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WebMap Application, 2020

Poverty Inequality of Kentucky Census Tracts

Interactive web mapping application visualizing poverty rate distribution across Kentucky census tracts with spatial clustering analysis using Anselin Local Moran's I to identify statistically significant hot and cold spots.

Challenge

Classifying poverty rates in a way that reveals meaningful spatial patterns rather than masking them with arbitrary breakpoints.

Approach

Applied Jenks natural-breaks classification across five poverty-rate categories, then ran Anselin Local Moran's I to detect spatial clusters (HH, LL, HL, LH) with toggle-able layer display.

Outcome

Produced a dual-layer web application allowing users to explore both the raw poverty-rate surface and statistically significant spatial clusters simultaneously.

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