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Population Characteristics* |
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| Person-years (%) |
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| "POPs" zip codes |
"Other waste" zip codes |
"Clean" zip codes |
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| Total† (16,880,516) |
5,815,148 (34.5) |
4,340,180 (25.7) |
6,725,188 (39.8) |
| Average Income‡ |
$37,971.09 |
$36,547.13 |
$36,231.88 |
| Age groups |
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| 25–34 |
1,703,276 (29.3) |
1,261,376 (29.1) |
1,889,316 (28.1) |
| 35–44 |
1,774,672 (30.5) |
1,323,224 (30.5) |
2,070,400 (30.8) |
| 45–54 |
1,335,396 (23.0) |
1,022,544 (23.6) |
1,625,412 (24.2) |
| 55–64 |
1,001,804 (17.2) |
733,036 (16.9) |
1,140,060 (16.9) |
| Gender |
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| Male |
2,858,752 (49.2) |
2,142,968 (49.4) |
3,371,492 (50.1) |
| Female |
2,956,396 (50.8) |
2,197,212 (50.6) |
3,353,696 (49.9) |
| Race |
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| White |
5,361,748 (92.2) |
3,934,472 (90.7) |
6,425,104 (95.5) |
| African American |
453,400 (7.8) |
405,708 (9.3) |
300,084 (4.5) |
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* This and all subsequent tables represent data for 1993–2000 † Total population is the total person-years from 1993 through 2000, which is the sum of the population in each category of zip codes each year for eight years. ‡ Average income was calculated as the sum of the median household income for each zip code divided by the number of zip codes in each category. |
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Shcherbatykh et al. Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source 2005 4:18 doi:10.1186/1476-069X-4-18 |
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