Choropleth of New York State population demographics

This example plots the percentage of residents in New York State by county who self-identified as “white” in the 2000 census. New York City is far more ethnically diversity than the rest of the state.

Out:

Text(0.5, 1.0, 'Percentage White Residents, 2000')

import geopandas as gpd
import geoplot as gplt
import geoplot.crs as gcrs
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

ny_census_tracts = gpd.read_file(gplt.datasets.get_path('ny_census'))
ny_census_tracts = ny_census_tracts.assign(
    percent_white=ny_census_tracts['WHITE'] / ny_census_tracts['POP2000']
)

gplt.choropleth(
    ny_census_tracts,
    hue='percent_white',
    cmap='Purples', linewidth=0.5,
    edgecolor='white',
    legend=True,
    projection=gcrs.AlbersEqualArea()
)
plt.title("Percentage White Residents, 2000")