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Table 1 The distribution of baseline sociodemographic characteristics and food outlets by local racial/ethnic composition: the ZCTA5-level analysis in the U.S. (N = 27878)

From: The changing food outlet distributions and local contextual factors in the United States

 

White-predominant

Black-predominant

Hispanic-predominant

Mixed racial/ethnic areas

areas

areas

areas

 

n = 24719

n = 1185

n = 779

n = 1195

 

Mean

SE

Mean

SE

Mean

SE

Mean

SE

Population per ZIP code (person)

8644

(73)

15421

(489)

23586

(866)

21468

(592)

Population density (person/mi2)

0.80

(0.02)

3.53

(0.24)

5.44

(0.43)

4.75

(0.24)

Average race/ethnicity proportion

        

  White

88.45

(0.08)

24.65

(0.42)

20.05

(0.46)

33.49

(0.44)

  Black

4.37

(0.05)

69.21

(0.41)

5.05

(0.31)

19.06

(0.51)

  Hispanic

3.92

(0.04)

3.80

(0.19)

70.96

(0.51)

21.23

(0.49)

  Asian

1.11

(0.02)

0.75

(0.04)

2.08

(0.14)

6.98

(0.33)

Average proportion foreign born population

3.77

(0.03)

4.28

(0.22)

28.46

(0.63)

17.34

(0.45)

Median income (K)

41.56

(0.10)

27.13

(0.29)

30.10

(0.33)

35.63

(0.42)

Poverty rate

11.12

(0.05)

27.01

(0.33)

25.78

(0.37)

22.00

(0.38)

Unemployment rate

5.14

(0.02)

11.71

(0.20)

11.34

(0.22)

10.51

(0.23)

Urbanization level (distribution of three categories) (%)

      

  Urban

28%

(0.3%)

53%

(1.4%)

57%

(1.8%)

62%

(1.4%)

  Suburban

11%

(0.2%)

9%

(0.8%)

16%

(1.3%)

8%

(0.8%)

  Rural

61%

(0.3%)

38%

(1.4%)

27%

(1.6%)

29%

(1.3%)

Average number (per ZCTA5) of stores/business in 2000

     

Total business

220.70

(2.31)

262.13

(9.46)

394.65

(17.10)

461.28

(15.65)

Total grocery stores

1.96

(0.02)

4.71

(0.17)

6.36

(0.29)

5.54

(0.19)

  Supermarket

0.59

(0.01)

0.63

(0.03)

1.00

(0.05)

1.08

(0.04)

  Small size grocery stores

0.85

(0.01)

3.24

(0.14)

4.08

(0.23)

3.45

(0.15)

Fresh/specialty food stores

0.32

(0.01)

0.77

(0.05)

1.16

(0.08)

1.00

(0.06)

Convenience stores

3.50

(0.03)

5.56

(0.19)

6.36

(0.25)

6.23

(0.20)

Full-service restaurants

6.15

(0.07)

5.51

(0.24)

10.47

(0.46)

12.87

(0.49)

Carry-out food stores

6.59

(0.07)

9.04

(0.34)

13.81

(0.57)

15.76

(0.52)

Average changed number (per ZCTA5) of stores during 2000 and 2001

    

Total business

+0.65

(0.08)

-3.06

(0.42)

+0.21

(0.57)

-0.75

(0.61)

Total grocery stores

-0.01

(0.004)

-0.05

(0.03)

+0.13

(0.05)

+0.04

(0.04)

  Supermarkets

-0.01

(0.002)

-0.04

(0.01)

-0.03

(0.02)

-0.01

(0.01)

  Small size grocery stores

+0.01

(0.004)

+0.01

(0.03)

+0.19

(0.05)

+0.02

(0.04)

Fresh/specialty food markets

+0.01

(0.002)

-0.01

(0.01)

+0.05

(0.03)

+0.02

(0.02)

Convenience stores

+0.06

(0.01)

+0.02

(0.04)

-0.13

(0.05)

+0.01

(0.04)

Full-service restaurants

+0.00

(0.01)

-0.07

(0.04)

+0.00

(0.07)

+0.11

(0.06)

Carry-out food stores

+0.11

(0.01)

+0.07

(0.05)

+0.21

(0.07)

+0.28

(0.07)

  1. *ANOVA test p = 0.0584; p values for all the other variables are <0.05.
  2. Supermarkets are the grocery stores of > =50 employees, while small grocery stores are those of <10 employees.
  3. ZCTA: Zip-code Tabulation Area.