The contiguous United States in eleven zip codes: identifying and mapping socio-economic census data clusters and exemplars using affinity propagation. Issue 1 (1st January 2020)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- The contiguous United States in eleven zip codes: identifying and mapping socio-economic census data clusters and exemplars using affinity propagation. Issue 1 (1st January 2020)
- Main Title:
- The contiguous United States in eleven zip codes: identifying and mapping socio-economic census data clusters and exemplars using affinity propagation
- Authors:
- Heumann, Benjamin W.
Liesch, Matthew E.
Bogen, Nicholas R.
Meier, Ryan A.
Graziano, Marcello - Abstract:
- ABSTRACT: The United States is a diverse and heterogeneous place. Accurately organizing and mapping the U.S. into different regions based on characteristics such as wealth, race, education, language, and occupation is a complicated and arduous task. This paper demonstrates the application of affinity propagation to map socio-economic patterns and identify representative exemplars. Affinity propagation clusters data based on representative exemplars and considers all data points as potential cluster exemplars. We use socio-economic data from the United States census to cluster zip codes tabulation areas and identify representative locations of socio-economic diversity of the United States. The 11 socio-economic clusters were mapped individually and together using area-based generalization. Mapping the results illustrated distinct regionalization and historical migration trends within the United States as well as national urban/suburban/rural patterns. Future applications of this technique may be useful for data-driven socio-economic analysis and purposive sampling.
- Is Part Of:
- Journal of maps. Volume 16:Issue 1(2020)
- Journal:
- Journal of maps
- Issue:
- Volume 16:Issue 1(2020)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 16, Issue 1 (2020)
- Year:
- 2020
- Volume:
- 16
- Issue:
- 1
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2020-0016-0001-0000
- Page Start:
- 57
- Page End:
- 67
- Publication Date:
- 2020-01-01
- Subjects:
- Census -- affinity propagation -- generalization -- typification
Maps -- Periodicals
Cartography -- Periodicals
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http://bibpurl.oclc.org/web/11926 ↗
http://www.tandfonline.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1080/17445647.2020.1736193 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1744-5647
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