Trying to show the predominant country of birth for every geography in the country seemed simple enough, until we ran into the challenge of coming up with map colors for 134 different countries.
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Census and Citizenship: Questions and Answers
The Census Bureau just announced that they will be adding a question to the 2020 Census asking whether the respondent is a U.S. citizen. This question has led to a lot of controversy, so here’s a Q&A on the story, along with other news about the decennial census.
Finding Immigrant Neighborhoods with Foreign-Born Data
The patchwork quilt of American immigrant groups really stands out on a map. The Census ACS has data on foreign-born populations for over a hundred and twenty different countries of birth, as well as for continents and global regions.
