Mobility score
What happened to children raised poor in this county: their income rank as adults, and their chance of being locked up (flipped). Both describe children born around 1980. So this tells you about the county of forty years ago as much as the county today.
Reported for1,987areas, in 52 states
Link to density0.11not mostly about how urban a place is
Nearby places alike0.45Moran’s I: strongly, neighbouring places tend to be similar
Typeratestandard deviations
How it has moved
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Every state, every year
Nothing to draw here: this measure has no state figures. Its publisher reports it for counties. This site does not add county numbers up into state figures, since a home-made figure could clash with one an agency publishes itself. The chart above covers the whole country, year by year.
Where it comes from
· derived from 2 measures (OA)
The average of 2 measures from 1 publishers. Each measure is first put on a common scale: how many typical gaps between places (standard deviations) it sits above or below the average. Each is also flipped where needed, so higher is always better. Measures from the same publisher are averaged first, then the publishers are averaged together. Each level is scaled on its own. A county's score shows where it stands among counties, and a state's shows where it stands among states. The two are not on one scale, so do not compare them with each other. This is a summary, not a measurement.
Combining areas: it cannot be combined, so it is shown only where its publisher works it out.
What it goes with
The strongest links that have a page of their own. Unadjusted is the link before adjusting for anything, from −1 (opposite) to +1 (in step). Adjusted compares places with the same population density, income and education levels, so those differences can’t explain the link. This list leaves out the 2 pairs built from the same numbers or the same model as this measure, since they are bound to match.
| Measure | Unadjusted | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|
| Mobility score and Economic connectednessWhere Mobility score is higher, Economic connectedness tends to be higher: a moderate link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Economic connectedness by US county | +0.56 | +0.48 |
| Mobility score and Share Black, not HispanicWhere Mobility score is higher, Share Black, not Hispanic tends to be lower: a moderate link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Share Black, not Hispanic by US county | -0.54 | -0.44 |
| Mobility score and Child mortalityWhere Mobility score is higher, Child mortality tends to be lower: a moderate link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Child mortality by US county | -0.48 | -0.43 |
| Mobility score and Life expectancyWhere Mobility score is higher, Life expectancy tends to be higher: a moderate link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Life expectancy by US county | +0.47 | +0.43 |
| Mobility score and Premature mortalityWhere Mobility score is higher, Premature mortality tends to be lower: a moderate link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Premature mortality by US county | -0.48 | -0.43 |
| Mobility score and Years of potential life lostWhere Mobility score is higher, Years of potential life lost tends to be lower: a moderate link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Years of potential life lost by US county | -0.48 | -0.43 |
| Mobility score and Children in single-parent householdsWhere Mobility score is higher, Children in single-parent households tends to be lower: a moderate link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Children in single-parent households by US county | -0.55 | -0.42 |
| Mobility score and Black-white residential segregationWhere Mobility score is higher, Black-white residential segregation tends to be higher: a moderate link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared. Black-white residential segregation by US county | +0.39 | +0.41 |
| Mobility score and Firearm fatalitiesWhere Mobility score is higher, Firearm fatalities tends to be lower: a moderate link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Firearm fatalities by US county | -0.44 | -0.40 |
| Mobility score and Prison population rateWhere Mobility score is higher, Prison population rate tends to be lower: a weak link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Prison population rate by US county | -0.47 | -0.40 |
Population makeup
How this measure varies with the racial and ethnic makeup of counties. Every group is shown, whatever its rank. These are links across counties: they describe places, not people. They say nothing about any person’s risk or behaviour based on their race. Counties with a larger share of one group also differ in much else, such as income, segregation, region and history. The adjusted figure only accounts for density, income and education.
| Share of residents | Unadjusted | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|
| Mobility score and Share White, not HispanicWhere Mobility score is higher, Share White, not Hispanic tends to be higher: a weak link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Share White, not Hispanic by US county | +0.38 | +0.35 |
| Mobility score and Share Black, not HispanicWhere Mobility score is higher, Share Black, not Hispanic tends to be lower: a moderate link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Share Black, not Hispanic by US county | -0.54 | -0.44 |
| Mobility score and Share Hispanic or Latino, any raceCould easily be chance once only places with similar density, income and education are compared. Share Hispanic or Latino, any race by US county | +0.01 | -0.03 |
| Mobility score and Share Asian, not HispanicCould easily be chance once only places with similar density, income and education are compared. Share Asian, not Hispanic by US county | +0.12 | +0.08 |
| Mobility score and Share American Indian or Alaska Native, not HispanicWhere Mobility score is higher, Share American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic tends to be lower: a weak link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared. Share American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic by US county | -0.13 | -0.20 |
Highest and lowest
Of 1,987 counties reporting it. These are the two ends of a national ranking. For most measures, that ranking mostly sorts places by income and how urban they are. That is why the place pages compare each place with similar places instead.
Highest
- Stark County, ND — 2.32
- O'Brien County, IA — 1.81
- Brown County, MN — 1.72
- Todd County, MN — 1.64
- Stearns County, MN — 1.62
Lowest
- Morovis Municipio, PR — -9.53
- Menominee County, WI — -4.31
- Oglala Lakota County, SD — -4.13
- Pulaski County, GA — -3.03
- Charlottesville city, VA — -2.7
The middle area reports -0.116. The middle half of counties falls between -0.58 and 0.32 (the 25th to 75th percentile).
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