United States Poverty Rates From 1980 to 2007

Thousands of bloggers are taking the time to discuss a single topic today – poverty. As we sit in our cozy homes, go out to eat, watch movies, or simply read the news on a computer, it’s easy to forget that there are millions of people around the world who aren’t so well off. Blog Action Day is an opportunity to remember and to perhaps help out in some way.

Mapping Poverty Rates

I of course took the visualization route. What better way to get the facts than through data? The US Census Bureau provides lots of poverty estimates, so I took their data and mapped it over the last 27 years. I found it alarming to see that some states had a poverty rate over 20%. I clearly live in a cozy bubble. What does your state look like?

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