2004 Presidential Results of the wealthiest county in each state

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This map shows the results of the wealthiest county in each state:

This map compares the results of each state vs. its wealthiest county. (i.e. red = county is more Democratic than the state)

Comments, anyone?

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Per capita income.

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http://www.census.gov/statab/ccdb/tst08030.txt

This is a bit old, but it probably hasn't changed that much.

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What are the electoral vote results on that first map?  Btw, very interesting.

Dem 278
GOP 257
Unknown (Alaska) 3

It is interesting how the Dems won this hypothetical map, while losing the actual EC.

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I'd be interested to see a similar map of the poorest county in each state (perhaps with shading, since I'd imagine it'd be a giant sea of red for the most part).

I couldn't easily find the poorest county in each state; however, I made a map of the county with the highest unemployment rate, in each state.

Note: In Nebraska, two counties tied (one went for Kerry, the other for Bush)

In NY, two counties tied (both went for Bush)

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I'd imagine it'd be a giant sea of red for the most part

Yeah, I was surprised too. Perhaps this map shows that most poor counties are rural, and most rural counties voted for Bush.

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Alcon, what year is that poorest PCI from?

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I just made two maps regarding the 2004 results of the most densely populated county in each state.

The first one indicates the results by percentage:

The second map compares the most densely populated county with the rest of the state. (Red = county is more Democratic than the state average; Blue = county is more Republican than the state average):

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Funny that Blaine is the only county in Idaho I believe that voted Dem and it is the richest

It's a ski resort county.  The same thing also happened with Wyoming (Jackson).  Ski counties were also the top income earners in Colorado (Pitkin) and Utah (Summit).

Isn't Wyoming actually Teton County? (Jackson is the city)

Anyhow, in addition to being the top income earners, they were also the most Democratic in Idaho, Wyoming, and Utah, with Pitkin being Colorado's third most Democratic county.

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Funny that Blaine is the only county in Idaho I believe that voted Dem and it is the richest

It's a ski resort county.  The same thing also happened with Wyoming (Jackson).  Ski counties were also the top income earners in Colorado (Pitkin) and Utah (Summit).

Isn't Wyoming actually Teton County? (Jackson is the city)

Anyhow, in addition to being the top income earners, they were also the most Democratic in Idaho, Wyoming, and Utah, with Pitkin being Colorado's third most Democratic county.

Sorry, yeah.

Ski areas tend to have high PCIs because they tend to have a lot of fairly well-off singles.

Although areas with a lot of singles tend to vote Democratic, correlation does not imply causation--why do ski areas vote heavily Democratic?

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Although it would take a while to find the data, I'd be interested in seeing a map of the results of the best-educated county in each state. I'd bet that the vast majority of states would have their best-educated county be much more Democratic than the state at-large.

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Although it would take a while to find the data, I'd be interested in seeing a map of the results of the best-educated county in each state. I'd bet that the vast majority of states would have their best-educated county be much more Democratic than the state at-large.

Bachelor's degree?  Grad degree?  What?

Either one would suffice. Do you know of any sites that have educational attainment by county? (I know the census does, but I can't find a list of all counties in a state on one page.)

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Is there even a list of the top well-educated counties in the U.S. by Bachelor's Degree?

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Is there even a list of the top well-educated counties in the U.S. by Bachelor's Degree?

Yeah, that's what I found.  But it was only of counties of a certain population.

If you could please link it here, that would be great.

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Page 8 of this site shows a U.S. educational attainment (Bach. degree) map by county. I tried for a few states to note the counties with the highest shading, and then look up the exact numbers for each county in American FactFinder, but that can be a bit difficult for states such as Colorado, where 15 counties have the highest shading.

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Does anywhere on the census show the fastest-growing county of each state, or show all counties' growth of each state? I'm looking for 2000-2006 rankings. I'd like to make these maps regarding the fastest-growing county of each state. I'm sure blue would dominate, but I was hoping that some states would have their fastest-growing county be more Democratic than the state.

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Looks like of the top 100 fastest counties, the only ones to vote for Kerry were St. Lucie County (FL), Clark County (NV), and Hoke County (NC). Does anybody know why these counties vote Democratic?

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Does anywhere on the census show the fastest-growing county of each state, or show all counties' growth of each state? I'm looking for 2000-2006 rankings. I'd like to make these maps regarding the fastest-growing county of each state. I'm sure blue would dominate, but I was hoping that some states would have their fastest-growing county be more Democratic than the state.

The county estimate data is at http://www.census.gov/popest/counties/. The tables (selected at right on that page) give spreadsheets for all counties in each state for population totals, cumulative change, and annual change.

Good site.

I added to Alcon's map of the fastest-growing county in each state, and yes it is pretty depressing.

Also, the only states where the fastest-growing county is more Democratic (or less Republican) than the state, are Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Kansas, Massachusetts, and Montana.

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bump for 2008 results

It will be interesting to see the results for the wealthiest, densest, fastest-growing, etc. county in each state.

This is for fastest-growing county in each state:

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The fastest-growing county in each state was more Republican than its state in all states except Hawaii, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Montana, Nevada, Virginia, and West Virginia.

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bump for 2008 results

It will be interesting to see the results for the wealthiest, densest, fastest-growing, etc. county in each state.

This is for fastest-growing county in each state:

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The fastest-growing county in each state was more Republican than its state in all states except Hawaii, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Montana, Nevada, Virginia, and West Virginia.

It be best to make a different thread for 2008 info.

Okay. Will do.