Business assignment
Notes
| The dataset contains information on each of the 50 states plus Washington D.C. (51 observations) | |
| Variable | Description |
| State | The name of the state |
| State Label | The postal code of the state (for shorter labeling on scatter plots, etc.) |
| Region | The region the state is located in, according to the U.S. Census. There are 4 regions: Midwest, Northeast, South, and West |
| Governor | The political party of the state's governor. There is no "governor" of DC, so I used the party of the Mayor |
| Population (millions) | The state's population (in millions of people) |
| Unemployment Rate | The unemployment rate in the state from the BLS as of December 2020 (most recent available). This is measured on a 0-100 scale (4.4 means 4.4% of labor force is unemployed) |
| % Vaccinated | The percentage of the state population that has received at least one round of the COVID-19 vaccine, as of February 4th, 2021. This information comes from the CDC. This is measured on a 0-100 scale (6.8 means 6.8% of the state population has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine |
| % Infected | The cumulative percentage of the state population that has tested positive for COVID-19, as of February 4th, 2021. This information comes from the COVID Tracking Project. This is measured on a 0-100 scale (9.6 means 9.6% of the state's population has tested positive at some point during the pandemic). |
| Data Sources | |
| Unemployment Rates | https://www.bls.gov/web/laus/lauhsthl.htm |
| Vaccination Rates | https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccinations |
| COVID-19 Infection Rates | https://covidtracking.com/data |
Sheet1
| State | State Label | Region | Governor | Population (millions) | Unemployment Rate | % Vaccinated | % Infected |
| Alabama | AL | South | Rep | 4.90 | 3.9 | 6.91 | 9.54 |
| Alaska | AK | West | Rep | 0.73 | 5.8 | 13.61 | 7.26 |
| Arizona | AZ | West | Rep | 7.28 | 7.5 | 7.88 | 10.60 |
| Arkansas | AR | South | Rep | 3.02 | 4.2 | 8.83 | 10.04 |
| California | CA | West | Dem | 39.51 | 9 | 7.81 | 8.34 |
| Colorado | CO | West | Dem | 5.76 | 8.4 | 8.43 | 6.96 |
| Connecticut | CT | Northeast | Dem | 3.57 | 8 | 10.54 | 7.23 |
| Delaware | DE | South | Dem | 0.97 | 5.3 | 9.21 | 8.14 |
| District of Columbia | DC | South | Dem | 0.71 | 7.9 | 9.44 | 5.29 |
| Florida | FL | South | Rep | 21.48 | 6.1 | 8.35 | 8.01 |
| Georgia | GA | South | Rep | 10.62 | 5.6 | 7.86 | 8.74 |
| Hawaii | HI | West | Dem | 1.42 | 9.3 | 8.51 | 1.90 |
| Idaho | ID | West | Rep | 1.79 | 4.4 | 6.33 | 9.19 |
| Illinois | IL | Midwest | Dem | 12.67 | 7.6 | 7.15 | 8.98 |
| Indiana | IN | Midwest | Rep | 6.73 | 4.3 | 8.04 | 9.41 |
| Iowa | IA | Midwest | Rep | 3.16 | 3.1 | 6.55 | 8.56 |
| Kansas | KS | Midwest | Dem | 2.91 | 3.8 | 6.81 | 9.57 |
| Kentucky | KY | South | Dem | 4.47 | 6 | 8.33 | 8.33 |
| Louisiana | LA | South | Dem | 4.65 | 7.2 | 8.46 | 8.80 |
| Maine | ME | Northeast | Dem | 1.34 | 4.9 | 8.55 | 3.02 |
| Maryland | MD | South | Rep | 6.05 | 6.3 | 7.67 | 5.94 |
| Massachusetts | MA | Northeast | Rep | 6.89 | 7.4 | 7.50 | 7.75 |
| Michigan | MI | Midwest | Dem | 9.99 | 7.5 | 8.37 | 6.19 |
| Minnesota | MN | Midwest | Dem | 5.64 | 4.4 | 8.15 | 8.25 |
| Mississippi | MS | South | Rep | 2.98 | 6.2 | 7.49 | 9.36 |
| Missouri | MO | Midwest | Rep | 6.14 | 5.8 | 6.33 | 7.55 |
| Montana | MT | West | Rep | 1.07 | 4.4 | 8.14 | 8.90 |
| Nebraska | NE | Midwest | Rep | 1.93 | 3 | 7.32 | 9.95 |
| Nevada | NV | West | Dem | 3.08 | 9.2 | 7.93 | 9.14 |
| New Hampshire | NH | Northeast | Rep | 1.36 | 4 | 7.95 | 4.94 |
| New Jersey | NJ | Northeast | Dem | 8.88 | 7.6 | 7.93 | 7.98 |
| New Mexico | NM | West | Dem | 2.10 | 8.2 | 10.70 | 8.40 |
| New York | NY | Northeast | Dem | 19.45 | 8.2 | 8.10 | 7.41 |
| North Carolina | NC | South | Dem | 10.49 | 6.2 | 8.35 | 7.45 |
| North Dakota | ND | Midwest | Rep | 0.76 | 4.1 | 9.76 | 12.86 |
| Ohio | OH | Midwest | Rep | 11.69 | 5.5 | 7.78 | 7.79 |
| Oklahoma | OK | South | Rep | 3.96 | 5.3 | 9.66 | 10.03 |
| Oregon | OR | West | Dem | 4.22 | 6.4 | 8.77 | 3.43 |
| Pennsylvania | PA | Northeast | Dem | 12.80 | 6.7 | 7.49 | 6.69 |
| Rhode Island | RI | Northeast | Dem | 1.06 | 8.1 | 7.17 | 11.07 |
| South Carolina | SC | South | Rep | 5.15 | 4.6 | 7.84 | 8.82 |
| South Dakota | SD | Midwest | Rep | 0.88 | 3 | 9.24 | 12.30 |
| Tennessee | TN | South | Rep | 6.83 | 6.4 | 7.00 | 10.78 |
| Texas | TX | South | Rep | 29.00 | 7.2 | 7.52 | 8.44 |
| Utah | UT | West | Rep | 3.21 | 3.6 | 8.07 | 10.96 |
| Vermont | VT | Northeast | Rep | 0.62 | 3.1 | 9.01 | 2.00 |
| Virginia | VA | South | Dem | 8.54 | 4.9 | 9.08 | 6.05 |
| Washington | WA | West | Dem | 7.62 | 7.1 | 8.38 | 4.15 |
| West Virginia | WV | South | Rep | 1.79 | 6.3 | 11.05 | 6.87 |
| Wisconsin | WI | Midwest | Dem | 5.82 | 5.5 | 7.87 | 10.26 |
| Wyoming | WY | West | Rep | 0.58 | 4.8 | 8.53 | 9.07 |