Poverty line maps

[RBH]

Based on the overall percentage of people under the poverty line (as of 2000, based on ARDA.org data)

Missouri



Kentucky's map is much more red, since they have six counties with over 1/3rd of people under the poverty line.

[Undisguised Sockpuppet]

How is this supposed to be a surprise to anyone?

[Tender Branson]

The same for Austria (2005 data):

Remember that the poverty-line in the US applies to those who have an income of less than 10.000 US-$ per year, in Austria it is 14.600 US-$ or less !

Green = fewer than 10% below the poverty line
Yellow = between 10% and 15% below the poverty line
Red = more than 15% below the poverty line

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I did make an IMD map by district a while ago. Will have to dig it up or find a new one.

[opebo]

Interesting that the american poverty line is so fantastically unrealistic.  Of course, living in Austria for 14,600 is pretty hard to imagine, but living in the US for 10,000 is certain to lead to ill-health, crime victimization, and at least occasional homelessness.

[Alcon]

Just 'cause I the maps, here's Washington:



All of them were predictable, although considering its voting history, Wahkiakum (southwest corner) being green is intriguing.

[CultureKing]

Just 'cause I the maps, here's Washington:



All of them were predictable, although considering its voting history, Wahkiakum (southwest corner) being green is intriguing.

Meh, Wahkiakum is so small that many statistics there are odd. I find Lewis county odd, I would have thought that they wopuld be over 15% under the poverty line sine the large number of closings there last year (though is the data not recent enough to account for that yet?)

[Filuwaúrdjan]

IMD map for Wales:



Red is the five most deprived UA's, browny-orange the six after that and so on.
Curiously, deprivation statistics for Wales are bother easier to find and use and harder to find and use when compared to England. The trouble in this case is that no official scores are calculated for anything above SOA (ie; census tract) level.

[Alcon]

Meh, Wahkiakum is so small that many statistics there are odd. I find Lewis county odd, I would have thought that they wopuld be over 15% under the poverty line sine the large number of closings there last year (though is the data not recent enough to account for that yet?)

It's 1999, and Lewis was like 14%, so it's probably hit 15% by now.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Meh, Wahkiakum is so small that many statistics there are odd. I find Lewis county odd, I would have thought that they wopuld be over 15% under the poverty line sine the large number of closings there last year (though is the data not recent enough to account for that yet?)

It's 1999, and Lewis was like 14%, so it's probably hit 15% by now.

16.8%

[Alcon]

Meh, Wahkiakum is so small that many statistics there are odd. I find Lewis county odd, I would have thought that they wopuld be over 15% under the poverty line sine the large number of closings there last year (though is the data not recent enough to account for that yet?)

It's 1999, and Lewis was like 14%, so it's probably hit 15% by now.

16.8%

Where'd you get that?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Meh, Wahkiakum is so small that many statistics there are odd. I find Lewis county odd, I would have thought that they wopuld be over 15% under the poverty line sine the large number of closings there last year (though is the data not recent enough to account for that yet?)

It's 1999, and Lewis was like 14%, so it's probably hit 15% by now.

16.8%

Where'd you get that?

Here

[Alcon]

Ah, I always forget that Lewis County has enough people to be included on that (for reasons I'm too polite to mention, in case the member we have from there reads this). 

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Check out Minnesota:



Poverty in Mankato is still 19% though.

[Padfoot]

how are you guys making those maps?  Are you just using paint or is there a way to make county maps through the site?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

There is a way to make maps through the site, but only for official election results. These are all done with paint.

[Tender Branson]

Check out Minnesota:



Poverty in Mankato is still 19% though.

Yepp. Very nice, MN also has the 2nd lowest number of uninsured in the US and the 3rd lowest number of people in poverty. A model for the US

[PGSable]

Here's New York (data from the US Census Bureau Small Area Income & Poverty Estimates, 2004):



The state average is 14.5%. The richest county is Putnam (4.5%), and the poorest is the Bronx (28.2%).

[Cubby]

Here's New York (data from the US Census Bureau Small Area Income & Poverty Estimates, 2004):



The state average is 14.5%. The richest county is Putnam (4.5%), and the poorest is the Bronx (28.2%).

Why is the level in St. Lawrence County so high compared to everywhere else in the state?

Putnam should be merged with Northern Westchester to make a new county.

BRTD: What do you mean "paint"? I don't know how you're making these maps.

[Colin]

Here's New York (data from the US Census Bureau Small Area Income & Poverty Estimates, 2004):



The state average is 14.5%. The richest county is Putnam (4.5%), and the poorest is the Bronx (28.2%).

BRTD: What do you mean "paint"? I don't know how you're making these maps.

MS Paint, you know the photo editor/graphics creator that comes with every computer? You take a county map of your state, probably from the Census website, and then fill in each county with its respective colour using the paint bucket tool.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Here's New York (data from the US Census Bureau Small Area Income & Poverty Estimates, 2004):



The state average is 14.5%. The richest county is Putnam (4.5%), and the poorest is the Bronx (28.2%).

BRTD: What do you mean "paint"? I don't know how you're making these maps.

MS Paint, you know the photo editor/graphics creator that comes with every computer? You take a county map of your state, probably from the Census website, and then fill in each county with its respective colour using the paint bucket tool.

Actually the maps come from here. Just take any of Dave's maps, remove the results, and put in your results.

[fezzyfestoon]

My county, Somerset, has the lowest in the country for a county with a population of over 250,000.

[nclib]

Good maps, everyone, but where on ARDA's website is poverty rate by county?

[Alcon]

I just used Wikipedia.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I looked it up on the census site.