Creating image from cell array of states and years

Having trouble creating the attached image

Answer 1

[Sulaymon Eshkabilov]

The error is originated from your data X that does not present appropriate data format for imagesc(). Could you pl., upload your sample data?

[Leulaye Maskal]

Rows 1-11 are US states and each column is years 2000-2020

Answer 2

[Sulaymon Eshkabilov]

Your data array type is not quite clear from your provided snapshot. If your data is as shown in the snapshot and then imagesc() should work ok. Please check your data array type. See this simple example:

G = rand(12, 20); imagesc(G), shg