Monthly Archive for September, 2008

New Dollar Bill

I can’t find the original source (found via my inbox) but it is very smart illustration:

New Dollar Bill

Popularity: 3% [?]

Nominal vs Real 3-Month Interest Rate: 1934-2008

I have plotted the 3-Month T-bills: Secondary Market rate (green line) vs the inflation adjusted (i.e. Real) 3-Month T-bills rate (orange) from Jan 1934-Sept 2008. The inflation number I used is CPI-U 3-month % change multiplied by 4.

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Real Interest Rates magnifying glass

Data from Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

[tags]United States, Interest Rate[/tags]

Popularity: 4% [?]

Gasoline Price by County – June 2008

Screenshot from a New York Times Interactive Graphic by Kevin Quealy that shows the different gasoline prices across the U.S. earlier this year. The more blue the county color, the lower the price of gas.

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Gasline prices map magnifying glass

[tags]United States, Gasoline[/tags]

Popularity: 6% [?]

World Population: 2000

One of several maps showing territories re-sized according different variables. More maps can be found at WorldMapper run by SASI Group (University of Sheffield) and Mark Newman (University of Michigan). The map below displays the population in 2000.

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US Population Ancestry magnifying glass

[tags]World, Population[/tags]

Popularity: 3% [?]

US Ancestry: 2000

“The Census Bureau defines ancestry as a person’s ethnic origin, heritage, descent, or “roots,” which may reflect their place of birth, place of birth of parents or ancestors, and ethnic identities that have evolved within the United States.” from a Census brief on US ancestry. The map below displays the ancestry with the largest population in each county. However, they may not be a majority (>50%) of the population.

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Below is the question that was presented on the long form of the US Census. “In 2000, 58 percent of the population specified only one ancestry, 22 percent provided two ancestries, and 1 percent reported an unclassifiable ancestry such as “mixture” or “adopted.” Another 19 percent did not report any ancestry at all.”

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US Population Ancestry magnifying glass

[tags]United States, Population[/tags]

Popularity: 8% [?]

Federal Deficit Video

A clip from a movie called I.O.U.S.A. Not often you see a data visualization in movie.

Popularity: 2% [?]