DATA NOTES

Interactive mapping created using CONTINUITY, a custom-built tool by Sasaki. All data sources and some methodology notes listed below.

ATTRIBUTE NOTES YEAR SOURCE LINK
GEOGRAPHIC
Region Accessed 2016 USDA http://www.climatehubs.oce.usda.gov/southwest/county-level-maximum-temperature
State Using 500k resolution shapefile 2015 Census https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cbf/cbf_counties.html
County Using 500k resolution shapefile 2015 Census https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cbf/cbf_counties.html
Min Temp (*F) Winter minimum temperature average (degrees Fahrenheit) Averaged from 1971-2012 USDA http://www.climatehubs.oce.usda.gov/southwest/county-level-minimum-temperature
Max Temp (*F) Summer maximum temperature average (degrees Fahrenheit) Averaged from 1971-2004 USDA http://www.climatehubs.oce.usda.gov/southwest/county-level-maximum-temperature
Rain Total (inches) Annual precipitation total (inches) Averaged from 1971-2021 USDA http://www.climatehubs.oce.usda.gov/southwest/county-level-precipitation
ECONOMIC
GDP per capita (millions) Created by calculating the average GDP per person per state and multiplying by each county’s population; applied area ratio to disaggregate value into units shared by county and CoC 2014 BEA http://www.bea.gov/iTable/index_regional.cfm
AGI (average $ per capita) AGI Reported on Itemized Returns ($1,000s). Applied area ratio to disaggregate value into units shared by county and CoC 2013 NCCS http://nccsweb.urban.org/tablewiz/cg.php
Unemployment Rate (%) Calculated as percentage of unemployed of total pop, shown as percentage April 2016 BLS http://www.bls.gov/lau/#tables
Average Rent (2 Bedroom) Fair market rent for a 2 bedroom unit 2015 HUD https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/fair-market-rents-for-the-section-8-housing-assistance-payments-program
SOCIAL
Education Spending ($ per capita) Found expenditures by state, converted in to per person spending based on state population, multiplied by county population to approximate welfare spending by county; Applied area ratio to disaggregate value into units shared by county and CoC. Definitions here: http://www.census.gov/govs/definitions/index.html 2013 Census http://www.census.gov/govs/local/
Welfare Spending ($ per capita) Found expenditures by state, converted in to per person spending based on state population, multiplied by county population to approximate welfare spending by county; Applied area ratio to disaggregate value into units shared by county and CoC. Definitions here: http://www.census.gov/govs/definitions/index.html 2013 Census http://www.census.gov/govs/local/
Hospitals Spending ($ per capita) Found expenditures by state, converted in to per person spending based on state population, multiplied by county population to approximate welfare spending by county; Applied area ratio to disaggregate value into units shared by county and CoC. Definitions here: http://www.census.gov/govs/definitions/index.html 2013 Census http://www.census.gov/govs/local/
Health Spending ($ per capita) Found expenditures by state, converted in to per person spending based on state population, multiplied by county population to approximate welfare spending by county; Applied area ratio to disaggregate value into units shared by county and CoC. Definitions here: http://www.census.gov/govs/definitions/index.html 2013 Census http://www.census.gov/govs/local/
Police Protection Spending ($ per capita) Found expenditures by state, converted in to per person spending based on state population, multiplied by county population to approximate welfare spending by county; Applied area ratio to disaggregate value into units shared by county and CoC. Definitions here: http://www.census.gov/govs/definitions/index.html 2013 Census http://www.census.gov/govs/local/
Parks and Recreation Spending ($ per capita) Found expenditures by state, converted in to per person spending based on state population, multiplied by county population to approximate welfare spending by county; Applied area ratio to disaggregate value into units shared by county and CoC. Definitions here: http://www.census.gov/govs/definitions/index.html 2013 Census http://www.census.gov/govs/local/
Housing and Community Development Spending ($ per capita) Found expenditures by state, converted in to per person spending based on state population, multiplied by county population to approximate welfare spending by county; Applied area ratio to disaggregate value into units shared by county and CoC. Definitions here: http://www.census.gov/govs/definitions/index.html 2013 Census http://www.census.gov/govs/local/
Margin of Obama’s Win (2012) Negative numbers indicate a loss; Applied area ratio to disaggregate value into units shared by county and CoC 2012 GIS Yohman http://gis.yohman.com/a-gis-intro-building-an-elections-results-map/
Donation Contributions (average per capita) Average Itemized Contributions Reported. Calculated as total contributions divided by total county pop, normalized by unit area 2013 NCCS http://nccsweb.urban.org/tablewiz/cg.php
HEALTH
Primary Health Underserved (% of population) Calculated as number of people per clinician 2016 HRSA https://datawarehouse.hrsa.gov/data/datadownload.aspx
Mental Health Underserved (% of population) Calculated as number of people per clinician 2016 HRSA https://datawarehouse.hrsa.gov/data/datadownload.aspx
Dental Health Underserved (% of population) Calculated as number of people per clinician 2016 HRSA https://datawarehouse.hrsa.gov/data/datadownload.aspx
HPSA Designation 2016 HRSA https://datawarehouse.hrsa.gov/data/datadownload.aspx
POPULATION
Population Density County population used to calculate population density per unit 2013 American Community Survey
Homeless per 100k Total homeless by total population 2015 HUD https://www.hudexchange.info/resource/4832/2015-ahar-part-1-pit-estimates-of-homelessness/
Families vs. Individuals Homeless categorized as individuals or persons part of family unit during annual point-in-time count 2015 HUD https://www.hudexchange.info/resource/4832/2015-ahar-part-1-pit-estimates-of-homelessness/
Adults vs. Children Homeless categorized as adults or unaccompanied children under 18 during annual point-in-time count 2015 HUD https://www.hudexchange.info/resource/4832/2015-ahar-part-1-pit-estimates-of-homelessness/
Sheltered vs. Unsheltered Homeless categorized as sheltered or unsheltered during annual point-in-time count 2015 HUD https://www.hudexchange.info/resource/4832/2015-ahar-part-1-pit-estimates-of-homelessness/
Temporary vs. Chronic Homeless categorized as temporarily or chronically homeless during annual point-in-time count 2015 HUD https://www.hudexchange.info/resource/4832/2015-ahar-part-1-pit-estimates-of-homelessness/
SUPPLY
Beds per Homeless Total beds by total homeless 2015 HUD https://www.hudexchange.info/resource/4832/2015-ahar-part-1-pit-estimates-of-homelessness/
Bed Types Each available bed categorized as emergency shelter, transitional housing, safe haven, rapid re-housing demonstration projects, permanent supportive housing, or other permanent housing 2015 HUD https://www.hudexchange.info/resource/4832/2015-ahar-part-1-pit-estimates-of-homelessness/