Map of the United States by metropolitan area, one number per metro, with the state borders

About this template

Data: one row per metropolitan statistical area with its 5-digit CBSA code (35620 for New York; the Census title 'New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ' and the first city name are accepted too) and a number. Only metropolitan areas are drawn, not micropolitan ones, so most rural land stays unfilled; that is what a metro map looks like. State lines are drawn faintly beneath the metros, not on top, because metros straddle state lines: New York, Kansas City and Washington each span two or three states and stay whole. Same design as the state, county and district maps, so the four can sit side by side.

A choropleth map of the metropolitan statistical areas of the United States (393 metros, by CBSA code), each region filled by one number from your data (the "income" column). The neighbouring US states and Puerto Rico are drawn beneath as unfilled context, so the map does not float.

A sequential colour scale from pale blue for the smallest values to deep navy blue for the largest; pinned to 40000 to 150000, so values beyond the ends take the end colour and the colour bar says ≤ and ≥; a gradient colour bar below the map, with its labels underneath; values formatted as USD amounts, in compact form (1.2k, 3.4M), 0 decimals; on a white canvas (#ffffff) with near-black text — a light theme; 0.6-unit hairline outlines between regions.

The title and description are left-aligned above the chart. Font: Inter (the default); a source line with a link sits at the bottom, with the chartlink badge in the corner.

Data: 2 columns — metro (string, "Metro area (CBSA code)"), income (number, "Average AGI per return ($)") — and 367 rows in the example "Average income per tax return by metro area, 2021". Regions are named by 5-digit CBSA codes (or the metro's Census title, "Sioux Falls, SD-MN"); a region with no row stays unfilled in grey, and an unknown code fails loudly with the nearest matches. Your data keeps the same column ids and every other setting comes from the template; an agent can change any of them.

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