Making MAGIC with Your Data: Methods for Visualizing Data using 2010 Census Data

Connecticut State Data Center & Map and Geographic Information Center - MAGIC

Making MAGIC with Your Data: Methods for Visualizing Data Using

2010 Census Data Michael Howser

Connec0cut State Data Center Coordinator/ Undergraduate Educa0on & GIS Librarian


According to the 2010 Census, what Connec0cut Town/City has the

Largest Popula0on?


According to the 2010 Census, what town in Connec0cut has the smallest

popula0on?


Outline

•  Overview of CtSDC and MAGIC •  2010 Census Highlights •  American Community Survey

•  Exploring the American FactFinder

•  Visualizing Data – Mul0ple Approaches

•  Q & A


What is the Connec0cut State Data Center?

•  Connec0cut’s Census Bureau Liaison

•  Part of the Na0onal Data Center Network

•  Assists public with accessing Census Data

•  Provides custom data resources for Connec0cut

•  Funded by Office of Policy and Management

ctsdc.uconn.edu


What is MAGIC?

•  University of Connec0cut Libraries Map and Geographic Informa0on Center – MAGIC

•  Over 220,000 print maps

•  Historical Aerial Photography for Connec0cut

•  Provides digi0zed maps and aerial photography in full-‐quality TIFF format for download – FREE!

magic.lib.uconn.edu


Connec0cut State Data Center + MAGIC = Data & Maps

•  Connec0cut State Data Center moved to MAGIC in October 2010

•  Collabora0on combines GIS and Mapping technology with Census data!

•  Custom datasets are digitally preserved

ctsdc.uconn.edu/maps.html


Who is MAGIC and the Connec0cut State Data Center

Librarians •  Steve Ba` •  Michael Howser •  Bill Miller

Graduate Students •  Jie Lin •  Jon Pollak •  Josh Strunk

Undergraduate Students •  Nathan Bruce •  Steven Daniels •  Sophie Do •  Andrew Erick •  Edward Fitzgerald •  Tia Hogan •  Shamara James •  Richika Makol •  Brian Perchal •  Trevor Rzucidlo


2010 Census Quick Facts


2010 Census Quick Facts

•  Just over 72% of U.S. Households mailed back their forms (same as 2000)

•  48 million addresses were followed up

•  2010 Census was $1.6 Billion under budget!


2010 Census Timeline

•  December 2010 – Na0onal Popula0on

•  Feb -‐ March 2011 – Redistric0ng Data Released

•  May 2011 – Demographic Profiles Released

•  June – Aug 2011 – Summary File 1 Released

•  December 2011 – Summary File 2 Released


December 21, 2010


2010 Winners and Losers Increase in House Seats •  Texas (+4), Florida (+2),

Arizona (+1), Georgia (+1), Nevada (+1), South Carolina (+1), Utah (+1), Washington (+1)

Decrease in House Seats •  Ohio (-‐2), New York (-‐2),

Illinois (-‐1), Iowa (-‐1), Louisiana (-‐1), Massachuse`s (-‐1), Michigan (-‐1), New Jersey (-‐1), Pennsylvania (-‐1)




What is Appor0onment?

•  Each state has at least one representa0ve in the House of Representa0ves

•  435 Total Seats available •  States ranked by

Popula0on to provide equal representa0on per person

•  Representa0on based on Decennial Census Popula0on Counts

youtube.com/watch?v=RUCnb5_HZc0


2010 U.S. Census Reappor0onment (Public Law 94-‐171) Data

2010.census.gov/2010census/data/


Redistric0ng Data – State by State Released by April 1, 2011

•  Total Popula0on •  Race (White, Black or African American, American Indian and Alaska Na0ve, Asian, Na0ve Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, Some other Race)

•  Ethnicity (Hispanic or La0no) •  Vo0ng Age (18+ years of age) •  Housing Data (Occupancy and Vacancy)


U.S. Popula0on Snapshot

2000 2010

Total Popula0on 281,421,906 308,745,538 (+9.7%)

White 211,460,626 223,553,265 (+5.7%)

Black or African American 34,658,190 38,929,319 (12.3%)

American Indian & Alaska Na0ve 2,475,956 2,932,248 (18.4%)

Asian 10,242,998 14,674,252 (43.3%)

Na0ve Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 398,835 540,013 (35.4%)

Some Other Race 15,359,073 19,107,368 (24.4%)

Hispanic or La0no 35,305,818 50,477,594 (43%)



Connec0cut Redistric0ng Data

•  Released March 9, 2011 @ 2:00pm •  Includes: –  State –  Congressional District –  County –  Town –  Tract –  Block Group –  Block


2010 U.S. Census Data -‐ Connec0cut

2000 2010

Total Popula0on 3,405,565 3,574,097 (+4.9%)

White 2,780,355 2,772,410 (-‐0.3%)

Black or African American 309,843 362,296 (16.9%)

American Indian & Alaska Na0ve 9,639 11,256 (16.8%)

Asian 82,313 135,565 (64.7%)

Na0ve Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 1,366 1,428 (4.5%)

Some Other Race 147,201 198,466 (34.8%)

Hispanic or La0no 320,323 479,087 (49.6%)









Want to Explore the 2010 data?

•  For Connec0cut Data Visit ctsdc.uconn.edu


2010 & 2000 Connec0cut Town Data Viewer

ctsdc.uconn.edu


Exploring Na0onal Data •  New York Times 2010 Census Map

projects.ny0mes.com/census/2010/map


American Community Survey


What is the American Community Survey?

•  American Community Survey (ACS) – “yearly census” – survey of popula0on each year –  Includes 14-‐17 pages of ques0ons –  In-‐depth ques0ons – Takes the place of Decennial Long Form

–  Includes a 1, 3, and 5 year dataset


Visualizing the ACS 5 Year Data

projects.ny0mes.com/census/2010/explorer


American FactFinder

Explore, Access, and Visualize Data


New American FactFinder

facvinder2.census.gov


American FactFinder – Let’s Explore

•  Live Demo will highlight – Data Access (Topics and Geographies) – Downloading data – Crea0ng Maps from Data – Sharing Maps and Data


Data Visualiza0on

Mul0ple Approaches


Why Visualize Data?

•  Spreadsheets are great… but it’s difficult to understand with large datasets

•  Examine Concepts from mul0ple perspec0ve – Spa0al – Temporal

•  Integrate data from mul0ple sources •  Ex. Fault lines, earthquakes, and popula0on data

•  Interac0ve ≠ expensive or difficult


Visualizing Complex Data

What do the following items have in common?

June 1


Does this help?


Visualizing Data using Google Maps


Things you can do!

•  Explore loca0ons •  Compare

•  Create maps!


Making your own maps!

•  MyMaps –  Placemarks (points) –  Lines –  Shape (polygons) –  embed photos & videos –  Import KML’s

•  Share •  Collaborate


Visualizing Data using Google Earth


What is Google Earth?

•  Travel the world •  Satellite imagery •  Maps •  Terrain •  3D buildings •  Create tours •  Embed pictures and videos •  Access to diverse geographic data


Import data

•  Overlay imagery (BMP, DDS, GIF, JPG, PGM, PNG, PPM, TGA, TIFF)

•  KML (Keyhole Markup Language) data

•  Import GPS data

•  Embed photos and videos


Explore the past



Visualizing Data using Google Fusion Tables


What is Google Fusion Tables?

•  Web based interface for uploading, managing, and visualizing large datasets

•  Builds upon Google Docs and Google Maps

•  Includes API to develop custom interfaces

•  Enables sharing of large datasets



Impor0ng Data

•  Data formats supported include: – Spreadsheets (.csv, .tsv, or .txt) – Microsoz Excel – Google Docs Spreadsheets – KML Files (not KMZ)


Google Fusion Example: 2010 Census in Texas


Google Fusion Example: Poverty by School District


Visualizing Data using ArcGIS.com


What is ArcGIS.com?

•  Web-‐based map crea0on interface

•  Enables collabora0ve map crea0on

•  Users can contribute data to share via ArcGIS.com

•  Free!


Impor0ng Data

•  Data formats supported include: – Spreadsheets (.csv, .txt) – Shapefiles (.zip) – WGS84 projec0on – GPS files (GPX)

LaGtude field Longitude field laGtude longitude

lat long

y x

ycenter xcenter

point-‐y point-‐x


Adding Data from the Web

•  Data can be imported from the following: –  ArcGIS Server Web Service

–  OGC Web Service (WMS) –  KML file (Google Earth)


ArcGIS Example from Gallery

ArcGIS.com


On the Line

A collabora0ve approach to interac0ve maps


What is On the Line?


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ctsdc.uconn.edu


Ques0ons?

Special Thanks •  Connec0cut Office of Policy and Management •  Na0onal Endowment for the Humani0es •  On the Line: How schooling, housing, and civil rights shaped Harvord and

its suburbs •  UConn Department of Geography & Center for Popula0on Research •  UConn Libraries Digital Projects Team, Directors Council, Informa0on

Technology Services, Planning Team, and Undergraduate Educa0on Team •  U.S. Census Bureau – Boston Regional Office

Contact us at: [email protected]

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Making MAGIC with Your Data: Methods for Visualizing Data using 2010 Census Data