The New York Times has published an extensive mapping of the United States’ population using data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey, based on samples from 2005 to 2009. What’s amazing about these maps is that users can zoom into any city, town, and neighborhood in the country and view the region based on several different criteria, including race and ethnicity, income, housing and families, and education. It’s a colorful, eye-opening look at our country; type in your zip cope and see what you can discover about the place around you. Below is a map of New York City:
Click here to go to the maps:
http://projects.nytimes.com/census/2010/explorer?ref=us
Here’s to mapping human ecology and better understanding the world around us.
Wishing all a Happy 2012,
The Poecology Staff
