Desktops Now Less Popular Than Tablets in the U.S.
The gadgets we use can be a good indicator of where our society is at today, and where it’s going in the future. And…
An AI Accurately Guessed Race and Voting Patterns by Counting Cars on Google Street View
A robust, timely census is vital to democracy. Censuses sketch the changing face of our nation by charting both…
So Many Australians Are Claiming 'Jedi' as Their Religion That It's Becoming a Problem
A battle over government, religion, and Star Wars is brewing in Australia. The country will hold their national census…
The 10 Most Dangerous Jobs In the US Aren't What You'd Expect
When we think of dangerous jobs, most of us think about firefighters or ice road truckers. But Bloomberg crunched the…
How Millennials Stack Up To The Generations Before Them
Are Millennials really so different than the generations of young adults that came before them? Some data forensics…
Bicycling Is Now The Fastest Growing Method Of Commuting To Work
So long, flying cars! It turns out that the transportation of the future might just already be propped up next to your…
A Map of Who Doesn't Have Indoor Plumbing in the United States
Did you know that 1.6 million Americans don't have complete indoor plumbing? The American Community Survey published on…
Yet Another Green/White Census Map
Hey, look! It's another, "Which census districts are empty?" map, this time for France. Interestingly, this map is a…
Canada is Really Big, but Not Empty
The maps showing how much of the United States is empty is visually interesting, but mostly demonstrates the importance…
How You Count Matters: Maps of Census Data in the US
Maps are interesting, where the same data can be used to tell many stories. Displaying United States census data as…
Here's a Map of the 47 Percent of America Where No One Lives
As anyone who's driven through Middle America knows, it feels like there's very few places in the U.S. that don't have…
Comment of the Day: Sewage and Statistics Edition
In today's comments, we learned how to calculate the event horizon of a black hole, where to look for the very best in…
Half of the U.S. lives in these 146 counties - is yours one of them?
Using publicly available Census data, Business Insider's Walter Hickey and Joe Weisenthal have deduced that over half…
The Entire Distribution of Ethnicity in the US, Person-By-Person
This map is covered in dots. In fact, there are 308,745,538 of the little things—each one representing a single…
More White Americans Are Dying Than Being Born
Not only white people are quickly becoming a minority in the United states, but "new Census figures released today show…
This Crazy Map Has One Dot for Every Person in the United States
The amount of people in the whole world is pretty wildly unfathomable. For that matter, even a subset like just the…
Beautiful, hi-res census maps provide fascinating snapshots of 1870s America
You're looking at just one print from a collection that comprises dozens of spellbinding maps and charts based on the…
Who Really Is the World's 7 Billionth Person?
The world's 7 billionth person was a tiny little girl named Danica May Camacho who is born today in Manila, the…
People Get Paid to Track Down Panda Doo Doo in China
It's 2011 and that means it's time for something you have no idea about so i'll tell you: PANDA CENSUS. There are…