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State by State Stats

Posted by Daniel Stout on 20 April 2006 at 7:57 AM | 2 Comments |

National Map planetdan linked to a site yesterday called StateMaster.com. It’s a site chock full of statistics that compare various indices nationally, state by state. Lots of great stats to peruse and amuse. For example:

Iowa, where I reside, is:

#48 in number of murders per capita
#14 in most educated
#42 in percent of people below the poverty level
#20 in Iraq war casualties per capita, and
#23 in per capita income

How does your state compare? StateMaster has over 2,613 different stats that you can compare. Perhaps interesting and definitely useful to win those arguments about whose state is better.

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2 Comments

nutsackylacky | April 20, 2006 11:44 AM | Permalink | Reply

Lots of stats accompanied by lots of horrible choropleth-esque maps. Unclassed data, use of raw data and diverging color schemes (?) allow for little or no spatial analysis. It's nearly impossible to identify any spatial correlation, something a map should strive to show. You lose, Statemaster!

Daniel Stout | April 20, 2006 12:08 PM | Permalink | Reply

Yes, I don't think I'd take the site too seriously, but it's a fun diversion for a few minutes to compare states.