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Every figure in NourishScope comes from a free, public source. The tool shows a short source label and year next to each figure, for example “Source: CDC PLACES, 2022”. The data were last updated in October 2026 (dataset v1.0); each yearly refresh is recorded in the changelog.

  1. American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates, 2020-2024

    Publisher
    U.S. Census Bureau
    Data year
    2020-2024
    Used for
    Population (B01003), total households (B11001), households receiving SNAP and their share (B22003).

    View this source on data.census.gov

  2. PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data, 2024 release

    Publisher
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
    Data year
    2022 (diabetes, obesity); 2021 (high blood pressure)
    Used for
    Age-adjusted prevalence among adults of diagnosed diabetes, obesity and high blood pressure. The 2025 release does not include these measures for Kentucky, which is why the 2024 release is used.

    View this source on cdc.gov

  3. Food Environment Atlas, 2025 data download

    Publisher
    U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service (USDA ERS)
    Data year
    2017-2023 (varies by field)
    Used for
    Low income and low access to a store (2019), grocery stores per 1,000 residents (2020), SNAP-authorized stores (2023), farmers markets and those accepting SNAP (2018), poverty, child poverty and median household income (2021), persistent poverty (2017-2021), and metro or nonmetro status (2023). Grocery stores per 1,000 is withheld by USDA for 42 small counties; NourishScope shows these as “Not reported (suppressed by source)”, not zero.

    View this source on ers.usda.gov

  4. County Economic Status, Fiscal Year 2027, Kentucky

    Publisher
    Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC)
    Data year
    FY2027
    Used for
    Whether each county is in the Appalachian Region, and its economic status (Distressed, At-Risk, Transitional and so on). Counties outside the region show “Not applicable”.

    View this source on arc.gov

  5. County FIPS codes

    Publisher
    U.S. Census Bureau
    Data year
    Not applicable
    Used for
    County name, five-digit FIPS code and state, used to join all the sources.

    View this source on census.gov

All sources were last updated in NourishScope in October 2026 (dataset v1.0).

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Every field, with its source and year

Fields in the Kentucky county dataset
FieldWhat it measuresSourceYear
appalachianYes if county is in the Appalachian RegionARCFY2027
arc_status_fy2027ARC economic status FY2027; blank if not AppalachianARCFY2027
metro_nonmetro_2023Metro (1) or nonmetro (0) county, 2023USDA ERS Food Environment Atlas2023
populationTotal populationCensus ACS 5-year2020-2024
total_householdsTotal householdsCensus ACS 5-year2020-2024
snap_householdsHouseholds receiving SNAP in past 12 monthsCensus ACS 5-year2020-2024
snap_household_pctSNAP households as % of all householdsCensus ACS 5-year2020-2024
poverty_rate_2021Poverty rate, 2021 (%)USDA ERS Food Environment Atlas2021
child_poverty_rate_2021Child poverty rate, 2021 (%)USDA ERS Food Environment Atlas2021
persistent_poverty_2017_21Persistent-poverty county, 2017-21 (1 = yes)USDA ERS Food Environment Atlas2017-2021
median_household_income_2021Median household income, 2021 (dollars)USDA ERS Food Environment Atlas2021
diabetes_pctAdult diagnosed diabetes, age-adjusted %, 2022CDC PLACES2022
obesity_pctAdult obesity, age-adjusted %, 2022CDC PLACES2022
high_bp_pctAdult high blood pressure, age-adjusted %, 2021CDC PLACES2021
low_income_low_access_pct% of population that is low income and has low access to a store, 2019USDA ERS Food Environment Atlas2019
grocery_stores_per_1000Grocery stores per 1,000 residents, 2020USDA ERS Food Environment Atlas2020
snap_retailersSNAP-authorized stores, 2023USDA ERS Food Environment Atlas2023
farmers_marketsFarmers markets, 2018USDA ERS Food Environment Atlas2018
farmers_markets_snapFarmers markets accepting SNAP, 2018USDA ERS Food Environment Atlas2018

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Kentucky county dataset v1.0 (CSV), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Please also credit the original publishers listed above.