A Detailed Map of Who Is Wearing Masks in the U.S.
Interactive map at the NYT link allows you to zoom in on your section of the country:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/07/17/upshot/coronavirus-face-mask-map.html
Our data comes from a large number of interviews conducted by the global data and survey firm Dynata at the request of The New York Times. The firm asked a question about mask use to obtain 250,000 survey responses between July 2 and July 14, enough data to provide estimates more detailed than the state level. (Several states have imposed new mask requirements since the completion of these interviews.)
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You might think the divide can be explained by where people live. In general, Republicans are more likely to live in states with less population density, and in places that have had laxer rules about masks and lower rates of coronavirus infections, at least early in the pandemic. But research from a team that includes Shana Gadarian, an associate professor of political science at Syracuse University, has found that your political party is a better predictor of mask use than any other factor they measured. Her team compared people of the same age and living in the same ZIP code, and found partisan differences in mask behavior.
“The big takeaway of all of the data is partisanship is the big determinant of all of the behavior,” she said. “It’s not age. It’s not where you live.”
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By clicking on the link, you can see the interactive map on the NYT website. It's actually very informative and it appears to be tied to local zipcodes through the USA. Interesting comparisons are possible!
