This map depicts the average unemployment rate by county over the span of a year as the title indicates. The difference in lightness and saturation easily captures the unemployment phenomena throughout the country. I bet this map looks a whole lot different now.This map also includes a legend defining the unemployment rate from lighter and lower to darker and higher. The data was collected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and also notes that the county data is provisional.
Very good example. We will get into data color schemes a little bit later. This was clearly done by a professional while you bad map was not. After this class you will critique every map you see!
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