state_unemployment_choropleth

The year of data to use. Must be between 2000 and 2013.

year

The number of colors on the map. A value of 1 will use a continuous scale. 
A value in [2, 9] will use that many colors.

num_colors

An optional vector of states to zoom in on. Elements of this vector 
must exactly match the names of states as they appear in the "region" column of 
?state.regions in the choroplethrMaps package.

zoom


Data comes from ?df_state_unemployment. The choropleth is rendered with the function
?state_choropleth in the choroplethr package.


Contains data and visualization functions for USA unemployment
data. Data comes from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). State data
is in ?df_state_unemployment and covers 2000-2013. County data is in
?df_county_unemployment and covers 1990-2013. Choropleth maps of the data
can be generated with ?state_unemployment_choropleth() and
?county_unemployment_choropleth() respectively.

state_unemployment_choropleth: Render Choropleth Map of US State Unemployment Rates

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