Persistent Poverty Counties

Persistent poverty counties are those where 20% or more of county residents were poor, measured by the 1990 and 2000 Decennial Censuses and in the 2007–11 and 2017–21 5-year American Community Surveys.

Government Dependent Counties

Government dependent counties are those where at least 13 percent of the county’s annual average earnings came from Federal and State Government or at least 8 percent of the annual average number of jobs in the county came from Federal … Continued

Retirement Destination Counties

Retirement destination counties are those where the number of residents ages 55 to 74 increased by at least 15 percent from 2010 to 2020 because of migration. Based on data from the Applied Population Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Non-Specialized Counties

Non-specialized counties are those that did not have a high concentration of earnings or jobs in any one of farming, mining, manufacturing, or Federal and State Government and did not have a high concentration of economic activity (as measured using … Continued

Pulic Education Revenue, 2021-22

This layer data was obtained from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data (CCD) School District Finance Survey. The survey provides finance data for all local education agencies (LEAs) that provide free public elementary and secondary … Continued

Community Water System Fluoridation

This layer displays fluoridation data generated from the Water Fluoridation Reporting System (WFRS) as reported to the CDC. State level statistics include data from the biennial report originally published at https://www.cdc.gov/fluoridation/php/statistics/. State and county data include percentage of people, number … Continued

Food Hubs

Layer displays the location of food hubs across the US. Data was obtained from the USDA Local Food Directories on July 12, 2025.