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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[tags]United States, OECD, Mexico, Canada[/tags]
Popularity: 4% [?]
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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[tags]United States, GDP, National Debt[/tags]
Popularity: 8% [?]
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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[tags]United States, Unemployment, Recession[/tags]
Popularity: 3% [?]
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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[tags]United States, Unemployment, Election[/tags]
Updated Sept 2008 map with election winner.
Popularity: 4% [?]
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