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Seeing The Numbers

Thursday, June 05, 2008

Each Thursday in June, we take a look inside the new Census Atlas of the United States, the first of its kind in almost 100 years. Marc Perry, Chief of the Population Distribution Branch at the Census, helps guide us through some of the maps and trends.

Slideshow: See The Maps Discussed on Today's Show

Download PDFs of the Entire Atlas Here!


Comments

  • [1] scnex from harlem June 05, 2008 - 10:51AM

    the indian or native territory you talk about is a joke. millions of native were murdered by these settlers that you call humans...
  • [2] John B from Inwood June 05, 2008 - 10:52AM

    Will this be an item sent to Federal Depository Libraries?
  • [3] Phoebe from NJ June 05, 2008 - 10:53AM

    Interesting interview... particulary enhanced with the maps.
  • [4] darius from brooklyn June 05, 2008 - 10:55AM

    on slide 4 the 1995-2000 migration flows *to* CA from NY... the only exception
  • [5] Ashley from NYC June 05, 2008 - 10:56AM

    DO you count Puerto Rico, Guam, etc as foregin born?
  • [6] Arthur from Metuchen, NJ June 05, 2008 - 11:01AM

    Love the idea of enhancing the interview with visual images. Keep up the good work.
  • [7] Maria from Brooklyn June 05, 2008 - 11:04AM

    The primary reason for people leaving states like NY, NJ, CA in droves are the insane levels of taxation vs the other states.


  • [8] Helen from Manhattan June 05, 2008 - 11:10AM

    These maps --and the segment--are great. Definitely warrants more time. Look foward to the following Thursdays.
  • [9] mark from Washington Heights June 05, 2008 - 11:16AM

    The arrow charts of in and out migration, keyed to volume, is a direct decendent of the 1869 map of Bonaparte's 1812 invasion of Russia. It connects numbers of soldiers on the way in and out and temperatures along the way. It is the Minard map and was, and still is, a wonder of convergence of information.
  • [10] hjs from 11211 June 05, 2008 - 11:19AM

    Maria

    and the reason i would live no where else: the services and culture that those investments yield.
  • [11] Maria from Brooklyn June 05, 2008 - 12:44PM

    hjs, lol. if by services and culture you mean masses of people on some type of public handout or employment, then I guess I cant argue with you.
  • [12] hjs from 11211 June 05, 2008 - 04:19PM

    maria

    i certainly do not. the world's rich people live in NYC for a reason. i don't know of these masses of people on "public handout." i know a lot of hard working people. i'm talking about the NYPL, museums, broadway, parks, NYPD, subways among other things that make the city hum.

    you can have the sprawl and the $5.00. i'll take the city any day.
  • [13] hjs from 11211 June 05, 2008 - 04:24PM

    $5.00 gas
  • [14] Julia Willebrand from Upper Wstside Manhattan June 27, 2008 - 11:28AM

    Re: the downside of the proposal for HIV- testing in the Bronx.

    Given the status of health insurance in the US i.e, private for-profit insurance, many people will or should be leary of having public health records of their HIV status. Since there is no law preventing "for-profit insurance Corp's from denying coverage on pre-existing condidtions.

    The lack of a national single payer insurance program should always be a factor included in a discussion of a test all program.


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