Today we're going to look at the same Census place-of-birth data as my earlier post. But this time, instead of looking at the state level, we'll drill down to something called a Census Tract. A census tract is a small, usually permanent geographical division. Typically their population ranges between 1,200 and 8,000, with an optimum … Continue reading Where We are From
Month: March 2021
Binned Heatmaps
The New York Times has a lot of good COVID info; one of their pages tracts the vaccine rollout rate per state. Here's today's graph: This is known as a 'heatmap' - it uses colors to differentiate the values of the regions (here, states). In this case, it's a 'binned' heatmap - the map uses … Continue reading Binned Heatmaps
Pausing AstraZeneca
Many European countries have paused the rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine, due to a small number of reported blood clot cases in people who recently received the vaccine. Obviously any possible serious side effects need to be studied, but the decision to actually halt the use of the vaccine has its own costs. Let's do … Continue reading Pausing AstraZeneca
“Are You From Here?”
Pop Quiz: Name the two states that have the highest percentage of residents who were born in the state. Answer: Louisiana and Michigan. You probably didn't see that coming; I know I didn't. About four of five Louisianans (78.05%) were born there. Of the remainder, 17.8% were born in other states, and 4.2% were foreign … Continue reading “Are You From Here?”