Interesting Info in SSC 60C on Prius Locations

Yuck, can't figure out how to format this properly, but here you go. Population figures are the 2005 estimate from the U.S. Census Bureau.

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State    Prius        Population    Prius per 1000 people
CA    49,640        36,132,147        1.37
OR     4,355         3,641,056        1.20
DC       615           550,521        1.12
WA     6,859         6,287,759        1.09
VT       679           623,050        1.09
VA     7,906         7,567,465        1.04
NH     1,238         1,309,940        0.95
MD     5,111         5,600,388        0.91
ME     1,157         1,321,505        0.88
CO     3,976         4,665,177        0.85
MA     5,366         6,398,743        0.84
NM     1,355         1,928,384        0.70
DE       584           843,524        0.69
RI       727         1,076,189        0.68
CT     2,255         3,510,297        0.64
WY       312           509,294        0.61
NV     1,473         2,414,807        0.61
AZ     3,602         5,939,292        0.61
MT       525           935,670        0.56
WI     3,011         5,536,201        0.54
MN     2,577         5,132,799        0.50
ID       694         1,429,096        0.49
PA     5,893        12,429,616        0.47
UT     1,167         2,469,585        0.47
NJ     3,979         8,717,925        0.46
IL     5,658        12,763,371        0.44
NC     3,678         8,683,242        0.42
FL     7,470        17,789,864        0.42
NY     7,039        19,254,630        0.37
AK       219           663,661        0.33
IN     2,008         6,271,973        0.32
WV       576         1,816,856        0.32
KS       870         2,744,687        0.32
IA       930         2,966,334        0.31
OH     3,532        11,464,042        0.31
TX     6,673        22,859,968        0.29
MO     1,680         5,800,310        0.29
MI     2,736        10,120,860        0.27
SD       208           775,933        0.27
NE       453         1,758,787        0.26
TN     1,526         5,962,959        0.26
GA     2,294         9,072,576        0.25
AR       685         2,779,154        0.25
KY       960         4,173,405        0.23
SC       926         4,255,083        0.22
AL       971         4,557,808        0.21
OK       755         3,547,884        0.21
LA       854         4,523,628        0.19
ND       117           636,677        0.18
MS       410         2,921,088        0.14

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tempus @ Jun 15 2006, 09:07 AM) [snapback]271583[/snapback]</div>

Wow, Pennyslvania is among the top ten. I would never have guessed that. Hurray for us!

 

Yes and California the top- not a surprise. With the Carpool sticker and higher than other states gas prices,,,,By the way just had our 05 done yesterday...SSC 60C

 

I'm convinced that most of the Prii in CO are in Boulder County. They are everywhere around me.

Nate

 

Here's a graph, based on KMO's data.

 

Here's a quickie map-graphic. I chose to break the per-1000 ownership data into four groups: CA-MA, then NM-AZ, then MT-FL, then all the rest, which taper off smoothly without any noticeable breakpoints.

Excuse the quality; I just snagged a US map from google images and slapped in four colors. Brightest (lightest) green is the highest ownership group, yellow is next, then dark green. Uncolored states are in the bottom group. (Some dark green states have speckling, but that was just an editing artifact.)

There are a couple of points to remember when viewing a map like this, however: 1) The Midwest may still be a stronghold of American-car purchasers, so Toyota won't be well-represented there; 2) Though the data is normalized for state population, the sheer size of some states will over- or understate their importance in the image. (For example, Wyoming is a huge yellow slab, but its population is much lower than, say, New Jersey. Thus its large yellow color area overstates its "yellowness.")

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Rick Auricchio @ Jun 15 2006, 03:42 PM) [snapback]271827[/snapback]</div>

Now how about somebody checking to see who would win the next Presidentual race between the lt/dk green states and the white/yellow....Then send the results to both party headquarters and maybe we will get some much needed enviromental laws and incentives..

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(B Rad @ Jun 15 2006, 06:57 PM) [snapback]271883[/snapback]</div>

it's the 2004 election, but it does give a good fit.
http://www.electoral-vote.com/

better maps, but harder to see how it fits, except maybe the last map.
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/