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Strong links that hold up: 46 pairs

The link is strong (r of 0.7 or more) even comparing counties alike in density, income and education. The two move together closely. Knowing one tells you most of what the other will be, and the pattern is steady enough to follow.

Each figure is r: how closely two measures rise and fall together across counties, from −1 (one goes up as the other goes down) to +1 (they rise together). 0 means no link. “After” compares counties alike in population density, household income and the share with a degree. Open a pair for its map, the counties furthest from the trend and the checks behind it.

PairBefore adjustingAfterCounties
Median age and Share aged 65 and over+0.92+0.933,198
Self-care disability and Material security score-0.92-0.882,906
Stroke and Material security score-0.91-0.862,906
Food insecurity and Returns claiming the earned income credit+0.91+0.842,287
Lack of reliable transportation and Returns claiming the earned income credit+0.90+0.842,287
Vision disability and Material security score-0.89-0.832,906
Housing insecurity and Returns claiming the earned income credit+0.91+0.832,287
Received food stamps and Material security score-0.89-0.822,287
Self-care disability and Returns claiming the earned income credit+0.91+0.822,934
Vision disability and Returns claiming the earned income credit+0.88+0.812,934
Fair or poor self-rated health and Material security score-0.86-0.802,906
Independent-living disability and Material security score-0.88-0.802,906
Threat of utility shut-off and Returns claiming the earned income credit+0.90+0.802,287
Mobility disability and Material security score-0.88-0.802,906
Stroke and Homicide rate, annual+0.83+0.80383
Diagnosed diabetes and Material security score-0.86-0.792,906
Stroke and Returns claiming the earned income credit+0.89+0.782,934
Diagnosed diabetes and Returns claiming the earned income credit+0.89+0.782,934
Mobility disability and Returns claiming the earned income credit+0.89+0.782,934
Median household income and Economy score+0.89+0.783,121
Median household income and Per capita income+0.88+0.773,197
Disability-free score and Material security score+0.86+0.772,906
Returns claiming the earned income credit and Material security score-0.87-0.773,093
Per capita personal income and Mean adjusted gross income per return+0.85+0.763,050
Median household income and Poverty rate-0.75-0.763,139
Years of potential life lost and Safety score-0.85-0.752,077
Fair or poor self-rated health and Returns claiming the earned income credit+0.87+0.752,934
Suicide rate and Firearm suicide rate+0.85+0.751,994
Share Black, not Hispanic and Homicide rate+0.79+0.741,125
Lacking social and emotional support and Material security score-0.75-0.742,287
Share Black, not Hispanic and Children in single-parent households+0.78+0.732,238
Share White, not Hispanic and Returns claiming the earned income credit-0.57-0.733,119
Housing insecurity and Children in single-parent households+0.80+0.732,100
Returns claiming the earned income credit and Child poverty rate, ages 0-17+0.86+0.733,121
Returns claiming the earned income credit and Disability-free score-0.85-0.732,934
Threat of utility shut-off and Homicide rate, annual+0.81+0.72293
Stroke and Homicide rate+0.78+0.721,078
Food insecurity and Children in single-parent households+0.78+0.722,100
Housing insecurity and Average test score-0.82-0.712,025
Threat of utility shut-off and Homicide rate+0.80+0.71842
Children in single-parent households and Homicide rate, annual+0.78+0.71401
Lack of reliable transportation and Children in single-parent households+0.77+0.712,100
Returns claiming the earned income credit and Poverty rate (model-based)+0.84+0.713,121
Food insecurity and Average test score-0.82-0.702,025
Median home value and Local income tax collected+0.69+0.70554
Independent-living disability and Returns claiming the earned income credit+0.86+0.702,934

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