Examining the COVID-19 Data
Data visualizations can help us better track and understand the spread of COVID-19.
Last updated: December 16, 2021
Data source (Johns Hopkins data from Associated Press) available at data.world.
The Upper Midwest
Regional Unemployment
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South Dakota
Minnesota
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Update Log
Update: 4/12/2021
We have begun to include unemployment projections for the most recent month available. These projections are updated with more reliable data as new data is gathered by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
12/30/2020
Data visualizations moved to interactive apps on Binder.
COVID-19 Tracker App data (from Associated Press) includes: total cases, total deaths, cases per million, deaths per million, daily cases, daily deaths, daily cases per million 7-day moving average, daily deaths per million 7-day moving average.
Unemployment App data (from Bureau of Labor Statistics) includes: number employed, number unemployed, size of labor force, unemployment rate and labor force as percentage of population.
Other sources: 2019 Population Data (from U.S. Census Bureau); Map (from Shapefiles at U.S. Census Bureau)