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Percent age 25+ with Bachelor's degree or higher (lemmy.world)

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[-] pixelscript@lemm.ee 63 points 5 days ago

This is somewhat a "people live in cities" graph, but not as stark of one I expected. Not all big cities are so educated, plus there are a lot of rural places that draw in a surprising number of people with advanced degrees.

Still, I'm amused that Interstate 29 in specific lights up like a string of Christmas lights.

[-] bisby@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago

Based on the states I know, some of the surprising rural areas are where state universities are.

[-] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 days ago

"People live in cities and get degrees in college towns" map.

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[-] kyle@lemm.ee 7 points 4 days ago

Oklahoma only has 1 county lit up, and it's where a state university is, OSU. But it's ranked lower nationally than OU (#196 vs #132). Both are in otherwise small towns, basically overrun by their respective colleges. Anecdotally, Norman (OU) is known to have nothing in town, but Stillwater (OSU) has it's own subculture and town pride.

I'm curious how many of these counties just contain college towns vs how many actually might attract highly educated people.

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[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 6 points 4 days ago

Yeah. It is interesting that Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Miami aren't on here while Salt Lake City, Denver, and Atlanta are very visible.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Denver vs Vegas and LA isn't surprising. Cities built on industries that don't require education won't be massively educated

[-] Donkter@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Yeah, interesting that Colorado has the highest density of 60+% is it all expats of the Midwest who don't want to move too far away?

Actually because it's in percentages it could be small towns run by one large industry that requires degrees.

[-] Entropywins@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

I assume a lot of defense stuff air force academy, NORAD, space force...

[-] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Doesn’t hurt that a lot of people who have visited end up coming back to stay. Colorado is pretty great place to live.

[-] Entropywins@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

I've spent most of my time in southern Colorado which is alright but central/northern is stunning...it's almost like if oregon or Washington were landlocked.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 3 days ago

The county south of Nashville is basically the Nashville suburbs, with a serious legacy of redlining.

[-] DahGangalang@infosec.pub 66 points 5 days ago

Neat data, but it seems like starting the coloring at 40% is really high.

I'm curious what this would look like if they counted counties with 25% and above degree requirements.

[-] adarza@lemmy.ca 13 points 5 days ago

not really, that's roughly the percentage for the entire population of the country.

[-] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago

Exactly. The less educated population matters just as much as the more educated. Those people are not represented in this map.

[-] adarza@lemmy.ca 18 points 4 days ago

here's all the counties by education attainment. high school, 4-year college, graduate/professional degree.

source of the visuals:
www.smartick.com/data/visualizing-the-most-and-least-educated-counties-in-america/

using data from the census:
https://www.census.gov/data/developers/data-sets/acs-5year.html

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[-] badbytes@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

Dang CO, you smart sexy bastard.

[-] AstridWipenaugh@lemmy.world 32 points 5 days ago

Whycome the south doesn't has orange boxes? Is we stupid?

[-] drolex@sopuli.xyz 29 points 5 days ago

Yes you does

[-] limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 5 days ago

No I ain’t

[-] Addv4@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

NC and TN have some. But we often is.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

TN is Williamson County. Which is basically the Nashville suburbs and/or bougie town.

Also, not a whole lot of actual locals living there, ask me how I know.

[-] Addv4@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

I mean, for NC it's the Durham/Raleigh suburbs plus Duke University, so plenty of out of staters (seriously, just go to Duke gardens on a weekend, it's pretty amazing how many languages are spoken). Which would probably explain a lot of it.

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[-] geogle@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

I see you, Los Alamos.

[-] i_dont_want_to@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 4 days ago

I want to see the map with 20-30 and 30-40 too!

[-] Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

I want to see a map with % of high school equivalency.

I am part of the original map though, I only have an associates

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 3 days ago

Damn, Arizona and Utah. What happened to you?

[-] Lemminary@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

And Arkansas and Louisiana. They're all in the South, no surprise there. :/

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 days ago

I looked to the south first and somehow missed those two. And absolutely no surprise about these two.

[-] Lemminary@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Ah, no worries. Funnily enough I did the same but on the East side and then saw your comment. Lmao

[-] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 24 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

One can see the impact of the Yellowstone national park quite clearly.

[-] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 22 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Same with Los Alamos Labs in NM. That orange spot has more PhDs per Capita than anywhere else in the states.

[-] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

Cambridge, Massachusetts might be its rival

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[-] AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Ah. That's why.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Let me guess the red in Indiana contains Purdue and Bloomington

[-] Legge@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

Neither I believe it's Hamilton County, the (comparatively) rich suburb of Indianapolis.

[-] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Those are the green counties actually.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Huh, then I'm baffled unless it's rose hullman

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 13 points 5 days ago

If you are wondering what that red spot in Wyoming ans adjacent green in Idaho is, they are the Teton counties (one on each state).

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I live near Indianapolis.

You wouldn't now it.

Edit: Ironically, I made a spelling typo. Sigh.

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[-] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

Mississippi making Arkansas and Louisiana look bad.

[-] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 4 points 4 days ago

Without having done my research, this feels like a lack of data more than anything.

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