I am working with maps
and ggplot2
to visualize the number of certain crimes in each state for different years. The data set that I am working with was produced by the FBI and can be downloaded from their site or from here (if you don't want to download the dataset I don't blame you, but it is way too big to copy and paste into this question, and including a fraction of the data set wouldn't help, as there wouldn't be enough information to recreate the graph).
The problem is easier seen than described.
As you can see California is missing a large chunk as well as a few other states. Here is the code that produced this plot:
# load libraries
library(maps)
library(ggplot2)
# load data
fbi <- read.csv("http://www.hofroe.net/stat579/crimes-2012.csv")
fbi <- subset(fbi, state != "United States")
states <- map_data("state")
# merge data sets by region
fbi$region <- tolower(fbi$state)
fbimap <- merge(fbi, states, by="region")
# plot robbery numbers by state for year 2012
fbimap12 <- subset(fbimap, Year == 2012)
qplot(long, lat, geom="polygon", data=fbimap12,
facets=~Year, fill=Robbery, group=group)
This is what the states
data looks like:
long lat group order region subregion
1 -87.46201 30.38968 1 1 alabama <NA>
2 -87.48493 30.37249 1 2 alabama <NA>
3 -87.52503 30.37249 1 3 alabama <NA>
4 -87.53076 30.33239 1 4 alabama <NA>
5 -87.57087 30.32665 1 5 alabama <NA>
6 -87.58806 30.32665 1 6 alabama <NA>
And this is what the fbi
data looks like:
Year Population Violent Property Murder Forcible.Rape Robbery
1 1960 3266740 6097 33823 406 281 898
2 1961 3302000 5564 32541 427 252 630
3 1962 3358000 5283 35829 316 218 754
4 1963 3347000 6115 38521 340 192 828
5 1964 3407000 7260 46290 316 397 992
6 1965 3462000 6916 48215 395 367 992
Aggravated.Assault Burglary Larceny.Theft Vehicle.Theft abbr state region
1 4512 11626 19344 2853 AL Alabama alabama
2 4255 11205 18801 2535 AL Alabama alabama
3 3995 11722 21306 2801 AL Alabama alabama
4 4755 12614 22874 3033 AL Alabama alabama
5 5555 15898 26713 3679 AL Alabama alabama
6 5162 16398 28115 3702 AL Alabama alabama
I then merged the two sets along region
. The subset I am trying to plot is
region Year Robbery long lat group
8283 alabama 2012 5020 -87.46201 30.38968 1
8284 alabama 2012 5020 -87.48493 30.37249 1
8285 alabama 2012 5020 -87.95475 30.24644 1
8286 alabama 2012 5020 -88.00632 30.24071 1
8287 alabama 2012 5020 -88.01778 30.25217 1
8288 alabama 2012 5020 -87.52503 30.37249 1
... ... ... ...
Any ideas on how I can create this plot without those ugly missing spots?
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