Here is my fifth entry in my series on US Cities. Using 2000 Census data I have mapped % of people living in poverty in the Seattle metropolitan area. you can find the original interactive map at Social Explorer Choose “Poverty” from the second drop down, then select the magnifying glass to zoom in on Seattle.
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For reference I am including a Google map of Seattle. You can use this map just like the regular Google map and close the white message box.
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This is my fourth entry in my series on US Cities. Using 2000 Census data I have mapped % of people living in poverty in the San Francisco-Oakland metropolitan area. If you would like to see the original interactive map go to Social Explorer and choose “Poverty” from the second drop down, then select the magnifying glass to zoom in on San Francisco-Oakland.
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For reference I am including a Google map of San Francisco-Oakland. You can use this map just like the regular Google map and close the white message box.
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See also:
United States Poverty Map
Technorati Tags: income distribution, US income distribution, inequality, income inequality, income map, poverty, San Francisco, Oakland
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Although this is a a brilliant parody from the Onion, the premise is true. If you take look at this graph of the top 5% (comparing the top 1% to the next 4%) and this graph of Top 1% (comparing the top 0.1%, the next 0.4%, to the lower 0.5%), you can see how the richer you are the more your share of the total income in the US has increased since the 1970s.
Technorati Tags: income distribution, US income distribution, US income inequality, income inequality, onion, superrich
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Another entry in my series on US Cities. Using 2000 Census data I have mapped % of people living in poverty in Minneapolis-St. Paul’s metropolitan area. The choice was inspired by a Visualizing Economics mention in the Star Tribune. If you would like to see the original interactive map go to Social Explorer and choose “Poverty” from the second drop down, then select the magnifying glass to zoom in on the city.
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For reference I am including a Google map of the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. You can use this map just like the regular Google map and close the white message box.
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