Projects
Graphics by Nathan Yau, borne out of everyday curiosities, learning experiments, and mild insomnia.
Fast Food Menu of Calories
How does the distribution of calories vary by fast food restaurant? Here's a chart that shows all the menu items for ten of the biggest national fast food chains.
Marital Status by Age
Separately, we looked at marrying age, divorce rates, and those who never married. Now let’s look at marital status all together, with the addition of the widowed status.
Most Popular Fields of Study, Since 1970
Based on bachelor's degrees conferred, here are the fields that were and are currently popular.
How People Like You Spend Their Time
Looking at American time use for various combinations of sex, age, and employment status, on weekdays and weekends.
Shift Your Point of View to When America Was “Better”
How good or bad something is depends on what you compare against.
Resources to Find the Data You Need, 2016 Edition
This is an update to the guide I wrote in 2009, which as it turns out, is now mostly outdated. So, 2016. Here we go.
Percentage of white people
Below is the estimated percentage of white population in the United States from…
Unemployment in America, Mapped Over Time
Watch the regional changes across the country from 1990 to 2016.
Learning R Versus d3.js for Visualization
For those who work with R and d3.js, the differences between the two…
Mapping the Spread of Obesity
A look at the rise for each state over three decades, for men and women.
