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Table 1 Summary statistics for sociodemographic factors in the State of South Carolina (US Census 2000)

From: Spatial disparity in the distribution of superfund sites in South Carolina: an ecological study

Variable

Minimum

Lower Quartile

Mean

Upper quartile

Maximum

Median

% Black

0.04

11.16

32.42

49.69

98.83

26.05

% Non-White

0.74

14.50

35.59

52.48

99.57

30.23

% White

0.43

47.51

64.41

85.50

99.26

69.76

% Poverty

0.00

8.20

15.78

20.60

100.00

13.60

% Homeowner

0.00

61.40

69.63

84.40

100.00

75.50

% < HS Education

0.00

14.60

25.13

33.90

63.10

26.90

% Homes Built Before 1950

0.00

4.20

13.61

18.70

100.00

9.50

% Unemployed

0.00

2.25

3.91

4.70

53.93

3.30

% Poverty White

0.00

3.26

6.05

7.67

60.91

5.26

% Poverty Black

0.00

0.16

5.11

6.72

58.51

1.38

% White with < HS Education

0.00

1.47

4.53

6.52

23.94

3.56

% Black with < HS Education

0.00

0.21

6.17

8.53

55.37

1.80

  1. Note: The summaries of quartiles are with respect to 25%, 50%, and 75% of census tracts. For example, for % Poverty White, the lower quartile of 3.26 indicates that 25% of the tracts have at most 3.26% of Whites in poverty.