The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 1 month agoPercent age 25+ with Bachelor's degree or higherlemmy.worldimagemessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1227
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minus-squareDahGangalang@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up66·1 month 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-up16·1 month agonot really, that’s roughly the percentage for the entire population of the country.
minus-squarefriend_of_satan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 month 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-up20·1 month 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-up3·1 month agoOther than the obvious typo on the top chart, this is really interesting information.
minus-squareearphone843@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoAnd those are the people that the democrats ignored.
minus-squarekemsat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month 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.”
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.
And those are the people that the democrats ignored.
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.”