Thursday, November 13, 2008

County-by-County Education & Earnings

The Indiana Chamber of Commerce has recently published some state-wide maps with interesting county-by-county data, regarding educational levels of the current and available Hoosier workforce. Below you'll find links to these county-county maps for the State of Indiana:

These three maps show educational attainment by age category:
http://www.indianachamber.com/images/CountyMaps/PercentAdultsAssociateDegreeorHigher.jpg http://www.indianachamber.com/images/CountyMaps/1824NoHighSchoolDiplomaCty.jpg
http://www.indianachamber.com/images/Cou...

These maps show the increase in earnings from high school degrees to more advanced degrees:
http://www.indianachamber.com/images/CountyMaps/AssociatesDegreeIncrease.jpg
http://www.indianachamber.com/images/Cou...

This map shows the percentage of adults, who have high school diplomas or less, earning under what is deemed a 'living wage' for families in their research:
http://www.indianachamber.com/images/CountyMaps/1864inFamilyEarningLessThanLivingWage.jpg

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This blog post by Chris Wathen was also published in his Linton, Indiana based Greene County Daily World blog entitled, "Riddle Me This".

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