
The data had been posted as a table, and I thought it would be more 'beautiful' as a map.
Data source: https://www.ncdhhs.gov/snap-enrollment-april-2025/open
Software used: SAS/Graph
Version of map with html mouse-over text: https://robslink.com/SAS/democd104/nc_snap_map.htm
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It’d be interesting to see who those counties voted for.
wait…what does red signify…? My county is in the middle btw
Wait its that’s fuxking high by default. I figured it be like 7 to 12% max in counties.
There are counties where upto a third of thr people living are on food assistance. Bro the USA is cooked
And all the red counties here voted Republican in 2024, right?
Edit: It’s about 50/50 actually.
I like that the counties that are high on SNAP are also the counties that largely voted for Trump…. do you think there is a correlation or a cause? Statistics can be overly confusing.
why isn’t SNAP participation a closer match to the poverty rate map? You would think it would be nearly 1:1
[https://hdpulse.nimhd.nih.gov/data-portal/social/map?age=001&age_options=ageall_1&demo=00009&demo_options=poverty_3&race=00&race_options=race_7&sex=0&sex_options=sexboth_1&socialtopic=080&socialtopic_options=social_6&statefips=37&statefips_options=area_states](https://hdpulse.nimhd.nih.gov/data-portal/social/map?age=001&age_options=ageall_1&demo=00009&demo_options=poverty_3&race=00&race_options=race_7&sex=0&sex_options=sexboth_1&socialtopic=080&socialtopic_options=social_6&statefips=37&statefips_options=area_states)
The most Left leaning counties appear to not need SNAP. Look at all those Republican counties participating in socialism as long as it benefits them… it’s a good thing we live in a country that will help people, even those who want to remove aid from others.
For anyone curious, I did the math. The dark red counties hold a total of 351,000 people, about 3.1% of the state’s population. A third of that percentage is found in a single county, Robeson, which is home to a huge Native tribe.
https://preview.redd.it/j73tz313qbyf1.png?width=708&format=png&auto=webp&s=45df82218b47be31dda257729a0370997a5d161e
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