Lab 4.1 Group G

Percent below Poverty by State

Frequency Polyhistogram

Insight of the Percent Below Poverty by State

As we can see in the Histogram, the Midwest region of the United States have a peak of counties living below poverty between 10 and 20 percent. This means that, in average 10 to 20 percent of the population in the different counties in the states of the Midwest region live below poverty. However, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin have a lower peak, meaning a lower frequency. Wisconsin is the only state from the Midwest that has counties with 40 to 50 percent of their population living below poverty.

Professional Degree by State

Frequency Polyhistogram

Insights of the Percent Professional Degree by State

The frequency polygon shows that Ohio and Michigan have the highest percentage of people with a professional degree. The average peak in percentage of people with professional degree in the Midwest region is around 5%.

Percentage of people with a professional might be related with percentage of people living below poverty, as Michigan and Ohio present higher percentage of people with professional degrees and lower percentage of people living below poverty.

Chart Decisions

Different colors to represent the different states of the Midwest region significantly improved the visibility of the chart, and made it easier to interpret. It also provide a visual distinction to each one of the states.