- Area(s) of Focus: Community Health & Civic Life, Economy, Education
- Key Indicator(s): Primary Care Providers (per 100,000 population), Income Inequality (Ratio of household income at the 80th percentile to that at the 20th percentile), Associates Degree or Higher (% of adults 25 and over)
- State(s): District of Columbia
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