Demography

The Singles Map
Richard Florida’s singles map of the United States, which charts which metropolitan areas have a surplus of single men and women, first appeared in the Boston Globe; it’s been getting a bit of buzz around the blogosphere. If it… »
Posted on Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 9:33 AM
Categories: Cities, Demography
Census Atlas of the United States
The Census Atlas of the United States “is a large-format publication about 300 pages long and containing almost 800 maps. Data from decennial censuses prior to 2000 support nearly 150 maps and figures, providing context and an historical perspective… »
Posted on Saturday, February 2, 2008 at 3:30 PM
Categories: Books, Demography
Mapping Urban Growth
From an in-depth report on the global urban population explosion, the BBC has an interactive map showing the growth in urban population from 1955 to 2015; cities with more than five million inhabitants are also shown. Quite interesting that… »
Posted on Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 8:42 AM
Categories: Cities, Demography
Cartogram of England’s Population
Olly Benson wrote in to mention that he’d done a cartogram showing the population of England by county. “Each block on the map represents 10,000 people living in that county — so London, with a population of just over… »
Posted on Thursday, February 8, 2007 at 7:17 AM
Categories: Demography
U.S. Population Density Map
NASA’s Earth Observatory marked the U.S. population reaching the 300-million mark with a population density map of the United States (and surrounding countries)…. »
Posted on Tuesday, October 24, 2006 at 10:15 PM
Categories: Demography
Mapping Future Population Growth
Population Action International, a group concerned about global overpopulation, is releasing a poster-sized world map that projects changes in world population density through 2025. Though the official release date is this Saturday, the map is available for download as… »
Posted on Tuesday, April 18, 2006 at 7:44 AM
Categories: Demography
B.C. Atlas of Child Development
Last week, the University of British Columbia released a childhood development atlas that maps the factors that affect the development of young children in B.C., comparing socioeconomic factors to vulnerability patterns. The atlas reveals some interesting patterns. From the press… »
Posted on Monday, February 6, 2006 at 9:53 AM
Categories: Demography
Environment Map Roundup
A few links to maps on environmental (and related) subjects. A project by Dutch scientists to measure European air pollution using NASA’s Aura satellite. Some pages in Dutch. Via Treehugger. The Center for Sustainability and the Global Enviroment has a… »
Posted on Monday, December 19, 2005 at 9:55 AM
Categories: Demography, Environment, Weather & Climate
American Ethnic Geography
American Ethnic Geography: the web site for a second-year geography course at Valparaiso University has an excellent collection of map galleries; the maps — mostly GIFs, some PDFs — provide a wealth of interesting information on North American demographics: ethnicity,… »
Posted on Tuesday, September 20, 2005 at 1:23 PM
Categories: Demography, Education
British Immigration Maps
The BBC’s Born Abroad feature maps the concentrations of immigrants (defined as people born outside the British Isles) and the change in the number of immigrants living in Britain over the past degree. Based on an Institute for Public Policy… »
Posted on Saturday, September 10, 2005 at 8:02 AM
Categories: Demography
Social Explorer
Social Explorer has a large collection of maps derived from U.S. census data. The more you zoom in, the more detail you get: at the top level it’s by state; closer in the maps show counties. Via Jessamyn…. »
Posted on Wednesday, March 30, 2005 at 9:22 AM
Categories: Demography

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