Submitted by tinker_tailor_soldie t3_11frqpo in dataisbeautiful
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FyrebreakZero t1_jakvlrp wrote
Florida’s on a speed run to the bottom this year.
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FawnLeib0witz t1_jakvyzh wrote
Yeah, I’m kind of embarrassed that my state and Florida are the same color.
NarcissusLovesEcho t1_jakx419 wrote
I have a PhD in one of the white states. I'm basically a god.
Harney7242 t1_jakxsh3 wrote
That’s hilarious! (Wrong kind of Dr. tho.)
Odd_Bed_9895 t1_jakxx19 wrote
Hahahaha, you have seen the top of the mountain…and it is good
NarcissusLovesEcho t1_jakygjk wrote
Who wants to be a Medical Doctor, when you can be a Phucking Doctor?
tinker_tailor_soldie OP t1_jakz1qg wrote
I thought PhD stood for Pretty Huge Dick, as sourced from the 1990s television hit Friends?
NarcissusLovesEcho t1_jakzhfg wrote
How do you think we got our doctorates in phucking?
tinker_tailor_soldie OP t1_jal0g2w wrote
through a series of rigorous courses ranging from PHUC: 101 on the undergraduate level through to doctoral level studies
PYHProtectYourHoles t1_jal3vii wrote
So many ppl are moving there i think it’ll eventually get better, although it seems they’re in the middle of the pack already
IMovedYourCheese t1_jal6400 wrote
There should be a list of how many versions of this exact map there are.
Northeastern and western Democrat states on one end, deep south Republican states on the other. Just change the topic and the scale.
quadrangle3136 t1_jal7ogv wrote
Keep 'em stupid, pregnant and compliant. Yeehaw.
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ackermann t1_jalog5u wrote
Yeah, I’m curious too. I wouldn’t have expected Colorado to be bad exactly… but tied with Massachusetts, home to Harvard, MIT, and many other colleges, is surprising.
captaindebil t1_jam0mlc wrote
Now correlate with republican voters.
SunsetShivers t1_jam3jks wrote
Massachusetts is leading with 45.2% vs Colorado at 42.8%.
get_agrippa t1_jam92ac wrote
You can't see it on the map but DC actually has the highest percentage with Bachelor's or higher at 61.4%.
WhereRmyK3ys t1_jamcxd1 wrote
It took me so long to figure out why white people were treating PhDs like a god. It turns out they don’t.
PredictorX1 t1_jamh51a wrote
In the interactive map, Utah and Minnesota which show up as dark for "Bachelor's degree and higher", disappear when for "Graduate or professional degree".
tinker_tailor_soldie OP t1_jamjsiu wrote
Because both of their "Bachelor's degree and higher" are made up mainly by "Bachelor's degrees", so they appear like their Graduate degrees are low
tinker_tailor_soldie OP t1_jamkwr1 wrote
Probably because well-educated populations, especially millennials, have flocked to live in places like Denver metro area and Boulder, rather than it being purely the institutions in the state driving the educational attainment.
tinker_tailor_soldie OP t1_jamx4rm wrote
I personally like putting on the "high school graduate or higher" filter and seeing how impressively dark Mountain states and upper prairies are compared to the south
tinker_tailor_soldie OP t1_jamzqo6 wrote
actually hilarious comment
tinker_tailor_soldie OP t1_jamzsz2 wrote
Planning on that...
Deadman_Wonderland t1_jaon7zh wrote
Mississippi is the dumbest state, no surprise there. If they could read this sentence or the graph they would be mad.
tinker_tailor_soldie OP t1_jakv9fo wrote
Data sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, 5-Year Estimates, 2016 and 2021; BrokeScholar
Tools: Tableau Public