Comments on: Visualizing Median Household Incomes in All 50 States https://fourpillarfreedom.com/visualizing-median-household-incomes-in-all-50-states/ Sharing insights on how to grow wealth and gain freedom. Mon, 21 Oct 2019 19:52:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: Gentleman's Family Finances https://fourpillarfreedom.com/visualizing-median-household-incomes-in-all-50-states/#comment-30087 Fri, 10 Aug 2018 10:39:49 +0000 https://fourpillarfreedom.com/?p=31058#comment-30087 Some surprises there – I am a bit surprised that Maryland ranks so highly for median and high income.
Are these figures before or after tax/benefits? I know that there are different tax rates applied by state in the US – so that might muddy the waters a bit.

]]> By: New Finance Ninja https://fourpillarfreedom.com/visualizing-median-household-incomes-in-all-50-states/#comment-30079 Thu, 09 Aug 2018 17:34:31 +0000 https://fourpillarfreedom.com/?p=31058#comment-30079 Hey Zach,

Great post – I especially think the final chart where you display the top 10% and bottom 10% is very useful! Especially with the increased discussion of rising inequality, comparing these two segments are going to be important moving forward. I thought I might leave a few comments on some of the charts to possibly improve the visualizations! (I have about 3 years of experience as an economist working with the ACS data – so these are all things I have done to help improve visualizations.)

1) It would be worthwhile to add the US median or mean on these charts (obviously dependent on what you are showing). Highlighting where this bar lands would be great to visually show how many states fall above or below this line.

2) In your final chart, just graphing the difference instead of the top and bottom percentiles would help display which states have the largest gap.

Love your site! Looking forward to your future posts.

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