by Gary Menger | Oct 7, 2021 | Census, Featured
A tremendous effort in the analytics world is devoted to the task of data preparation and cleansing. Data exchanges refer to ‘curated’ data, which suggests that the suppliers of that data have gone to the trouble of estimating missing fields, reigning in outliers, and...
by Elyse Menger | Sep 30, 2021 | CrimeRisk
Turn on the news these days, and you are shown startling statistics about crime. Just this week, the FBI released startling data that homicides in the Unites States in 2020 rose by nearly 30% over the previous year, the largest increase since the Bureau began keeping...
by Elyse Menger | Sep 30, 2021 | Monthly Round-Ups
At the end of each month, the AGS team looks back at articles and blog posts that we saw this month that stood out to us. Some are from news agencies, and many come from our partners, but not all use our data. Here is the round-up from September 2021. Safegraph Want...
by Elyse Menger | Sep 23, 2021 | Maps
When you think Washington, D.C., you think about government. You might also think about traffic. Washington, D.C. is consistently ranked as one of the worst cities for commuting traffic in the United States. Heading into the capital are thousands and thousands of...
by Elyse Menger | Sep 23, 2021 | Economic Development
In many areas, one of the big tourism items is the exploration of ghost towns. The official web site for tourism in Nevada proudly touts the state as being number one in the country for ghost towns – and with over six hundred, they more than outnumber the now existing...
by Elyse Menger | Sep 16, 2021 | Maps, Non-Resident Population
If the last year and a half of isolation hasn’t been enough for you (or you have realized that you really don’t need as many friends as you thought you did), you might be looking for somewhere remote to go. So, where is the most remote places that you can live? Or go...
by Gary Menger | Sep 16, 2021 | Census
Over the past year or so, we have been giving a heads up that the 2020 census data was to be affected by new and more stringent non-disclosure rules intended to protect the identify of census respondents. We recognize that such protection is important while muttering...
by Elyse Menger | Sep 16, 2021 | Maps
Watching the Hurricane Ida coverage a few weeks ago had us thinking about odd geography in the United States. What is a Parish? Why can’t they just say county? Much of our geography today was shaped by those who settled there. Earliest settlements were by three...
by Gary Menger | Sep 9, 2021 | Maps
What is a place known for? Think Detroit and you likely think cars. Washington, D.C.? Government. Los Angeles, movies and television, nicely incorporated in a single term – Hollywood. Orlando? Disney World. Our comparison of Nashville and Memphis started with jazz,...
by Gary Menger | Sep 9, 2021 | City Series, Maps
Geography and music, two things that most people don’t associate with the other. Listening to a song on the radio does not, in most normal people, lead to a consideration of the peculiar geography of many of the music styles which emerged over the past century. And...
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