New maps and data now available for the Poor Mental Health Days indicator from the 2022 County Health Rankings.

The new poor mental health days data for the year of 2019 are now available (replacing data for 2018). Data were from the 2019 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) annual survey and are used for the 2022 County Health Rankings. Average poor mental health days per Month for adults are reported for US counties and…

New indicator published! Maps and data now available for the Gender Pay Gap indicator from the 2022 County Health Rankings.***PREM***

The gender pay gap data for the year of 2016-2020 are now available. Data were from the 2016-2020 American Community Survey and are used for the 2022 County Health Rankings. The ratio of women’s median earnings to men’s median earnings for all full-time, year-round workers are reported for US counties and states over the report period.

New indicator published! Maps and data now available for the School Funding Adequacy indicator from the 2022 County Health Rankings.***PREM***

The school funding adequacy data for the year of 2019 are now available. Data were from the 2019 School Finance Indicators Database and are used for the 2022 County Health Rankings. The average gap in dollars between actual and required spending per pupil among public school districts are reported for US counties and states over the…

New indicator published! Maps and data now available for the School Segregation Index indicator from the 2022 County Health Rankings.***PREM***

The school segregation index data, which reports the extent to which students within different race and ethnicity groups are unevenly distributed across schools when compared with the racial and ethnic composition of the local population, are now available for the year of 2020-2021. Data were from the 2020-2021 National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and are…

New maps and data now available for the Access to Mental Health Providers indicator from the 2022 County Health Rankings.

The new access to mental health providers data for the year of 2021 are now available (replacing data for 2020). Data were from the 2021 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) National Provider Identifier (NPI) downloadable file and are used for the 2022 County Health Rankings. Rate of mental health care providers per 100,000 population…

New maps and data now available for the Access to Primary Care indicator from the 2022 County Health Rankings.

The new access to primary care providers data for the year of 2019 are now available (replacing data for 2018). Data were from the 2019 Area Health Resources Files (AHRF) and are used for the 2022 County Health Rankings. The rate of primary care physicians per 100,000 population are reported for US states and counties (data…

Population data are updated to use the 2020 population. Rate of 501c3 organizations per 100,000 population in the report tables and maps are also updated to reflect the trend.***PREM***

We updated the population data (denominator) and therefore affects the rates. The counts of non-profit organizations (numerator) stay the same (2020 data).

New maps and data are available for the NCES CCD indicator – Poverty – Children Eligible for Free/Reduced Price Lunch (2020-21).

New data on children eligible for free/reduced price lunch are available for the 2020-21 school year (replacing data for 2019-20). The yearly trend data since 2012-13 are also available. The data are from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey Data (2020-21) and are for each school. CARES aggregated it…