County-level data on the percentage of households without any computing device.
Source: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimate (2023)
Tools: R for data processing and visualization, Scribus for document layout
I guess the two greatest correlates are economic status and age? I suppose religion plays a role, too, sometimes (Amish, Mennonites).
Why texas? I wouldnt expect a coastal county to be this high
Neat! I am guessing the extremes here are usually counties with small populations? So you’ll naturally get a lot more variation. Where there any counties with large populations with very high or low percentage of households with computing devices?
Basically a rural poverty map
At a glance the most populous county outside of the lowest category looks to be Wayne, OH (pop. 117k) which I’m assuming is Amish-related?
Is there such a dataset for the UK?
Small population, very rural counties may have few households within reach of a cell tower or cable/fiber access, so that makes sense. Starlink could change this a bit as it offers cheaper plans (this was 2023 data).
The other issue with small population counties is that it only takes a few households to skew the numbers, so there is that, tool.
Kenedy County, the third least populous county in Texas, had 108 times more cattle than people in 1999 – Wikipedia
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County-level data on the percentage of households without any computing device.
Source: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimate (2023)
Tools: R for data processing and visualization, Scribus for document layout
I guess the two greatest correlates are economic status and age? I suppose religion plays a role, too, sometimes (Amish, Mennonites).
Why texas? I wouldnt expect a coastal county to be this high
Neat! I am guessing the extremes here are usually counties with small populations? So you’ll naturally get a lot more variation. Where there any counties with large populations with very high or low percentage of households with computing devices?
Basically a rural poverty map
At a glance the most populous county outside of the lowest category looks to be Wayne, OH (pop. 117k) which I’m assuming is Amish-related?
Is there such a dataset for the UK?
Small population, very rural counties may have few households within reach of a cell tower or cable/fiber access, so that makes sense. Starlink could change this a bit as it offers cheaper plans (this was 2023 data).
The other issue with small population counties is that it only takes a few households to skew the numbers, so there is that, tool.
Kenedy County, the third least populous county in Texas, had 108 times more cattle than people in 1999 – Wikipedia
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