With the current shortage of natural gas in Western NY, I thought this would be an interesting graph to share, showing which parts of the state are heavily dependent on natural gas for heating. Natural gas is the most popular heating fuel in urban areas, as it's one of the cheapest sources of energy for heating. Western NY uses a lot more gas for heating then the Eastern half of the state, which has been traditionally more reliant on heating oil for heating. Manhattan and Bronx still use more oil then gas, while the outer boroughs tends to be more connected into the gas grid.
Yesterday I posted a graph that showed the percentage of Hispanics who lived in each county of New York. Today, an interactive map showing Hispanic percentages by Census Tract. Generally downstate has the most Hispanic persons, concentrated around the New York City Metropolitan area.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2011-2015 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
Table - DP05, ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES
This interactive Google Map looks at the percentage of homes in each Capital Region Census Tract there were designated as dilapidated in the US Census Department's 1959 Housing Survey.
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Downstate, along with some city centers in upstate, have the largest populations of African Americans in the state.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2011-2015 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
Table - DP05, ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES
This interactive map shows how many residents in each county made more then a million dollars in 2013.
Data Source: RocDOC's Wealthy Taxpayers in New York State. http://rochester.nydatabases.com/database/wealthy-taxpayers-new-york-state
"Eight states lost population between 2015 and 2016, and 12 others recorded their lowest population increase of the decade, as economic woes and lower birth rates hit some states harder than others."
"Connecticut, Illinois, Mississippi, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia and Wyoming lost population. The last time so many states registered a drop in population was from 1986 to 1987, when oil prices collapsed. Twelve Western and Southern states, along with the District of Columbia, lost population then."
"Meanwhile, Alabama, California, Hawaii, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Dakota, Oklahoma and Virginia saw anemic growth of between 0.02 and 0.66 percent in the number of people living inside their borders. That’s less than the nation’s increase in population of 0.7 percent and the lowest growth those states had experienced since 2010."