Research Article

Distribution of Industrial Farms in the United States and Socioeconomic, Health, and Environmental Characteristics of Counties

Table 2

Demographic characteristics in the hotspots and non-hotspots of industrial farms in 2007.

Population attributesHotspotsNonhotspots
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African-American population (%)2.687.0513.1312.0411.9011.84
Other minority groups (%)17.404.385.3712.5712.7112.74
Population below poverty (%)13.019.5014.1911.9411.9511.91
White: below poverty (%)52.9371.4761.6956.0255.9955.98
African American: below poverty (%)4.4818.8427.0023.5523.2223.13
Others; below poverty (%)42.6011.3211.3126.6227.0627.19