Archive for November, 2008

North America Income, Education, Employment: 2006

Published by Catherine on November 23, 2008 in Canada, Choropleth Map, Education, GDP per Capita, Mexico, North America, Scatter plot, Unemployment and United States. 2 Comments

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 Economy: 1920-2008 (Good Magazine)

Published by Catherine on November 16, 2008 in Area Graph, Debt, GDP and United States. 4 Comments

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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Falling into a recession: Unemployment Feb-Sep 2008

Published by Catherine on November 9, 2008 in Choropleth Map, Unemployment and United States. 3 Comments

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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Income Distribution Animation

Published by Catherine on November 4, 2008 in Income - Inequality, Distribution, United States and Video. 10 Comments

Another video tackling Income Distribution in the US:

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Unemployment and Presidential Elections: 1980 - 2008

Published by Catherine on November 2, 2008 in Choropleth Map, Unemployment and United States. 4 Comments

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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Updated Sept 2008 map with election winner.

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