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Table 4 Mean distribution of sociodemographic measures by TRI facility buffer zones for 2010 Maryland HSPA tracts and non-HPSA tracts

From: Being overburdened and medically underserved: assessment of this double disparity for populations in the state of Maryland

Sociodemographic measures

Host

1 km – 5 km buffer

 

HPSA/Non-HPSA

HPSA/Non-HPSA

# Census tracts

57/202

117/496

% Hispanic

8.3/6.6*

10.3/8.2*

% Non-white

55.8/33.4

79.8/41.9

% Poverty

18.8/8.8

16/6.5

% Unemployment

11.2/6.2

11.1/5.5

% Less than HS education

22.2/13.3

21/9.5

% Homeownership

53.4/68.6

47.9/73.8

% Homes built pre-1950

41.5/20.9

27.6/14.4

Diversity index

0.41/0.43*

0.37/0.45

Median HH income

47428/70202

48723/88798

  1. *Statistically insignificant at the level of 0.05.