Environment: Percentage of Land in Agriculture
  1. Get your Data
  2. Select your county.
  3. Click on "Historic Land Use Conversion".
  4. Find
    • "Agricultural Land Subtotal",
    • "Total Area Inventoried for 2004" (column 12)
    • "Average Annual Acreage Change" (column 14).
  5. Choose your Bar Style & "Create your chart"

Title:
County name
Bar style:

Society: Spending on Education

  1. Get your data
  2. Select the "Countywide Averages" tab on the bottom.
  3. Find "Current Expense per ADA" in column 4 for the counties that you are comparing.
  4. Choose your Bar Style & "Create your chart"
Title:
County name
Bar style:

Society: Crime Rate

  1. Get your data
  2. Click your county
  3. Enter the population
  4. Choose the first number in each category (violent, property, larceny, arson)
  5. Choose your Bar Style & "Create your chart"
Title:
County name
Bar style:

Society: Registered Voters

  1. Get your data
  2. Select the percentage registered for your selected counties.
Title:
County name
Bar style:

Average Commute Time 2000-2005

  1. Get your data
  2. Select "People" and "Employment" in the left navigation bar.
  3. Scroll down and select "Commuting to Work". National information will be displayed.
  4. In the left naviation bar, select "Change Geography".
  5. Choose "State...County"
  6. Choose "California".
  7. Select your county
  8. Click "Show Result".
  9. About half way down, you will see "Mean travel time to work (minutes)".
  10. Repeat this for your comparison counties.
  11. Choose your Bar Style & "Create your chart"
Title:
County name
Bar style:

Road Use/Traffic

  1. Get your data
  2. Look in column B for your county.
  3. Enter information from column E (AVMT) - the average vehicle miles per lane in millions.
  4. Choose your Bar Style & "Create your chart"
Title:
County name
Bar style:

Electricity Usage

  1. Get your data This is the 2005 data.
  2. Put it in the 2005 column for all your counties.
  3. At the bottom of the screen click the link to 2000 data.
  4. Put that data in the 2000 column.

Population: Here is the data for population:

  1. Get your data
  2. Enter the county and state.

If your county does not have 2005 data, use this estimate
Estimated population 2005
Title:
County name 
 
 
 
 
 
Bar style:

Tourism

The Leisure/Business Visitor Distribution information and the Average Expenditures Per Day is only available for selected counties. To see if your county is included:
  1. Click here
  2. In the publication, find your region, beginning on page 10.
  3. Find the box: "Domestic Visitor Volume". If your county is listed, you can create these charts.

 
Title:
 Percentage
Leisure Travelers
Business Travelers
Bar style:
Title:
County name
Bar style:
All counties can obtain this visitor information

Workforce

Health

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