Key Takeaways
Shasta is a low performance, low disparity and less populous county.
The Shasta County Black preventable hospitalization rate is more than 7x higher than the best preventable hospitalization rate all among racial/ethnic groups, the Latino rate.
In Shasta County, roughly 10 Black, Native American, and Pacific Islander students per 100 were suspended in 2014-5, compared to just 3 Asian and 6 White students per 100.
In Shasta county, 2 in 5 Blacks are employed while 1 in 2 Asians are employed.
Shasta County is one of the least disparate counties for perception of safety because Latinos and Whites perceive their neighborhoods to be similarly safe (52.7% and 55.4% respectively).
In Shasta County, White public transportation commuters commute for 34.6 minutes while the total population average commute time is an 1 hour and 23 minutes.
