Mapping Gentrification

Now that you have determined which tracts were gentrifiable in 2000 and which were gentrifying between 2000 and 2010, you will create a choropleth map. You will create a basemap of the Census tracts from 2000, and add layers of the gentrifiable and gentrifying tracts with custom-selected colors.

This exercise is part of the course

Analyzing US Census Data in Python

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Exercise instructions

Create a basemap of bk_2000 with a fill color of "white" and an edgecolor of "lightgray"
Filter bk_2000 to plot only the gentrifiable tracts
Now filter bk_2010 (Note the year) to plot only the gentrifying tracts using "red"

Hands-on interactive exercise

Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.

# Create a basemap
basemap = ____

# Plot gentrifiable tracts
gentrifiable_tracts = bk_2000[____]
gentrifiable_tracts.plot(ax = basemap, color = "lightgray")

# Plot gentrifying tracts
gentrifying_tracts = bk_2010[____]
gentrifying_tracts.plot(ax = basemap, ____)
plt.show()

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