Best of FlowingData – August 2011

It’s hard to think of much else. These maps show the racial divide between black and white people in major cities.

Using a century of data, we watch the shift of marital status in the United States.

Between 2009 and 2014, there were an estimated 17,968 visits to the emergency room for things stuck in a rectum. Here are those things’ stories.

These are the jobs in each state that are most specific to the place.