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Census Tract 6
Census Tract 6
CT 0600
Census Tract 6
percentages
Pima County
White
91.5%
81.7%
AfricanAmerican
3.4%
4.6%
American Indian
3.3%
4.2%
Asian
5.8%
3.8%
Ethnicity:
Hispanic or
Latino (of any
race)
11.2%
35.4%
Census
Tract 6
Pima County
< 5 years
3.1%
6.1%
5-19
12.9%
19.5%
20-44
51.1%
32.6%
45-64
21.7%
25.3%
65 and older
11.2%
16.6%
Physical Environment
Economics
U.S. Census Data
2 bars
1 bank
1 convenience store
14 restaurants
Dry cleaner
Many law offices
Census Tract 6
Pima County
No health insurance
coverage (civilian
non-institutionalized)
10.5%
14.5%
Female
householder, no
husband present,
with own children <
18 (%)*
2.7%
7%
Median household
income ($)**:
51,667
46,233
25.9%
19.0%
Communication
WiFi at Starbucks
Bulletin board at Himmel
Park Library
Languages,
spoken at home,
5 years and over
Census Tract 6
Pima County
English Only
87.1%
71.4%
Spanish
7.6%
23.7%
Spanish,
speaking english
less
2.9%
6.8%
Education
Education
Census Tract
6
Pima County
Percent <9th
grade
2.6 %
5.2%
Percent HS
graduate or
higher
95.7%
87.5%
Bachelors
Degree or
higher
71.5%
30.1%
Recreation
Priority Concerns
Evidence
Organic: the way farmers grow and
process their agricultural products
Including fruits, vegetables, grains, dairy
products, and meats
Products certified by USDA with
95% or more organic ingredients
may display USDA seal
Organic farming grows crops and raises livestock without synthetic chemicals,
hormones, antibiotic agents, genetic engineering, and radiation
Organic foods expose consumers to fewer pesticides
Ingestion of these pesticides from food is associated with chronic conditions:
- Gastrointestinal cancer
- Methemoglobinemia in infants
- ADHD
Dirty Dozen:
Clean Fifteen:
References
Environmental Working Group (2016). Shoppers guide to pesticides in produce.
Retrieved from https://www.ewg.org/foodnews/mobile/
Forman J., Silverstein, J., Committee on Nutrition, & Council on
Environmental
Health (2012). Organic foods: Health and environmental advantages and
disadvantages. American Academy of Pediatrics, 130(5), 1406-1415. doi:
10.1542/peds.2012-2579
Mayo Clinic (2014). Organic foods: Are they safer? More nutritious? Retrieved
from http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthyeating/
in-depth/organic-food/art-20043880
Mostafalou, S., & Abdollahi, M. (2013). Pesticides and human chronic
diseases:
Evidences, mechanisms, and perspectives. Toxicology and Applied