Looking Further into the Mill – Data Analysis Project

The first set of data I chose to analyze is the total estimated household income for married-couple families in Hanover County, Virginia. I chose this data because I am from Hanover County, and household income is a pretty interesting topic for me, considering in the next few years I will more than likely be moving into my own household. The data seemed pretty reliable and accurate, as you could imagine the percentages of families that make more money than some others. The data continuously rose for household incomes from $10,000 to $149,000 and then it turned around and went down for the families that make between $150,000 to $200,000 or more. This is no surprise to me considering it depends on what jobs the two individuals have and how much each one makes. One individual in the relationship could be making more than the other so it all depends on the individual what it adds up to. 

The second set of data I chose to analyze is the educational attainment for individuals between 18 and 24 years old in Hanover County, Virginia. I also chose this data because I attended elementary, middle, and high school in Hanover County, Virginia. Hanover County has 21 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, and 4 high schools. For the high school educational attainment, the chart has a pretty close to normal bell curve, just shifted to the right a little bit. The amount of individuals that are less than a high school graduates are 961; high school graduates are 2,937; some college or associate’s degree are 4,480; and bachelor’s degree or higher are 922. The only amount that shocked me were the amount of individuals with a bachelor’s degree. Being that my graduating class was 288 students, along with the other three high schools in the surrounding areas of Hanover County, I would think that more than 922 individuals would have graduated college with a bachelor’s degree. Digging even further, I personally know a lot of people in Hanover County that have gone back into school to get their bachelor’s or master’s degree.