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January 31, 2020

Total Local Governments, 2017



September 23, 2019

Local Government Overlap



July 31, 2018

Long-Run Metropolitan Economic Growth in the U.S.

Full color, stylized maps created for my working paper on local political fragmentation and economic growth. These three maps examine long-run (1960-2000) growth in population, employment, and per capita money income among 314 U.S. metropolitan areas.

June 16, 2018

Maps in R using urbnmapr

The Urban Institute has released a new package for mapping state and county data in R, urbnmapr. Their posts can be found here and here. Since I occasionally write about how to make simple maps in R, I am going to quickly go from start to finish on making a county map.

February 14, 2017

Maps in R using library(maps), Update!

How to make maps in R using the library(maps), updated!

January 13, 2015

Property Tax Reliance in U.S. County Areas

The property tax has a number of desirable properties. State and local governments have been using it in the U.S. forever, and it’s incredibly stable (up to a point, see 2008-2009).

July 11, 2013

Maps in R using library(maps)

How to make maps in R using the library(maps)