Demography

Mapping the Seven Deadly Sins
Last month, the Las Vegas Sun reported on an unusual study in which researchers attempted to map the distribution of the seven deadly sins. Researchers primarily looked at Nevada, which for some unexplained reason is associated with sin, but the maps they put together for the U.S. as a…   Read more →
Posted on Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 9:37 PM
Categories: Demography
Soma’s Singles Map
Richard Florida’s singles map tracked surpluses of single men and women by U.S. metropolitan area; in response, Jonathan Soma’s singles map adds a slider to show where the surpluses are by age group, on the assumption that age sort of matters when you’re single. Via Platial News and Neogeography….   Read more →
Posted on Saturday, April 18, 2009 at 10:36 AM
Categories: Demography
New York Times Immigration Explorer
Just one more New York Times interactive map, I swear (at least for today), but this one is fantastic. It shows U.S. immigration patterns since 1880: where immigrants came from, and how much of the population (per county) they represent. It’s very interesting to see how this changes over…   Read more →
Posted on Thursday, March 12, 2009 at 12:35 PM
Categories: Demography, Historical Maps
Gallup’s State of the States
This week, Gallup released a multipart State of the States series, revealing “state-by-state differences in political party affiliation, religiosity, consumer confidence, and job market conditions based on Gallup Poll Daily tracking data collected throughout 2008” (links added) There are choropleth maps, which is why I’m mentioning it. Via Andrew…   Read more →
Posted on Friday, January 30, 2009 at 1:02 PM
Categories: Demography, Electoral Maps
Visualizing U.S. Immigration
A visualization of immigration to the U.S. from 1820 to 2007 by Ian Stevenson. Via Andrew Sullivan….   Read more →
Posted on Monday, December 22, 2008 at 8:59 AM
Categories: Demography, Historical Maps, Video
The Death Map
Researchers from the University of South Carolina, Columbia, have mapped mortality from natural hazards in the United States; using data from 1970 to 2004, their research showed that “chronic” natural hazards like severe seasonal weather and heat waves were far more likely to kill people than more dramatic events…   Read more →
Posted on Monday, December 22, 2008 at 8:26 AM
Categories: Demography, Weather & Climate
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 looks familiar, it’s because it’s inspired by a similar map…   Read more →
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 for many of the topics presented.” While you can order…   Read more →
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 they use the Gall-Peters projection, and that they point out…   Read more →
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 7 million has 712 blocks.”…   Read more →
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)….   Read more →
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 a PDF file. The map is only a forecast, but…   Read more →
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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 release: For example, the community of Vernon has several neighbourhoods…   Read more →
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 set of maps and datasets, including an Atlas of the…   Read more →
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, culture, religion, voting patterns. Via MetaFilter….   Read more →
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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 Research study; more details here. Thanks, peacay….   Read more →
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….   Read more →
Posted on Wednesday, March 30, 2005 at 9:22 AM
Categories: Demography

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