Table 2

County resource index score and subcomponents, Maryland 1990 Census
County
 County Resource Index Score1
 Index Subcomponents: 1990 Census
 # Cases
 % Cases Who Are Black






% High School Graduate2
 % Employed3
 % Moved in last 5 years4
 Median Household Income ($1000)5

1. Balto. City
 -1.58
 61
 91
 42
 24
 3645
 61
2. Garrett
 -1.57
 68
 93
 34
 23
 109
 1
3. Somerset
 -1.54
 61
 92
 42
 23
 100
 33
4. Allegany
 -1.48
 71
 92
 36
 22
 480
 1
5. Dorchester
 -1.41
 65
 94
 38
 25
 202
 33
6. Caroline
 -1.01
 67
 96
 42
 28
 161
 24
7. Washington
 -.72
 69
 96
 45
 30
 517
 3
8. Kent
 -.68
 71
 97
 43
 30
 104
 32
9. Worcester
 -.57
 71
 95
 50
 28
 247
 21
10. Wicomico
 -.47
 72
 95
 51
 29
 300
 25
11. Cecil
 -.37
 72
 95
 45
 36
 256
 7
12. Talbot
 -.34
 77
 98
 44
 32
 286
 15
13. Queen Anne's
 -.07
 77
 96
 45
 39
 199
 18
14. Balto. Co.
 -.06
 78
 96
 43
 39
 3890
 11
15. St. Mary's
 .11
 77
 96
 51
 37
 202
 21
16. Carroll
 .11
 79
 97
 43
 42
 605
 4
17. Frederick
 .36
 80
 97
 49
 41
 497
 7
18. Harford
 .38
 82
 97
 49
 42
 760
 9
19. Calvert
 .45
 79
 97
 47
 48
 197
 20
20. Anne Arundel
 .52
 81
 97
 49
 45
 1671
 13
21. Prince Geo
 .55
 83
 96
 51
 43
 2457
 52
22. Charles
 .55
 81
 97
 49
 46
 350
 33
23. Montgomery
 1.41
 91
 97
 53
 54
 3077
 11
24. Howard
 1.59
 91
 98
 57
 54
 618
 19

1. County resource index scores were calculated by summing the raw score of four measures (percent high school graduates, percent employed, percent moved in last 5 years, and median household income), subtracting the mean of the raw composite scores, and dividing by the standard deviation of the raw composite scores. 2. Percent of persons 25 years or older who have received a high school diploma or its equivalent (e.g. GED) or higher (e.g. college or professional school). 3. Percent of persons 16 years old and over in the labor force who are currently employed. 4. Percent of residents age 5 and older who were not living in the same dwelling five years ago.5. Summed incomes (in thousands of dollars) of household members 15 years of age and older.

Klassen et al. International Journal of Health Geographics 2005 4:1   doi:10.1186/1476-072X-4-1

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