Dot Plot

A generalized form of the scatter plot, the dots can be placed in various coordinate systems.

What People Spend Most of Their Money On, By Income Group, Relatively Speaking

More money on average means bigger houses, more expensive cars, and fancier restaurants. But what if you look at relative spending instead of total dollars?

Increased maternal death in the United States

While still relatively rare, maternal mortality in the United States increased over the…

Possible cheating seen in a scatterplot

When plotting Russian election results, a structured grid patterns appear. From The Economist:…

Comparing abortion limits in the U.S. against other countries

The Washington Post, in an effort that I’m sure took more energy and…

Age and Occupation

Whether it’s because of experience, physical ability, or education level, some jobs tend towards a certain age of worker more than others.

Black mortality gap

Anna Flagg, for NYT’s The Upshot, used dots arranged as a stacked area…

How Much More Time We Spent at Home

We had to do more from home. Here's how much everything shifted by total minutes in a day.

Falling spin rates in baseball after rule enforcement

NYT’s The Upshot analyzed spin rate on pitches before and after enforcing a…

Historical context for the heat in the Pacific Northwest

It’s been hot in the Pacific Northwest the past few days. NYT’s The…

Most common professional marriages

Susie Neilson for the San Francisco Chronicle compared the marriage of professions in…

Varying demographics within the Asian American population

We often hear about the Asian American community as one big group of…

Divorce Rates and Income

Divorce rates are tied to job security, age, and occupation, so it should make sense that we see a pattern when we plot divorce rates against income.

Population Growth and Seats Gained

The Census Bureau released state population counts for 2020. Here's how each state gained and lost population and seats.

Surprise, Less Happiness During Pandemic

Since 1972, the General Social Survey has asked people about their happiness. It never changed much — until 2020 happened.

Pandemic migrations

With the restrictions of the pandemic, you might expect an unusually big wave…

Voting and vaccination rate

Danielle Ivory, Lauren Leatherby and Robert Gebeloff for The New York looked at…

Visualizing risk of Johnson & Johnson vaccine side effect

As the Johnson & Johnson vaccine pauses in the United States, Philip Bump…

Minimum Wage and Cost of Living

We already looked at minimum wage over time, but when it comes to geography and income, you also have to consider the cost of living for a fair comparison.

Bats and outbreaks

For Reuters, Julia Janicki and Simon Scarr, with illustrations by Catherine Tai, show…

Car cost vs. emissions

Based on estimates from the MIT Trancik Lab, The New York Times plotted…