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 attributes | Hotspots | Nonhotspots | Cattle | Hog | Chicken | Cattle | Hog | Chicken |
| African-American population (%) | 2.68 | 7.05 | 13.13 | 12.04 | 11.90 | 11.84 | Other minority groups (%) | 17.40 | 4.38 | 5.37 | 12.57 | 12.71 | 12.74 | Population below poverty (%) | 13.01 | 9.50 | 14.19 | 11.94 | 11.95 | 11.91 | White: below poverty (%) | 52.93 | 71.47 | 61.69 | 56.02 | 55.99 | 55.98 | African American: below poverty (%) | 4.48 | 18.84 | 27.00 | 23.55 | 23.22 | 23.13 | Others; below poverty (%) | 42.60 | 11.32 | 11.31 | 26.62 | 27.06 | 27.19 |
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