Notes about the Food Desert Locator:
1. Population statistics are only provided for census tracts that meet the definition of a food desert. 2. The definition of a food desert and description of the data used can be found under the Documentation tab of the Food Desert Locator.3. The corresponding variable names for each of the variable codes are available in the variable_lookup spreadsheet.
Variable Short NameVariable Long Name
State State 2 Digit CodeCountyName County NameTRACT_FIPS Federal Information Processing (FIPS) Tract IdentifierURBAN Census Urbanized Area TractTOTALPOP Number of peoplePERCENT_LOWA_Pop Percentage of people with low access to a supermarket or large grocery storeLOWA_POP Number of people with low access to a supermarket or large grocery storePERCENT_LOWI Percentage of total population that is low-income and has low access to a supermarket or large grocery storeLOWI Number of low-income people with low access to a supermarket or large grocery storePERCENT_KIDS Percentage of children age 0-17 with low access to a supermarket or large grocery storeKIDS Number of children age 0-17 with low access to a supermarket or large grocery store