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Assessment of the availability, accessibility, and consumption of rudimentary elements required to sustain human life. This component is measured using population standardized valuations of median housing values, homes without plumbing or kitchen access, size of homes based on median room number, housing availability, median age of homes, and availability of healthy food options.
Higher scores indicate greater community well-being. The scores are grouped into high, medium, and low classes using a 3-class Natural Jenks scheme. This classification scheme was applied to the scores of all the counties across all years for basic needs indicator. The analysis provides insight into the individual counties' well-being, comparisons among counties and comparisons across time. |