CensusScope Slices and Dices Census Data

It's not finished yet, but if you're into census data and you like charting and mapping your numbers, you're going to enjoy CensusScope.

CensusScope ( http://www.censusscope.org ) presents its information in several different tabs: charts, maps, rankings, segregation, and about. The charts tabs include charts for population growth (from 1960-2000), population by race (1980, 1990, and 2000), and age distribution. Each chart is accompanied by an explanatory paragraph or so.

The cool thing about these charts is that you can zoom in on them. The initial charts are national. But a drop menu on the left lets you get other charts, either by state or selected metro area (be sure to check the metro area list after you generate a state list -- you'll get a list of metro areas for that state.)

The maps tab allows you to select a state and get state-focused charts (population growth, population by race, etc.) Again, you can zoom in to metro areas or zoom out to a country view. The rankings tab allows you to select a variable (population growth and percentage of multiracial population) and get a ranking either of states or counties within a chosen state. The segregation tab is not yet complete, but promises to soon "unveil a complete set racial segregation exposure and dissimilarity measures for 1246 individual US cities with populations exceeding 25,000 and all metro areas, based on single and multiple race populations as identified in Census 2000."

CensusScope also plans to add poverty and education data soon, but there's plenty to browse through now. Worth a look.

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