Archive for August, 2007

United States “Cost of Home Ownership as % of Income” Map

Published by Catherine on August 30, 2007 in Choropleth Map, Housing Prices, US Census and United States. 3 Comments

Here I have mapped the cost of owning a home as % of household income (taken from the 2000 Census). This is calculated by dividing the median cost of owning a home by the household income for a given area. If you would like to see a more detailed version go to Social Explorer and choose “Housing” from the second drop down then “Median Owner Costs: % of Income” and select the magnifying glass to zoom in on a specific county.

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% in Poverty Income Map magnafing glass

See also:
United States Household Income Map
United States Income Inequality Map
United States Poverty Map

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Highest Paid Hip-Hop Artists 2006

Published by Catherine on August 20, 2007 in Bar Chart, Celebrities, Forbes and Income - Individual. 1 Comment

Forbes has introduced a new ranking this year for Hip-Hop Cash Kings. I assume this means their Highest Paid Celebrities list is very popular since they are branching out into other subgenera. So what make someone a Hip-Hop Cash King? Sources of income include: running their own record labels; producing tracks and beats for other artists; endorsement deals; selling apparel, ringtones, video games and a line of fiction.

Highest Paid Hip-Hop Artists

I added the graph to my Income and Wealth Swivel group.

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Visualizing Economics goes down, again

Published by Catherine on August 14, 2007 in Blog. 0 Comments

Technical difficulties due to a glitch at my ISP meant my blog was not available for the last 3 days. Hopefully, your access to tasty income data visualizations will not be interrupted again :)
FYI, in case you missed Saturday’s post take a look at the United States Poverty Map

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United States Poverty Map

Published by Catherine on August 11, 2007 in Choropleth Map, Income - Low, US Census and United States. 17 Comments

Another income map, this time plotting the % of people living in poverty based on the 2000 Census. If you would like to see a more detailed version go to Social Explorer and choose “Poverty” from the second drop down, then select the magnifying glass to zoom in on a specific county.

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% in Poverty Income Map magnafing glass

See also:
United States Household Income Map
United States Income Inequality Map

Addendum:
8/19/2007 I added Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico to the map.

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United States Household Income Map

Published by Catherine on August 7, 2007 in Choropleth Map, Income - Inequality, Distribution, US Census and United States. 0 Comments

Based on some comments on the United States Income Inequality Map, I am posting another United States Income Map, this time showing the Median Household income in the US by Census tract. I created it using a very cool tool: Social Explorer.

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Gross Domestic Product by Industry magnafing glass

See also:
 United States Poverty Map
United States Income Inequality Map

Addendum:
8/8/2007 Increased the size of the map legend.
8/19/2007 I added Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico to the map.

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