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Community Assessment: Atlanta
The purpose of this community assessment is to give an overview of the Atlanta community and its people. It provides a sense of the kinds of stores and businesses in the city and discusses the population’s accessibility to health care. The paper focuses mainly on the macro-perspective, thus only a general overview is provided here.
Community assessment is important because it can give a sense of the health and needs of the community (Wright, Williams & Wilkinson, 1998).
Atlanta is a large city—the 40th largest city in the U.S., with a population of over 480,000 people. However, in terms of GDP, it ranks no. 10 out of all U.S. cities with $276 billion revenue per year. And the Atlanta metropolitan area ranks even higher among the list of U.S. metropolitan areas: with 5.6 million people in the Atlanta metropolitan area, it is the 9th largest in the U.S. It is a very dense city with an estimated 630 people per square mile.
It is also a very diverse city: It is 54% African-American, 38.4% white, 3.1% Asian, and 5.2% Hispanic. 4.2% of its population identifies as part of the LGBTQ community. Its African American population makes it the second largest African American metropolitan area in the U.S. However, the white population in the city has been growing since 2000, when it was only 31% of the population (World Population...
The median age in Atlanta is 33. 74% of married people in the city are home owners. However, the majority of the population rents, with 56% of the people renting their residences. 27% of the population has a Bachelor’s degree. 21% has a Graduate degree. 17% has some college education. And 19% has only a high school degree. African-Americans have the lowest college degree percentage. Asians and whites have the highest college degree percentages. The average earnings in the city for men are $51k, and the average earnings for women are $38k (World Population Review, 2018). 90% of the population speaks English. 22% of the population lives in poverty. 33% of those in poverty are African Americans. 25% are Hispanic. Only 7% are white (World Population Review, 2018). The average household earns $90k, which means both parents or partners work typically. There are 20,000 veterans living in Atlanta. 65% of the population is in the labor participation force (World Population Review, 2018).
In terms of businesses headquartered in Atlanta, there is Coca-Cola, Delta, Home Depot, UPS, Newell Rubbermaid, Cox Enterprises and several others. Because Atlanta is so diverse, however, there are many different types of places to go to, stores to visit, and entertainments to take part in. The city has a major league baseball team, an…
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Anderson, V. (2018). Atlanta Struggles To Fulfill MLK's Legacy In Health Care. Retrieved from https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/04/04/599253766/atlanta-struggles-to-fulfill-mlks-legacy-in-health-care
World Population Review. (2018). Atlanta. Retrieved from http://worldpopulationreview.com/us-cities/atlanta-population/
Wright, J., Williams, R., & Wilkinson, J. R. (1998). Development and importance of health needs assessment. Bmj, 316(7140), 1310-1313.
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