Unemployment Rate Visualization

This project visualizes the unemployment rate in Rhode Island over time using D3.js and React.

Features

• Interactive line chart showing unemployment trends
• Red dots marking significant spikes in unemployment:
  • Spike before 1980
  • Spike between 1980 and 1985
  • Spike between 1990 and 1995
  • Spike around 2010
  • Major spike in 2020

Data Source

The data is sourced from Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) and represents monthly unemployment rates in Rhode Island.

Implementation

• Uses D3.js for data visualization
• Built with React for the UI
• Responsive SVG chart with grid lines and axis labels