Thursday, March 29, 2018

Social Explorer Interactive Map of America's Non Citizen Population ACS 2016 (5 year estimates)


Social Explorer uses American Community Survey data to map the  non-citizen population by county.  Provides count and  percent of population who are not a citizen.   (Click on county to see the data)




Monday, March 26, 2018

New ICPSR Studies March, 2018



Updates

Data Visualization: The Fastest Growing Cities in the World (2000-2016)


U.N and World Bank data is used to visualize the migration from rural communities to urban area  over decades due to  the growth in crop yields and the reduced demand for manual farm labor. 

One interactive map lists 500 cities with over 1 million people where  percent growth corresponds with darker shades of teal, while orange symbolizes negative growth over the timeframe.

The Fastest Growing Cities in the World (2000-2016)


Friday, March 9, 2018

Tropical Storm Data in Tableau, Data Visualizations

3 Types of Data Visualizations




DuelingData experiments with several variations on data visualizations with data from Tropical storms since 1993 using Tableau 

Tuesday, March 6, 2018

BLS Data for Read Across America Day 2018

People age 65 and older more likely than younger people to read for personal interest


March 2 was Read Across America Day and, not coincidentally, the birthday of children’s author Dr. Seuss. This annual program aims to motivate children and teens to read. Let’s look at the most recent data on the reading habits of Americans. On an average day in 2016, 38.3 percent of people age 65 and older read for personal interest. That was a larger percentage than any other age group. By comparison, 9.4 percent of people ages 15 to 24 read for personal interest on an average day in 2016.