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Federal Taxes paid/received for each State

Catherine — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:37:15 +0000

Day 16 of 28 Days of Tax Data

Found at Visual Economics, via ChartPorn and Context.org

Two map one for tax dollars going from individual states to the Federal Government (dark red), the second for tax dollars going from the Federal Government to the states (blue). A third map would be nice showing the ratio between money in verses money out.

Tags: Choropleth Map, Tax collection, United States

Unemployment: Housing Bubble vs Manufacturing (Jan 2009)

Catherine — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:40:02 +0000

Screenshots taken from NYTimes Interactive graphic. While not the most recent unemployment data, I liked these maps because you see the the location of the house bubble and the manufacturing in the U.S. and the severity of the unemployment in many of those areas.

Housing Bubble

Unemployment rate in counties where home prices rose to at least 175% of 2000 levels.

Manufacturing

Unemployment rate in counties where at least 25 percent of earnings came from manufacturing, 1998-2000.

Tags: Choropleth Map, Unemployment, United States

Job Growth: Finance vs Government Sectors

Catherine — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 11:00:00 +0000

Following up my last post Job Growth: Last 4 years vs Next 4 years, I took a couple of screenshots of USATODAY.com interactive graphic comparing the best and worst sectors:

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The Best: Government

The Worst: Financial activities

Tags: Bar Chart, Choropleth Map, Interactive Graphic, Unemployment, United States

Job Growth: Last 4 years vs Next 4 years

Catherine — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:00:00 +0000

Simple way to keep track job growth forecasts. USATODAY.com has created a interactive graphic updated each month with revised data from Moody’s Economy.com. Found via Interactive Narratives

Tags: Bar Chart, Choropleth Map, Interactive Graphic, Unemployment, United States

Housing Prices Heat Map 1975 – 2008 [Stephen Heise]

Catherine — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:00:00 +0000

Created Stephen Heise based on OFHEO data. Found via Economix.

Red highlights those states with sale prices above their historical price trend
Blue highlights those states with sale prices below their historical price trend

Watch the automation at his site:

Tags: Choropleth Map, Housing, United States, Video

North America Income, Education, Employment: 2006

Catherine — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 03:30:27 +0000

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]

Tags: Canada, Choropleth Map, Education, GDP per Capita, Mexico, North America, Scatter plot, Unemployment, United States

Falling into a recession: Unemployment Feb-Sep 2008

Catherine — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:00:00 +0000

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]

Tags: Choropleth Map, Unemployment, United States

Unemployment and Presidential Elections: 1980 – 2008

Catherine — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:28:47 +0000

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.

Tags: Choropleth Map, Unemployment, United States

Six month change in foreclosures: August 2008

Catherine — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:29:19 +0000

Screenshot from Dynamic Maps of Nonprime Mortgage Conditions in the United States New York Federal Reserve showing six month change in foreclosures: from March – August 2008.

Red – Conditions have worsened
Green – Conditions have improved
Yellow – No change (within 0.05%)

[tags]United States, Foreclosures[/tags]

Tags: Choropleth Map, Federal Reserve, Interactive Graphic, United States

Gasoline Price by County – June 2008

Catherine — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:00:00 +0000

Screenshot from a New York Times Interactive Graphic by Kevin Quealy that shows the different gasoline prices across the U.S. earlier this year. The more blue the county color, the lower the price of gas.

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[tags]United States, Gasoline[/tags]

Tags: Choropleth Map, Gasoline, United States