A Look at Philadelphia

How Poverty, Education, and Work-force can help understand the health of a Great City, a series.

Philadelphia is a diverse city with 1.59 million inhabitants covering 142.7 square miles. Of these 1.59 million inhabitants, approximately 500,000 of them live in poverty. Today, a quick look at the dynamics of poverty within Philadelphia will be investigated by utilizing R and maps. Poverty will be explored at the zip-code level as per the 2010 Census. Here, several issues will be investigated including Poverty, Education, and…