Median Age by State
Maine remains the oldest state in the nation.
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Highest Population Density Counties in Each State
Median Income Distribution by State
When you look at Census Tracts in Vermont, you will notice that most of them are close to $60k for the medium household income, with it tapering off quickly in both directions. Connecticut on the other hand, has some very wealthy and very poor census tracts, and a few exceptionally wealthy ones.
New York Needs More Immigrants !
If there is anything one can read from today’s census numbers it is that.
Domestic out-migration remains high, as it has been for generations, attracted by lower taxes, friendlier business climate, and nicer weather in other parts of the country, while international immigration remains moderate but below other immigrant-friendly states like Massachusetts, Maryland and New Jersey.
Blue states can’t compete by pretending to be red states, cutting taxes and business regulation. But what they can do is attract people from overseas — be it highly educated individuals attracted to the high quality educational institutions and knowledge-based businesses of blue states, or migrants and asylum seekers seeking a better life in a blue states. When Florida or Texas says no, we should be saying yes.
It’s not just about doing what’s right for people who are truly in need, but also the federal dollars and representation that immigrants bring in. Otherwise, blue states like New York risk becoming increasingly irrelevant as far as governing is concerned and cut off from federal funding in the coming decades.
Classifying Similiar States for Income Distribution
I've been playing with different ways to use K-Means classification to find related classes of states when it comes to income distribution. I tried dividing up the states into four groups, which came up some interesting income distributions, as shown below.
| Class | Less than $10,000 | $10,000 to $14,999 | $15,000 to $19,999 | $20,000 to $24,999 | $25,000 to $29,999 | $30,000 to $34,999 | $35,000 to $39,999 | $40,000 to $44,999 |
| Low – 1 | 8 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| Higher – 2 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
| High – 3 | 4.6 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
| Moderate – 4 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| Class | $45,000 to $49,999 | $50,000 to $59,999 | $60,000 to $74,999 | $75,000 to $99,999 | $100,000 to $124,999 | $125,000 to $149,999 | $150,000 to $199,999 | $200,000 or more |
| Low – 1 | 4.2 | 8 | 9.8 | 11.9 | 7.9 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
| Higher – 2 | 3 | 6.1 | 8.4 | 12.1 | 10 | 7.4 | 9.9 | 14.3 |
| High – 3 | 3.5 | 7.1 | 10.1 | 13.8 | 10.7 | 7.5 | 8.7 | 9.2 |
| Moderate – 4 | 4.1 | 8.1 | 10.5 | 13.5 | 9.4 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.7 |
2020 Census Under Counts
In 2020, there was a meme about the importance of New Yorkers being counted in the Census, so not to be under-counted as compared to Idaho. But when the Census Bureau took a final review of 2020 Census, it turns out New York over-counted by 3.44% or 695,000 residents while Idaho under-counted by 1.55% or 29,000 residents.
Southern States -- especially Texas and Florida had big under counts, it looks due to low participation rates of Hispanic voters, which the Census reports were under counted. Ultimately when the history books were finalized on the census, it was President Trump's messing around with the census that hurt red states more then blue states. Go figure.
Most Similiar Income Distributions to New York
The Census bureau breaks down household income into 15 different ranges, e.g. Less than $10,000, $10,000 to $14,999. You can then convert them into percentages to get an income distributions. Then you can use distance formula to calculate the distance between distributions to see how similar income distributions are.
New York State's income distribution is most similar to California, Virginia, Illinois, Connecticut and Rhode Island. If you looked at just median income, and not the individual income classes, you would see states that are most similar would be Rhode Island, Delaware, Minnesota, Illinois and Utah. This is misleading, as under emphasizes the poverty and very wealthy parts of the big states.