Food Access BlockPy Library

From the CORGIS Dataset Project

By Ryan Whitcomb, Joung Min Choi, Bo Guan
Version 3.0.0, created 9/14/2021
Tags: counties, states, food, access, availability, supermarket, rural, urban, population, vehicles

Overview

From the United States Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service, the dataset contains information about US county’s ability to access supermarkets, supercenters, grocery stores, or other sources of healthy and affordable food. Most measures of how individuals and neighborhoods are able to access food are based on the following indicators: - Accessibility to sources of healthy food, as measured by distance to a store or by the number of stores in an area. - Individual-level resources that may affect accessibility, such as family income or vehicle availability. - Neighborhood-level indicators of resources, such as the average income of the neighborhood and the availability of public transportation.

https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-access-research-atlas/download-the-data/

Key Descriptions

Key	List of...	Comment	Example Value
County	String	County name	"Autauga County"
Population	Integer	Population count from 2010 census	54571
State	String	State name	"Alabama"
Housing Data.Residing in Group Quarters	Float	Count of tract population residing in group quarters	455.0
Housing Data.Total Housing Units	Integer	Occupied housing unit count from 2010 census	20221
Vehicle Access.1 Mile	Float	Housing units without vehicle count beyond 1 mile from supermarket	834.0
Vehicle Access.1/2 Mile	Float	Housing units without vehicle count beyond 1/2 mile from supermarket	1045.0
Vehicle Access.10 Miles	Float	Housing units without vehicle count beyond 10 miles from supermarket	222.0
Vehicle Access.20 Miles	Float	Housing units without vehicle count beyond 20 miles from supermarket	0.0
Low Access Numbers.Children.1 Mile	Float	Kids population count beyond 1 mile from supermarket	9973.0
Low Access Numbers.Children.1/2 Mile	Float	Kids population count beyond 1/2 mile from supermarket	13281.0
Low Access Numbers.Children.10 Miles	Float	Kids population count beyond 10 miles from supermarket	1199.0
Low Access Numbers.Children.20 Miles	Float	Kids population count beyond 20 miles from supermarket	0.0
Low Access Numbers.Low Income People.1 Mile	Float	Low income population count beyond 1 mile from supermarket	12067.0
Low Access Numbers.Low Income People.1/2 Mile	Float	Low income population count beyond 1/2 mile from supermarket	15518.0
Low Access Numbers.Low Income People.10 Miles	Float	Low income population count beyond 10 miles from supermarket	2307.0
Low Access Numbers.Low Income People.20 Miles	Float	Low income population count beyond 20 miles from supermarket	0.0
Low Access Numbers.People.1 Mile	Float	Population count beyond 1 mile from supermarket	37424.0
Low Access Numbers.People.1/2 Mile	Float	Population count beyond 1/2 mile from supermarket	49497.0
Low Access Numbers.People.10 Miles	Float	Population count beyond 10 miles from supermarket	5119.0
Low Access Numbers.People.20 Miles	Float	Population count beyond 20 miles from supermarket	0.0
Low Access Numbers.Seniors.1 Mile	Float	Seniors population count beyond 1 mile from supermarket	4393.0
Low Access Numbers.Seniors.1/2 Mile	Float	Seniors population count beyond 1/2 mile from supermarket	5935.0
Low Access Numbers.Seniors.10 Miles	Float	Seniors population count beyond 10 miles from supermarket	707.0
Low Access Numbers.Seniors.20 Miles	Float	Seniors population count beyond 20 miles from supermarket	0.0