Percent Female Census Map Analysis
The map I created is called Percent Female from the 2010 U.S. census. The map shows the percentage of females in every county in the United States. A pattern I noticed was that the females seem to be clustered in the southeastern area . Particularly Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas. The lowest percentages and where the females seem less likely to be is in the western part of the U.S. like Colorado, Wyoming, Utah Nevada, and Idaho. The highest percentage of females is 56.8% while the lowest was 27.9%. The average percent was in the high 40’s and low 50’s which means that overall the amount of females and males in each county in the U.S. are approximately even.
There are many different reasons why the clusters of women seem to be more in the southeastern area and less in the western area. One reason I believe in is because of when the settlers first came in. They first came to the East side of the U.S. and then moved to the west. I think the population of women are still in that process of starting in the east and moving their way to the west. Another reason is the population density is high in the eastern and southern area. In general there are more people in those regions which means that there will be more women in those counties than the counties in the western region.
Having more women in one location then another can make a big difference in how things work. It can affect the communities in many ways. For example the politics could be be more dominant trowd female leaders or the working field could change because of the abilities women have. Also they could be a higher fertility rate because more women are able to have children. Overall the Percent Female map can explain to us more about female distribution over the United States and from that we can assume things like how and why they are in certain areas.
