Texas Economic Maps Blog Post - Tristin Nyce

 

   My first economic map displays the percentage of families whose incomes are below poverty level at the county level in Texas. It can be seen that the percentages become higher as you stray from more developed city/suburban areas as the map is shaded in darker. This may be vague when observing from a political standpoint, however, the democrat party continues to cater to poorer families, thus when beliefs are put aside this could be an advantage to the democratic party as big city areas are already very likely to vote for the left. My second map is a contrast to my first as it shows the percentage of households worth more than 150,000 dollars in each county of Texas. As expected, the more developed and industrial city areas of Texas have higher household prices. The rest of Texas has quite a low rate of households over 150,000 dollars which can mean many things for the election. Both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have promises in terms of lowering household costs for citizens making this an interesting aspect to the upcoming election in terms of which citizens will vote for a particular party. My third map is similar; however, this map shows occupied housing units which also goes hand-in-hand with population density which is a major factor in the election. This could be major as the left-leaning city areas have much more density while the rest of Texas is less-dense. However, seeing as the denser areas in Texas only take up so much space, it will be curious to see what the majority of Texas ends up voting for as the less-dense areas make up for most of the space in Texas despite not having as many people per county.