How Hard Is Life In Lubbock Compared To The Rest Of The Country?

The Upshot on the New York Times provided a county by county map of the United States that shows how hard it is to live in each individual county.

The looked at six date points

Education (percentage of residents with at least a bachelor's degree)
Median household income
Unemployment Rate
Disability rate
Life expectancy
Obesity

They averaged each county’s relative rank in these categories to create an overall ranking.

Ranking was better than average, 1,186 of 3,135
Education - 27.4%
Median household income - $43,993
Unemployment Rate - 5.5%
Disability rate - 1.3%
Life expectancy - 76.2 years
Obesity  - 36%