April 2020: analysis of census data mapping race and occupation across Boston and Chelsea, for comparison with public health data on COVID-19 prevalence across the city.
The implications of these visualizations are presented in an analytic blog on the ACLU of Massachusetts' Data for Justice site: https://data.aclum.org/2020/04/07/covid-19-disproportionately-affects-vulnerable-populations-in-boston/
Using data from the U.S. Census 2018 American Community Survey (ACS), we map the proportion of workers across Boston who are employed in “COVID-essential” occupations. We defined “essential” occupations to include the following.
- Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations
- Construction and extraction occupation
- Farming, fishing, and forestry occupation
- Installation, maintenance, and repair occupation
- Material moving occupation
- Production occupation
- Transportation occupation
- Office and administrative support occupation
- Sales and related occupation
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupation
- Food preparation and serving related occupation
- Healthcare support occupation
- Personal care and service occupation
- Protective service occupations