The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 4 months agoPercent age 25+ with Bachelor's degree or higherlemmy.worldimagemessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1227arrow-down16
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minus-squareDahGangalang@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up66·4 months agoNeat data, but it seems like starting the coloring at 40% is really high. I’m curious what this would look like if they counted counties with 25% and above degree requirements.
minus-squareadarza@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down2·4 months agonot really, that’s roughly the percentage for the entire population of the country.
minus-squarefriend_of_satan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down2·4 months agoExactly. The less educated population matters just as much as the more educated. Those people are not represented in this map.
minus-squareadarza@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·4 months agohere’s all the counties by education attainment. high school, 4-year college, graduate/professional degree. source of the visuals: www.smartick.com/data/visualizing-the-most-and-least-educated-counties-in-america/ using data from the census: https://www.census.gov/data/developers/data-sets/acs-5year.html
minus-squareDahGangalang@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·4 months agoOther than the obvious typo on the top chart, this is really interesting information.
minus-squarekemsat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·4 months agoWhy would they be? The map is clearly not about that information. That would be a map titled “percent people 25+ WITHOUT a bachelor’s degree.”
minus-squareearphone843@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down5·4 months agoAnd those are the people that the democrats ignored.
Neat data, but it seems like starting the coloring at 40% is really high.
I’m curious what this would look like if they counted counties with 25% and above degree requirements.
not really, that’s roughly the percentage for the entire population of the country.
Exactly. The less educated population matters just as much as the more educated. Those people are not represented in this map.
here’s all the counties by education attainment. high school, 4-year college, graduate/professional degree.
source of the visuals:
www.smartick.com/data/visualizing-the-most-and-least-educated-counties-in-america/
using data from the census:
https://www.census.gov/data/developers/data-sets/acs-5year.html
Other than the obvious typo on the top chart, this is really interesting information.
Why would they be? The map is clearly not about that information. That would be a map titled “percent people 25+ WITHOUT a bachelor’s degree.”
And those are the people that the democrats ignored.