Food Access Research Atlas Dataset

The dataset is a tract‑level file for all Texas census tracts combining USDA Food Access Research Atlas measures with Census/ACS sociodemographics.
​Unit of analysis: Census tract (variable census_tract), with associated state and county names. ​Population & housing: 2010 population, group quarters indicators and counts, urban/rural indicator (urban_indicator). Poverty & income: Continuous poverty rate (poverty_rate), median family income (median_family_income), and a binary low‑income tract flag (low_income_tract_indicator). Food access (distance-based): Multiple indicators of low access to food within 0.5, 1, 10, and 20 miles (e.g., low_access_05mi_10mi, low_access_1mi_20mi, low_access_tract_05mi, low_access_pop_05mi). Food access by subgroup: Counts and shares of low‑access population by income, age groups (children, seniors), race/ethnicity (White, Black, Asian, AIAN, other/multi, Hispanic), SNAP recipients, and households without a vehicle, at 0.5‑mile and 1‑mile buffers (e.g., low_access_children_05mi_share, low_access_black_05mi_share, low_access_hispanic_1mi_share, low_access_no_vehicle_05mi_share, low_access_snap_1mi_share). Tract composition: Total counts of low‑income residents, seniors, race/ethnicity groups, Hispanic population, no‑vehicle households, and SNAP households at the tract level (e.g., tract_low_income, tract_seniors, tract_white, tract_hispanic, tract_no_vehicle, tract_snap). In total, the file contains one row per Texas tract with identifiers plus a wide set of food‑access, demographic, income, and transportation variables suitable for poverty and equity modeling.