County data related to forest dependence and community capitals, 2014-2019

This data publication includes a compilation of publicly-available county-level data on indicators relating to forest-dependence and community capitals for all states in the United States, including the District of Columbia from 2014-2019. A community’s forest-dependence is defined by its spatial, economic, and cultural relationship with the forest. Community capitals are assets or resources that can be employed to develop communities that are economically, environmentally, and socially sustainable. Together, these data provide information on the extent to which communities that depend on forests for their well-being, livelihoods, quality of life, or cultural identity are able to respond and adapt to social and economic change. The variables were selected because they allow wall-to-wall geographic coverage and come from consistent public sources with a historical track record, which should enable reporting on the health of forest-dependent counties and trends over time. Data include, but are not limited to: location information, various population and education metrics, employment and earnings data for the forest sector and all sectors, forest area, land and water area, percent of forest land used, internet availability, and employment. Also included are identifiers for counties meeting three different forest dependence criterions: spatial relationship, economic dependence, and cultural connection.These data were compiled primarily for the purpose of reporting Indicator 6.38: "Resilience of forest-dependent communities" within the U.S. National Report on Sustainable Forests (McGinley et al. 2023), which is part of the U.S. commitment to reporting on forest conditions under the Montreal Process.For more information about these data see Frey et al. (2021). This data publication was originally published on 02/14/2022. On 01/04/2023 and 06/10/2024, minor metadata updates were made which included providing additional information for variables as well as updates to citations and website URLs.本数据集汇编了2014至2019年间美国所有州（含哥伦比亚特区）的公开县级层面数据，涵盖森林依存度（forest-dependence）与社区资本（community capitals）相关指标。社区森林依存度由其与森林的空间、经济及文化关联所定义；社区资本指可用于打造经济、环境与社会可持续发展社区的资产或资源。上述数据集可用于揭示以森林维系福祉、生计、生活品质或文化认同的社区，应对并适应社会与经济变革的能力范围。所选变量均具备全域地理覆盖性，且均来自具有历史沿用记录的可靠公开数据源，可用于持续追踪森林依存县的发展状况与长期趋势。数据集涵盖（但不限于）以下内容：位置信息、各类人口与教育指标、林业及全行业就业与收入数据、森林面积、陆地与水域面积、已利用林地占比、互联网接入情况，以及就业相关数据。本数据集还包含符合三类不同森林依存度判定标准的县域标识符：空间关联、经济依存与文化联系。本数据集的编制初衷主要是为支撑《美国可持续森林国家报告》（McGinley等，2023）中指标6.38「森林依存社区韧性」的撰写工作，该报告是美国履行《蒙特利尔进程（Montreal Process）》森林状况报告义务的组成部分。如需了解该数据集的更多细节，可参阅Frey等（2021）的相关文献。本数据集首次发布于2022年2月14日，并分别于2023年1月4日与2024年6月10日进行了小幅元数据更新，更新内容包括补充变量说明、修订参考文献及网站链接。