Monthly Archive for November, 2008

North America Income, Education, Employment: 2006

Screenshot from an interactive mapping tool from OECD Regional Statistics. While you can look at any region I choose North America. The color indicates the GDP per capita: blue is low income while red is high income. The graph on the right is comparing % of population with high school education vs unemployment. (The red circle, indicating very high income, belongs to Washington DC)

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US Population Ancestry magnifying glass

[tags]United States, OECD, Mexico, Canada[/tags]

Popularity: 4% [?]

US Economy: 1920-2008 (Good Magazine)

Good Magazine in collaboration with Nigel Holmes created this historical survey of the US economy. The graph shows the GDP (grey) and the National Debt: real dollars (solid red line) and actual dollars (dotted red line)

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US Economy magnifying glass

[tags]United States, GDP, National Debt[/tags]

Popularity: 8% [?]

Falling into a recession: Unemployment Feb-Sep 2008

Here is a series of maps showing the unemployment rate by state from February to September of this year. This was created using screenshots from a Bureau of Labor Statistics Interactive Map

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Unemployment magnifying glass

[tags]United States, Unemployment, Recession[/tags]

Popularity: 3% [?]

Income Distribution Animation

Another video tackling Income Distribution in the US:

Popularity: 5% [?]

Unemployment and Presidential Elections: 1980 – 2008

Screenshots from a Bureau of Labor Statistics Interactive Map showing the unemployment rate by state 2 months before the presidential election since 1980. The party in power and the party that eventual won the White House is listed below each map.

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Unemployment magnifying glass

[tags]United States, Unemployment, Election[/tags]

Updated Sept 2008 map with election winner.

Popularity: 4% [?]