Data on race, inequality, and social capital in the U.S. counties

Authors

Dongkyu Kim, University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow
Mi-Son Kim, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow
Natasha Altema McNeely, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-2021

Abstract

This article presents data on social capital at the United States’ county-level. Following Rupasingha et al. (2006), the social capital index captures the common factor among density measures of 10 different types of associations, voter turnout rates, U.S. decennial census participation rates, and the number of non-profit organizations. Based on Knack (2003), we create associational densities measures as a proxy for both bridging and bonding social capital. Including data on income inequality, racial diversity, minority group size, average household income, educational attainment, the ratio of a family household, the size of migration population, and female labor market participation rates, the data covers 3,104 U.S. counties for both 2009 and 2014. This paper includes descriptive statistics and figures. This data article is associated with the article “Race, Inequality, and Social Capital in the U.S. Counties.”

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©2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc.

Recommended Citation

Kim, D., Kim, M. S., & McNeely, N. A. (2021). Data on race, inequality, and social capital in the U.S. counties. Data in brief, 34, 106717. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2021.106717

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Publication Title

Data in brief

DOI

10.1016/j.dib.2021.106717