": "County", "dataSources": "USDA Economic Research Service, Atlas of Rural and Small-Town America, using data from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates."}
Description: {"definition": "Counties where the poverty rate of residents was 20 percent or more in the 1980, 1990, and 2000 decennial censuses and the American Community Survey 5-year estimates for 2007-2011; where 1=persistent-poverty county and 0=otherwise.", "availableYears": "2010", "name": "Persistent-poverty counties, 2010", "units": "Legend", "shortName": "PERPOV10", "geographicLevel": "County", "dataSources": "USDA Economic Research Service, Atlas of Rural and Small Town America, County Typology Codes, using data from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census."}
Description: {"definition": "Percent of the county population under age 18 living in families with income below the poverty threshold; poverty status thresholds vary by family size, number of children, and age of householder. If a family pre-tax money income is less than the dollar value of the threshold, then that family and every individual in it are considered to be poor. For people not living in families, poverty status is determined by comparing the individual income to his or her poverty threshold.", "availableYears": "2015", "name": "Child poverty rate, 2015", "units": "Percent", "shortName": "CHILDPOVRATE15", "geographicLevel": "County", "dataSources": "USDA Economic Research Service, Atlas of Rural and Small-Town America, using data from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates. "}
Description: {"definition": "Counties where the poverty rate of children under age 18 was 20 percent or more in the 1980, 1990, and 2000 decennial censuses and the American Community Survey 5-year estimates for 2007-2011; where 1=persistent-child-poverty county and 0=otherwise.", "availableYears": "2010", "name": "Persistent-child-poverty counties, 2010", "units": "Legend", "shortName": "PERCHLDPOV10", "geographicLevel": "County", "dataSources": "USDA Economic Research Service, Atlas of Rural and Small Town America, County Typology Codes, using data from U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census."}
Description: {"definition": "Classification of counties by metro or nonmetro definition, where 1=metro county; 0=nonmetro county; metro areas include all counties containing one or more urbanized areas: high-density urban areas containing 50,000 people or more; metro areas also include outlying counties that are economically tied to the central counties, as measured by the share of workers commuting on a daily basis to the central counties. Nonmetro counties are outside the boundaries of metro areas and have no cities with 50,000 residents or more.", "availableYears": "2010", "name": "Metro/nonmetro counties, 2010", "units": "Legend", "shortName": "METRO13", "geographicLevel": "County", "dataSources": "USDA Economic Research Service, Atlas of Rural and Small Town America, using data from the Office of Management and Budget, Statistical Programs and Standards."}
Description: {"definition": "Counties where the number of residents declined both between 1990 and 2000 and between 2000 and 2010, where 1=population-loss county and 0=otherwise. ", "availableYears": "1990-2010", "name": "Population-loss counties, 2010", "units": "Legend", "shortName": "POPLOSS10", "geographicLevel": "County", "dataSources": "USDA Economic Research Service, Atlas of Rural and Small Town America, County Typology Codes, using data from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census."}