Tag: Census data
“This could very well be the stupidest person on the face of the Earth…”
Congressman Daniel Webster (R-FL). But last week, the Republican-led House voted to eliminate the survey altogether, on the grounds that the government should not be butting its nose into Americans’ homes. “This is a program that intrudes on people’s lives, just like the Environmental Protection Agency or the bank regulators,”…
I’m Sure This Will Turn Out Well
Because who needs all that pesky data clogging up our faith-based ideological decision making process? Governor Walker has shown us the way! On May 9 the House voted to kill the American Community Survey, which collects data on some 3 million households each year and is the largest survey next to the…
Agitprop Wisconsin!
Data has always been putty to be molded by propagandists into informational power. Through the inclusion of irrelevant data or the exclusion of relevant data, these students of Stalin use the data to fabricate a “reality.” They rely on the obfuscatory possibilities afforded by rows and rows of numbers, complex charts,…
It’s Really Not Working, Governor Walker [Updated]
Wisconsin has seen a significant increase in childhood poverty under Governor Walker and the GOP legislature. They are failing the children of Wisconsin and should be held to account for it.
Wisconsin Demographic Infographics
Some of you may know that I love infographics. The web has enabled the growth of interactive infographics in a way that just isn’t possible with other mediums. There have been several recent releases of visualized information from the 2010 Census results that are quite interesting. One of the ones to take a look at is the American Human Development Project of the Social Science Research Council. They have an interesting mapping capability that showcases the status of different geographic units around the country.
Snapshot – Census Bureau American Community Survey
A brief comparison of WI vs the US vs. the low and high states on 5 variables analyzed in the recently released Census Bureau American Community Survey.
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