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Alabama: Mobile
> Avg number of mentally unhealthy days a month: 5.2 (state: 4.9)
> Poverty rate: 17.7% (state: 15.5%)
> Median household income: $49,561 (state: $51,734)
> Adults without health insurance: 11.2% (state: 9.7%)
> People commuting 45+ min: 11.8% (state: 15.2%)
> Dec 2020 unemployment: 6.3% (state: 3.9%)
> Violent crime rate: N/A (state: 511 per 100,000 people)
> Population: 428,039 (state: 4,903,185)
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Alaska: Anchorage
> Avg number of mentally unhealthy days a month: 3.2 (state: 3.9)
> Poverty rate: 10.0% (state: 10.1%)
> Median household income: $80,676 (state: $75,463)
> Adults without health insurance: 11.5% (state: 12.2%)
> People commuting 45+ min: 10.9% (state: 8.6%)
> Dec 2020 unemployment: 5.9% (state: 5.8%)
> Violent crime rate: 1,195 per 100,000 people (state: 867 per 100,000 people)
> Population: 396,317 (state: 731,545)
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Arizona: Lake Havasu City-Kingman
> Avg number of mentally unhealthy days a month: 4.8 (state: 4.0)
> Poverty rate: 15.7% (state: 13.5%)
> Median household income: $50,179 (state: $62,055)
> Adults without health insurance: 7.9% (state: 11.3%)
> People commuting 45+ min: 12.4% (state: 16.6%)
> Dec 2020 unemployment: 8.5% (state: 7.5%)
> Violent crime rate: 230 per 100,000 people (state: 455 per 100,000 people)
> Population: 212,181 (state: 7,278,717)
Arkansas: Pine Bluff
> Avg number of mentally unhealthy days a month: 4.7 (state: 5.4)
> Poverty rate: 23.6% (state: 16.2%)
> Median household income: $41,541 (state: $48,952)
> Adults without health insurance: 7.2% (state: 9.1%)
> People commuting 45+ min: 10.4% (state: 10.9%)
> Dec 2020 unemployment: 5.8% (state: 4.2%)
> Violent crime rate: 895 per 100,000 people (state: 585 per 100,000 people)
> Population: 89,437 (state: 3,017,804)
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California: El Centro
> Avg number of mentally unhealthy days a month: 4.1 (state: 3.5)
> Poverty rate: 25.1% (state: 11.8%)
> Median household income: $48,472 (state: $80,440)
> Adults without health insurance: 8.3% (state: 7.7%)
> People commuting 45+ min: 13.9% (state: 22.9%)
> Dec 2020 unemployment: 19.1% (state: 9.0%)
> Violent crime rate: 339 per 100,000 people (state: 441 per 100,000 people)
> Population: 181,215 (state: 39,512,223)
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