|
Panel A: All counties
|
|
Variable
|
Obs
|
Mean
|
Median
|
Std. dev.
|
Min
|
Max
|
|
Number of Counties
|
176
| | | | | |
|
Labor force participation rate
|
1,232
|
0.58805
|
0.5928
|
0.057
|
0.394
|
0.784
|
|
Average weekly hours worked
|
1,232
|
33.3
|
32.9
|
2.223
|
31.2
|
36.5
|
|
Average weekly wages
|
1,232
|
536.2465
|
515.85
|
115.368
|
398
|
748
|
|
Food stamps
|
1,232
|
5328.50
|
5,296.50
|
1,245
|
2,567
|
401,684
|
|
Poverty rate
|
1,232
|
12.3215
|
11.875
|
3.8855
|
3.8
|
38.9
|
|
Female
|
1,232
|
50.9
|
51.2
|
1.2
|
48.3
|
53.5
|
|
Black
|
1,232
|
3.097
|
0.95
|
5.7
|
0
|
43
|
|
Hispanic
|
1,232
|
7.1725
|
2.945
|
10.8775
|
0.4
|
81.9
|
|
Panel B: Counties by state
|
|
State
|
AZ
|
ME
|
NM
|
NY
|
OR
|
VT
|
|
Number of Counties
|
15
|
16
|
33
|
62
|
36
|
14
|
|
Labor Force Participation Rate
|
0.534
|
0.629
|
0.618
|
0.621
|
0.624
|
0.689
|
|
Average weekly hours worked
|
33.6
|
31.8
|
32.1
|
34.1
|
32.4
|
32
|
|
Average weekly wages
|
501
|
518
|
505
|
556
|
527.5
|
582
|
|
Food stamps
|
12*313
|
6,420.5
|
4,979.2
|
5,235
|
4,094.5
|
3,368.5
|
|
Poverty rate
|
15.6
|
10.1
|
18
|
13.1
|
13.2
|
10.7
|
|
Female
|
50.1
|
51.2
|
50.3
|
50.7
|
50.3
|
50.4
|
|
Black
|
1.1
|
0.4
|
0.4
|
3.8
|
0.4
|
0.5
|
|
Hispanic
|
25.9
|
0.7
|
42.1
|
15.1
|
8
|
0.9
|
- *Each county is observed for 7 years, leading to 1,232 observations
