This code is for making a visualization of number and predominant race of executed offenders in Texas counties between 1982 and 2013.
Written by Natalia Y. Bilenko, (c) 2013
Run from command line:
python create_map.py > map_name.svg
The code can be adapted for creating a choropleth map of U.S. counties (though the visualization is Texas-specific).
It is based on a tutorial by Nathan Yau of Flowing Data.
Data source:
Texas Department of Criminal Justice:
Executed Offenders in Texas
Other resources used:
US FIPS Codes (Source)
Wikimedia US county svg map (Source)
ColorBrewer
