The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) defines a food desert as a «low income
census tract where a substantial number of residents have low access to a grocery store.»
New York State often combines New York City census tracts that are commercially attractive with
census tracts where many residents are out of work, and has drawn among the highest amount of foreign investment from the visa program.
Not exact matches
The average racial composition of the
census tracts in Fulton and DeKalb counties,
where Harbour purchased, was more than 86 percent African American.
A
census tract is a specific geographic area
where such a survey is done.
Specifically, it provides data up to the
census -
tract level that estimates
where cheap healthy food is accessible and
where it is not.