From the monthly archives:

November 2008

North America Income, Education, Employment: 2006

by Catherine on November 23, 2008

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]

Tagged as: Canada, Choropleth Map, Education, GDP, GDP per Capita, Mexico, North America, OECD, Population, Scatter plot, Unemployment, United States

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US Economy: 1920-2008 (Good Magazine)

by Catherine on November 16, 2008

in Other

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]

Tagged as: Area Graph, Debt, GDP, United States

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Falling into a recession: Unemployment Feb-Sep 2008

by Catherine on November 9, 2008

in Other

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]

Tagged as: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Choropleth Map, Unemployment, United States

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Income Distribution Animation

by Catherine on November 4, 2008

in Other

Another video tackling Income Distribution in the US:

Tagged as: Distribution of Income, United States, Video

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Unemployment and Presidential Elections: 1980 – 2008

by Catherine on November 2, 2008

in History of the United States, VE Infographics

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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