Interactive map shows all counties' oil and gas yield

The oil and gas boom continues to migrate west, but where has production seen the most change? "Rural counties increased their oil production by more than half since 2000, while metro counties pumped 15 percent less oil in 2011 than in 2000," Bill Bishop reports for the Daily Yonder after crunching data from the Economic Research Service of the Department of Agriculture. "Natural gas production increased 62 percent in rural counties since 2000, 19 percent in counties with small cities (between 10,000 and 50,000) and 57 percent in metro counties."

The Yonder map shows changes in oil and gas production. To read more and view an interactive version of the map click here.

Here's an example of the map's interactivity: