Working with Non-Nested Census Geographies in Censusdis
Introduction Most U.S. Census data sets are keyed by geography. Concepts like population, median income, and gender, race, or age ranges of residents are only meaningful when we tie them…
Command-Line censusdis for Plotting Maps
In an earlier post entitled Command-Line censusdis for Data Pipelines and One-Time Analysis, we discussed how the new command-line interface (CLI) to censusdis can be used to download and manipulate…
Censusdis Tutorial – PyData Seattle 2023 Video
Thanks to all who attended my tutorial on using U.S. Census data in Python at PyData Seattle 2023. And thanks to the PyData organizers for putting on such a great…
I Want to Visit Ligonier, Indiana
I want to visit Ligonier, Indiana. It's not because it was once the world's largest producer of marshmallows. It's also not because I'm not sure how to pronounce it properly.…
Diversity and Integration in America: An Interactive Visualization
Introduction We are pleased to announce the launch of our first interactive visualization, Diversity and Integration in America. This visualization lets you see what areas are diverse and integrated and…