A county is the unit the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics use for most local statistics, so it is often the most detailed place for which you can see how pay, rent, jobs and schooling fit together. Each county page shows, where there is enough data, what workers with different levels of education earn there, typical rent, the share of adults with a degree, the number of young adults and college students, the local economy and access to health care, with the source and margin of error. Small counties have wide margins, so numbers are hidden when they would mislead. Read how to read the place pages, or put places side by side with compare places.
Pick a state to see its counties: pay by education, rent, jobs and health-care access, from public data. States are listed alphabetically.
- Alabama 51 counties
- Alaska 8 counties
- Arizona 13 counties
- Arkansas 44 counties
- California 51 counties
- Colorado 35 counties
- Connecticut 9 counties
- Delaware 3 counties
- District of Columbia 1 counties
- Florida 57 counties
- Georgia 82 counties
- Hawaii 4 counties
- Idaho 25 counties
- Illinois 77 counties
- Indiana 79 counties
- Iowa 63 counties
- Kansas 36 counties
- Kentucky 57 counties
- Louisiana 42 counties
- Maine 16 counties
- Maryland 24 counties
- Massachusetts 13 counties
- Michigan 72 counties
- Minnesota 66 counties
- Mississippi 43 counties
- Missouri 69 counties
- Montana 16 counties
- Nebraska 24 counties
- Nevada 7 counties
- New Hampshire 10 counties
- New Jersey 21 counties
- New Mexico 18 counties
- New York 60 counties
- North Carolina 87 counties
- North Dakota 13 counties
- Ohio 78 counties
- Oklahoma 57 counties
- Oregon 28 counties
- Pennsylvania 64 counties
- Puerto Rico 60 counties
- Rhode Island 5 counties
- South Carolina 37 counties
- South Dakota 17 counties
- Tennessee 71 counties
- Texas 135 counties
- Utah 19 counties
- Vermont 12 counties
- Virginia 94 counties
- Washington 31 counties
- West Virginia 30 counties
- Wisconsin 67 counties
- Wyoming 12 counties