census

Racial dot map

Maps / census, ethnicity, population

Dustin Cable, a demographer at the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for…
Internet Census

Statistical Visualization / census, Internet

Upon discovering hundreds of thousands open embedded devices on the Internet, an anonymous…
Average commute times mapped

Maps / census, commute, WNYC

The United States Census Bureau just released county-level commute estimates for 2011, based…
Map of every person counted in 2010 US Census

Maps / census, population

In the 2010 United States Census, 308,745,538 were counted, and Brandon Martin-Anderson from…
Side-by-side comparisons for Australian Census

Statistical Visualization / Australia, census, interactive

Last week, Australia released data for their 2011 Census. Small Multiples, in collaboration…
Losing American Community Survey would be ‘disastrous’

Data Sources / census

Many want to get rid of the American Community Survey, a Census program…
House votes to cut the American Community Survey

Statistics / census, survey

Last month Republicans were pushing a bill to get rid of the American…
Fear of Big Brother and Government Surveys

Statistics / ACS, census

Other than ten-year population estimates, the United States Census Bureau annually collects information…
1940 Census Individual Records Released

Data Sources / census

The 72-year mark has arrived, and the United States Census released individual records…
5 misconceptions about visualization

Guides / beginners, census, pitfalls, Q&A

Last month, I had the pleasure of spending a week at the Census…
Reporters make it easier to access Census data

Data Sources / API, census, IRE

Census data can provide valuable information, but the datasets are not always the…
Why Census matters to you

Infographics / Australia, census, interactive

Census is any country is important in making major policy decisions and can…
Seven year itch: When do people get married and divorced?

Projects / census, marriage

The United States Census Bureau just released results from the Survey of Income…
Rings of population change by block

Maps / census, population

You’ve seen population changes at the state and county level, but with Census…
The end of the Statistical Abstract of the United States?

News / census, compendium

There are rumblings, mostly among librarians, over the end of the Statistical Compendia…
Open thread: Is this map too confusing?

Discussion, Maps / census

This map, a collaboration between Good and Gregory Hubacek, shows three metrics from…
This Tract provides a view of Census data on your block

Apps / census, map, open-source

This Tract, by Michal Migurski of Stamen, with some help from Craig Mod,…
Mapping demographics of every block and city in America

Maps / census, demographics, nytimes

Government data technology has felt behind the times the past few years with…