Unemployment (1948-2011)

In: Employment Interactive Source: WSJ Updated regularly US Economy

14 Nov 2011

I haven’t posted this version in a while, but the WSJ does keep it up to date with the latest data. I think it’s a lovely use of a heatmap.

image

1 Response to Unemployment (1948-2011)

Avatar

Kathleen

November 15th, 2011 at 13:19

Thanks for sharing this! It’s a great long-term perspective.

Our economic development consulting firm also created an animated map to show year-over-year job gains/losses by metro area.

http://tipstrategies.com/geography-of-jobs/

an explanation of the map is here:
http://tipstrategies.com/blog/2011/10/geography-of-jobs-updated-through-january-2011/

Comment Form

You must be logged in to post a comment.

subscribe via RSS
follow on twitter
follow on twitter

What is Chart Porn?

An addictive collection of beautiful charts, graphs, maps, and interactive data visualization toys -- on topics from around the world.

  • Aram Korevaar: This chart is now being used as a projection in which countries such as China see themselves as in a [...]
  • David: Welcome back Chart Porn! [...]
  • J S: Thanks for the great story. Miss reading this blog. Hope to see you more active again. [...]
  • jake: I lived in a DC row house for 6 years, and I'm writing this comment from my tiny 1 bedroom apartment [...]
  • ronny pettersen: Hilarious and unfortunately accurate... ;-) [...]

Copyright © 2007-

Wordpress Compositio Theme originally by Design Disease