Month: March 2006

Women and Median Income in Portland

Wednesday is International Women’s Day. I’ve been messing with 2000 census data for a GIS project and noticed that there was a difference between the median income for men and women in the various census tracts. For all the census tracts in the Portland Metro area, this is the average:

Mean Median Income Women 30,743
Mean Median Income Men 40,926

Just an observation. Here’s the visualization. Click for a larger image.

Median Income for Females in Portland Metro Area
Median Income for Females in Portland

Difference between Male and Female Median Income in Portland Metro Area
Difference between male and female median income

Quiz night

Last night I joined several PSU geography students and FOG members for a geo quiz night at Tugboat. Our team faired well, but didn’t win a single category, so we had to pay for our beer. Winning beer was about the only thing that could have improved the already perfect intersection of beer, trivia and geography. Next time, victory will be ours.