Visualizing Economics » Income – Low http://www.visualizingeconomics.com Making the "Invisible Hand" Visible Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:40:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 United States Poverty Rates From 1980 to 2007 [FlowingData] http://www.visualizingeconomics.com/2009/02/15/united-states-poverty-rates-from-1980-to-2007-flowingdata/ http://www.visualizingeconomics.com/2009/02/15/united-states-poverty-rates-from-1980-to-2007-flowingdata/#comments Sun, 15 Feb 2009 23:17:43 +0000 Catherine http://www.visualizingeconomics.com/2009/02/15/united-states-poverty-rates-from-1980-to-2007-flowingdata/ Created by Nathan Yau @ FlowingData

Click on map to view the Interactive Flash version

]]> http://www.visualizingeconomics.com/2009/02/15/united-states-poverty-rates-from-1980-to-2007-flowingdata/feed/ 0 Historical Tax Rates by Income Group [NYTimes] http://www.visualizingeconomics.com/2007/11/03/nytimes-historical-tax-rates-by-income-group/ http://www.visualizingeconomics.com/2007/11/03/nytimes-historical-tax-rates-by-income-group/#comments Sat, 03 Nov 2007 22:16:26 +0000 Catherine http://www.visualizingeconomics.com/2007/11/03/nytimes-historical-tax-rates-by-income-group/ A recent NY Times article included a graph showing the amount of taxes paid to the federal government based on income groups. While I like the graph it does not explain what the income thresholds are for each income group. However, I was able to pull out of the original journal article that the average income for the highest earning 0.01% was $18,113,612.

taxes

See also: What does Top 1%, Top 0.1%, Top 0.01% mean?
2005 US Income Distribution part 3

[tags]NYTimes, Taxes, income inequality, wealth, income distribution, superrich[/tags]

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Seattle Percent in Poverty magnafing glass

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.

]]> http://www.visualizingeconomics.com/2007/10/21/seattle-poverty-map/feed/ 0 San Francisco-Oakland Poverty Map http://www.visualizingeconomics.com/2007/10/14/san-francisco-oakland-poverty-map/ http://www.visualizingeconomics.com/2007/10/14/san-francisco-oakland-poverty-map/#comments Mon, 15 Oct 2007 00:10:04 +0000 Catherine http://www.visualizingeconomics.com/2007/10/14/san-francisco-oakland-poverty-map/ 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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San Francisco-Oakland Percent in Poverty magnafing glass

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.


View Larger Map

See also:
United States Poverty Map

[tags]income distribution, US income distribution, inequality, income inequality, income map, poverty, San Francisco, Oakland[/tags]

]]> http://www.visualizingeconomics.com/2007/10/14/san-francisco-oakland-poverty-map/feed/ 1 Minneapolis-St. Paul Poverty Map http://www.visualizingeconomics.com/2007/10/06/minneapolis-st-paul-poverty-map/ http://www.visualizingeconomics.com/2007/10/06/minneapolis-st-paul-poverty-map/#comments Sat, 06 Oct 2007 23:40:21 +0000 Catherine http://www.visualizingeconomics.com/2007/10/06/minneapolis-st-paul-poverty-map/ 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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Minneapolis-St. Paul's Percent in Poverty magnafing glass

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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Houston Percent in Poverty magnafing glass

For reference I am including a Google map of Houston, TX. You can use this map just like the regular Google map and close the white message box.

]]> http://www.visualizingeconomics.com/2007/09/28/houston-tx-poverty-map/feed/ 1 New York City Poverty Map http://www.visualizingeconomics.com/2007/09/22/new-york-city-poverty-map/ http://www.visualizingeconomics.com/2007/09/22/new-york-city-poverty-map/#comments Sat, 22 Sep 2007 14:57:22 +0000 Catherine http://www.visualizingeconomics.com/2007/09/22/new-york-city-poverty-map/ I am starting a new series on US Cities. I will be looking at income distribution and poverty in both large and small cities throughout the United States. First up is New York City. Using 2000 Census data I have mapped % of people living in poverty in the New York 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 NYC.

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NYC % in Poverty Income Map magnafing glass

For reference I am including a Google map of New York City. You can use this map just like the regular Google map and close the white message box.

]]> http://www.visualizingeconomics.com/2007/09/22/new-york-city-poverty-map/feed/ 0 Where do Britain’s rich and poor live? http://www.visualizingeconomics.com/2007/09/08/where-do-britains-rich-and-poor-live/ http://www.visualizingeconomics.com/2007/09/08/where-do-britains-rich-and-poor-live/#comments Sat, 08 Sep 2007 19:04:21 +0000 Catherine http://www.visualizingeconomics.com/2007/09/08/where-do-britains-rich-and-poor-live/ Here are two maps showing Britain’s wealthiest and poorest households. (Unlike some of the previous maps I have posted about the US, this map of the UK relies on assets rather than income to determine who is rich and who is poor). I found this via the BBC from a Joseph Rowntree Foundation study: Poverty and wealth across Britain 1968 to 2005 Unlike the US, there seems to be very little rural poverty in the UK.

uk poverty graphic

See also: United States Poverty Map
United States Household Income Map
[tags]BBC, Britain, UK, Wealth, Poverty[/tags]

]]> http://www.visualizingeconomics.com/2007/09/08/where-do-britains-rich-and-poor-live/feed/ 1 Household Characteristics (Richest vs Poorest) http://www.visualizingeconomics.com/2007/09/03/household-characteristics-richest-vs-poorest/ http://www.visualizingeconomics.com/2007/09/03/household-characteristics-richest-vs-poorest/#comments Tue, 04 Sep 2007 02:23:24 +0000 Catherine http://www.visualizingeconomics.com/2007/09/03/household-characteristics-richest-vs-poorest/ I have taken this set of bar charts from a Census report (pg 10) that uses data from the 2006 Current Population Survey. The lowest quintile is the bottom 20% poorest households with annual income less than $19,179 in 2005 while the highest quintile is the top 20% richest households with annual income more than $91,706 in 2005. Something extra that was in the report but not the bar charts: while 49.9% of all households were in the suburbs, only 39.0% of the poorest households were in the suburbs compared to 61.5% of the richest.

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Household Income Characteristics magnafing glass

[tags]income distribution, income inequality[/tags]

]]> http://www.visualizingeconomics.com/2007/09/03/household-characteristics-richest-vs-poorest/feed/ 0 United States Poverty Map http://www.visualizingeconomics.com/2007/08/11/united-states-poverty-map/ http://www.visualizingeconomics.com/2007/08/11/united-states-poverty-map/#comments Sat, 11 Aug 2007 18:42:13 +0000 Catherine http://www.visualizingeconomics.com/2007/08/11/united-states-poverty-map/ Another income map, this time plotting the % of people living in poverty based on the 2000 Census. If you would like to see a more detailed version go to Social Explorer and choose “Poverty” from the second drop down, then select the magnifying glass to zoom in on a specific county.

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% in Poverty Income Map magnafing glass

See also:
United States Household Income Map
United States Income Inequality Map

Addendum:
8/19/2007 I added Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico to the map.
[tags]income distribution, US income distribution, inequality, income inequality, income map, poverty[/tags]

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