http://thesocietypages.org/graphicsociology/2011/05/13/center-of-us-population-us-census-1790-2010/ Analyzing the visual presentation of social data. Each post, Laura Norén takes a chart, table, interactive graphic or other display of sociologically relevant data and evaluates the success of the graphic. Sat, 31 Jan 2015 21:29:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://thesocietypages.org/graphicsociology/2011/05/13/center-of-us-population-us-census-1790-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-10104 Sat, 28 May 2011 20:45:47 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/graphicsociology/?p=1616#comment-10104 […] to see the U.S. expansion into the land of my Indigenous Native American brothers and sisters. Show original This entry was posted in Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink. ← Map of the Last U.S. […]

]]> http://thesocietypages.org/graphicsociology/2011/05/13/center-of-us-population-us-census-1790-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-10081 Fri, 13 May 2011 18:16:23 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/graphicsociology/?p=1616#comment-10081 1)The way they add states is kind of confusing and inconsistent. The union started with West Virginia a part of Virginia, and Maine a part of Massachusetts. But while they show West Virginia both separated, and admitted to the union at the start, they don’t show Maine admitted to the union until it split from Mass.
2)I’m unclear whether they’re tracking the center of US population as a whole, or the population of admitted states. That is, when the center shifts leftward, is it solely due to people being counted in a state that didn’t count previously? Does the current center reflect people in DC, Puerto Rico, and American Samoa?
3)Another thing that would be cool to include: line demarcating the extent of US territory.

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