A recent data project tried to determine which counties in the United States were the hardest to live in.
The Upshot — a data analysis group teamed up with the New York Times — ranked each county in the nation according to the following six categories: education (percentage of residents with at least a bachelor’s degree), median household income, unemployment rate, disability rate, life expectancy and obesity.
Henderson County ranked 2,261 out of 3,135 … or in the bottom 28 percent.
The individual numbers were:
- Median Income: $41,000
- College Education: 14.2 percent
- Unemployment: 7.3 percent
- Disability: 1.8 percent
- Life Expectancy: 74.9 years
- Obesity: 39 percent
From the Henderson County Connect LinkedIn Group.