Who Took 10 When? Census participation rates over time
April 23rd, 2010 | Published in Google Earth
If you’re a geo-data dork like me, you’ve probably been following the Google Maps and Google Earth displays of near-real-time mail participation rates for US Census 2010 across states, counties, places, and tracts, which we announced last month with the Census Bureau.
Now that the mail-in deadline has passed, we’ve wrapped up the daily participation rate data through April 19 in a Google Earth layer, so you can see how response rates progressed over time. It’s a great example of using time stamps in a layer. Here’s a preview of what you’ll see in the layer:
To explore for yourself, check it out in your browser, or download the KML to open in Google Earth -- zoom in a bit to see the county level, and please be a bit patient as it might take a second or two to load each day’s worth of data. If you’d like to explore the most recent data in more detail, including place and tract level data, you’ll find that in our original layer.
Now that the big mail push is over, I’ll have to sit patiently and bide my time as census takers visit households that didn’t respond, and number-crunchers at the Census Bureau compile data. 2011’s going to be fascinating for geo visualization...we can’t wait to see all the great maps that folks make with the new data!
Now that the big mail push is over, I’ll have to sit patiently and bide my time as census takers visit households that didn’t respond, and number-crunchers at the Census Bureau compile data. 2011’s going to be fascinating for geo visualization...we can’t wait to see all the great maps that folks make with the new data!