West Virginia Economy Most Common Jobs (1850-2024)

Описание: This video shows 175 years of West Virginia economic history through a bar chart race with line chart and pie chart sub plots visualizing the most common jobs in West Virginia (comment what state I should do next) from 1850 to 2024, based on US Census IPUMS historical employment data. Watch how West Virginia's economy transformed from agriculture in the 19th century, to value coal mining in the 20th century, to education and healthcare in the 21st.

This data-driven video shows the story of West Virginia’s changing workforce from farms and railroads to coal mines and restaurants. See how industrialization then deindustrialization created population booms and busts that reshaped the Mountain State’s labor market and economy over nearly two centuries.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau IPUMS historical employment records
Time Period: 1850–2024

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