Where working women are

[k3am]

www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/01/06/upshot/where-working-women-are-most-common.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0&abt=0002&abg=1

This one actually surprised me. Looks like CA, where I would have expected it to be highest, is actually on the lower end. 

You can dig a little deeper and check out your specific location, and drill down pretty far. My county is 67%, but census tract is 85%. (Guess when our realtor called it a "working class" neighborhood, he was spot on.)  (And since I happen to have it handy for work, if you're curious, find out your census tract here: geomap.ffiec.gov/FFIECGeocMap/GeocodeMap1.aspx) 

[ericalee27]

Interesting, my county in NC is 75%

[callmeKD]

my county is 76%

[2chatter]

My census tract is literally my neighborhood and it's 65%.
Is it possible to drill down into the data to see the 30-40 age group? It seems most moms of elementary kids SAH, then return to work. But I would love to know if that is actually accurate. Also, most moms I know in my neighborhood work PT - several 12-20 hours a week. I wonder if they are included as "working".

[dashofreality]

Interesting. I'm not quite sure on some of their numbers, neighboring areas vary drastically on the map and I wonder if they did not count military because there are very few spouses that work here. I do see some very large margins of error (+/-17)so that might be it. Cool data though.

[ericalee27]

What is up with the Dakotas and that general region of the country? That surprises me, but this is from someone who has never been in that region of the country...

[tas1883]

68% but then most of our county is rural so it makes a lot of sense.

[pitta12]

Yep, my neighborhood is in the very darkest orange (below average). I am not shocked. Lol.

[ashanne88]

Very interesting. I'm in CA, 73% for my county. I was also curious about how many hours qualified as working for their study.

[RiseAndWine]

Very interesting! I'm in Maryland, which is like all purple. My county is 78% but the county I just moved from is in the mid 80s.

[lissydee]

I can't get the 2nd link to work. But my state is mostly lavender and purple, so we're above average.