Scatterplot of Midwest County Data

This scatterplot shows the relationship between college education and poverty in Midwest counties.

library(tidyverse)

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library(ggplot2)

ggplot(data = midwest, aes(x = percollege, y = percbelowpoverty)) +
  geom_point() +
  labs(
   x = "Percent college educated",
    y = "Percent below Poverty Line",
    title = "Education vs Poverty in Midwest Counties"
  ) +
  theme(plot.title = element_text(hjust = 0.5)) ## just to have the title centered