Though unemployment during the great depression was widespread, it was higher in some parts of the united states than in others. A geographer uses unemployment data points to make a map, while an economic historian arranges data about state-by-state unemployment levels in a table.

What information might a geographer be able to convey more clearly than the economic historian?

A. The percentage of each state’s population that was unemployed.

B. The level of unemployment in each state.

C. The years when unemployment was worst in each area.

D. The relative sizes of the areas affected by each level of unemployment.