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Qlt1 Task 4

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Populations Affected by Disabilities or Homeless Populations. This is an assessment about Hickory County, Missouri population. The goal is to assess the effects of disabilities or homeless influences and the health literacy of a population. I choose this County because I have a lot of relative lives in this area, and I have been over this county to visit them so many times. This is a very interesting county for me to do a research on. For an accurate research data, there are several methods have been utilized to obtain assessment data, including media resources, call the county public health department, and run a search of articles from a local newspaper and records. Firstly, we will talk about Hickory’s demographics. Hickory County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2017 census, the population was 9,167 (Hickory County, …show more content…

The racial makeup of the county was 97.51% White, 0.08% Black or African American, 0.66% Native American, 0.11% Asian, 0.20% from other races, and 1.44% from two or more races. Approximately 0.76% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race (Hickory County, Missouri Free Public Records Directory, 2017). The median income for a household in the county was $32,122 and the median income for a family was $28,779. Males had a median income of $22,679 versus $17,610 for females. The per capita income for the county was $18.153. About 13.00% of families and 19.70% of the population were below the poverty line, including 32.90% of those under age 18 and 11.00% of those age 65 or over (Total employer establishments, 2015). The average income of Hickory population is a lot lower than the average income of U.S ($53,889). It may increase homeless population in the future. The percent of high school graduate and bachelor’s degree are both lower in Hickory County compared to the total U.S. population. It may cause a lower income and decrease the chance to find a job in the

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