Dang CO, you smart sexy bastard.
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I see you, Los Alamos.
Damn, Arizona and Utah. What happened to you?
And Arkansas and Louisiana. They're all in the South, no surprise there. :/
I looked to the south first and somehow missed those two. And absolutely no surprise about these two.
Ah, no worries. Funnily enough I did the same but on the East side and then saw your comment. Lmao
Ah. That's why.
Let me guess the red in Indiana contains Purdue and Bloomington
Neither I believe it's Hamilton County, the (comparatively) rich suburb of Indianapolis.
Those are the green counties actually.
Huh, then I'm baffled unless it's rose hullman
Without having done my research, this feels like a lack of data more than anything.
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.
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.”
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.
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This is somewhat a "people live in cities" graph, but not as stark of one I expected. Not all big cities are so educated, plus there are a lot of rural places that draw in a surprising number of people with advanced degrees.
Still, I'm amused that Interstate 29 in specific lights up like a string of Christmas lights.
Yeah. It is interesting that Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Miami aren't on here while Salt Lake City, Denver, and Atlanta are very visible.
Denver vs Vegas and LA isn't surprising. Cities built on industries that don't require education won't be massively educated
Yeah, interesting that Colorado has the highest density of 60+% is it all expats of the Midwest who don't want to move too far away?
Actually because it's in percentages it could be small towns run by one large industry that requires degrees.
I assume a lot of defense stuff air force academy, NORAD, space force...
Doesn’t hurt that a lot of people who have visited end up coming back to stay. Colorado is pretty great place to live.
I've spent most of my time in southern Colorado which is alright but central/northern is stunning...it's almost like if oregon or Washington were landlocked.
The county south of Nashville is basically the Nashville suburbs, with a serious legacy of redlining.
Based on the states I know, some of the surprising rural areas are where state universities are.
"People live in cities and get degrees in college towns" map.
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Whycome the south doesn't has orange boxes? Is we stupid?
Yes you does
No I ain’t
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One can see the impact of the Yellowstone national park quite clearly.
I was wondering what that was.
Same with Los Alamos Labs in NM. That orange spot has more PhDs per Capita than anywhere else in the states.
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If you are wondering what that red spot in Wyoming ans adjacent green in Idaho is, they are the Teton counties (one on each state).
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I live near Indianapolis.
You wouldn't now it.
Edit: Ironically, I made a spelling typo. Sigh.
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