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What Jobs are the 1% Doing?
17 Jan 2012A treemap of the jobs that the 1% are doing – showing a lot of variety. I wish there was more detail about the dataset source. The related article provides some anecdotal examples.
What Percent Are You?
In: Culture Employment Interactive Maps Source: NYT US Economy
17 Jan 2012Enter your household income and see where you rank in 344 areas around the country:
There’s some interesting behind the scenes information on the news paper version here:
Guide to the Euro Crisis
24 Oct 2011A well annotated graphic from the NYT. Over at Visual Journalism, they point out the design differences between the print and online versions of this graphic.
online version:
Not Your Parents’ Economy
9 Sep 2011An elegant multi-indicator graphic from the NYT on income inequality and jobs. It’s disappointing that it took so long for the story of these trends to get traction in the media. (related article)
Republican Candidates Venn Diagram
In: Politics Source: NYT
23 Aug 2011
Debt Debt Debt Goose!
29 Jul 2011Four perfect graphs from the NYT (as usual) putting the debt crisis into perspective.
Thanks to Kanal Eliezer for sending in the link!
College Grade Inflation (1960-2008)
15 Jul 2011There’s a new study on the history of collegiate grade inflation. Fascinating stuff – particularly the difference in giving As in private vs public schools. Thanks to David Cramer for passing on the link!
Commencement Speeches
21 Jun 2011The NYT analyzed word usage in 40 2011 commencement speeches. The results are largely what you would expect. However, the differences between private, public, and religious schools are kinda interesting. (related speeches)
Foreclosures
In: Housing Maps Source: NYT
20 Jun 2011The backlog of mortgage delinquencies continues to stagnate after court rulings slowed the process in most states. The housing market won’t really be operating as a “market” for quite some time.
Guantanamo Prisoners Database
4 May 2011Very nice interactive chart of the history of Guantanamo prisoners, based on some excellent research by the New York Times and NPR. I could point out all the thoughtful design elements going on here, but you’ll figure it out (hint: move the slider on the timeline at the top).
How (not) Fat Are You Really?
In: Culture Source: NYT
27 Apr 2011This graphic illustrates how a “size 8” differs across designers. You might recall this similar chart on men’s pants sizes from last fall. (related article)
Are Public Employees Paid More?
19 Mar 2011
Where are the Happiest People in America?
7 Mar 2011Gallup surveyed Americans on 20 different quality of life indicators (stress, depression, health problems, job satisfaction, exercise, etc), and the New York Times threw them all on a map for contemplation. Below is the composite “Well-Being index”. Thanks to Allison Stanfill for the link! (related article)
Gallup’s website compares the indicators over time:
A similar Gallup index of “US Satisfaction” was also recently visualized by Good:
Budget Forecasts vs Reality
2 Mar 2011This is from 2010, but I wanted to post it because it’s an excellent way to visualize the quality of economic projections. The New York Times refers to it as a “porcupine” chart.
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Households Like You
In: Commentary Interactive Source: NYT
20 Jun 2011Select your household type (married, kids, rooomies, etc) and view some summary statistics from the American Community Survey.