Demographic and social characteristics.

Characteristic	Jackson, MS	Washington, DC	Oakland, CA
Total population	173,514	601,723	390,724
African Americans	79.4%	50.7%	28.0%
Median household income	$30,219	$66,583	$48,196
Employment	60.7%	69.0%	66.8%
Below poverty level	26.8%	13.9%	19.5%
Health insurance coverage	78.4%	94.1%	83.1%
HIV prevalence rate³	558.8	549.0	267.9
HIV vaccine trial experience⁴	No	Yes	No

¹Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. HIV Surveillance Report, 2011; vol. 23. http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/. Published February 2013. Accessed August 27, 2014.
²United States Census 2010. 2010 Census Interactive Population Search. http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=28. Accessed August 27, 2014.
³Persons living with diagnosed HIV infection, year-end 2010. Rates are per 100,000 population.
⁴ClinicalTrials.gov. http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/help/how-use-search-results. Accessed August 27, 2014.

Table 1: Demographic and social characteristics1, 2 of the 3 U.S. cities from which persons were enrolled for African Americans’ willingness to participate in HIV vaccine trials study.

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