CLASSED CHOROPLETH MAP

This classed choropleth map shows the hispanic percentage of population in each county of Florida and is taken from: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW3KcKVUh5FId0SscXYtBQ4ATT9YvYcdOAWNxtxNoCUNmJxuYvmwdDSduCMvL4YB5wY1OpgKAqLdKxMh_GTU6C_xTgiI5Ee-MjKs1vw6FBe28-d6LMnpiRAveXK53kd1ovQjvn8iVUe90/s320/classed+choropleth+map.gif&imgrefurl=http://mavance2000.blogspot.com/2008/07/classed-choropleth-map.html&usg=__0rFgtG2hjlZ2rqilp86uSPKaxAU=&h=240&w=320&sz=72&hl=en&start=8&tbnid=ycpxSq8LBk0QxM:&tbnh=89&tbnw=118&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dclassed%2Bchoropleth%2Bmap%26hl%3Den

These type of maps show an easy way to visualize data over a geographic area. Here the shading intensity determines the quantity of the variable being measured.