Echoes of Settlement Strategies
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...Industrial Diversity and Sustainable Growth
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,...Memphis Blues and Nashville Country
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...Mapping 2020 Census Household Changes
One of the main purposes of the Census is to track the population and distribute congressional seats accordingly. This year, the PL 94-171 Redistricting Data Summary Files from the 2020 Census were released to the public in mid-August. This data contains critical...Mermaids and Census Privacy Concerns
The PL94 data for the 2020 Census was recently released, and our data team found something, well, peculiar. There are now block groups over bodies of water. If there are people living in lakes and rivers, then they must be able to breathe underwater. And if they can...Splitting Hairs?
In the world of demographics, seemingly small differences in national statistics can have dramatic effects, especially when those differences have different spatial expressions. The average age of the population in the United States is about 38.5 years old. In Canada,...August Round-up
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 August 2021. GIS Planning The...
Employment Post Pandemic
While not as rapidly changing as it once was, the unemployment situation in America is still a problem due to the pandemic. It seems like everywhere you go, “help wanted” signs are in the windows. Fast food restaurants are advertising for signing bonuses. You may have...
Unemployment Data Update
Last April, at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we released weekly unemployment data with the intention that we would release it until unemployment numbers rose as the world got back to “normal”. At the start of 2021, we pivoted to monthly updates instead of...
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