StatisticalAtlas.com
Data
public demographic data visualisation
SHOW HN2015
How HN took it
5 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 15 comments about the project. Thread score +0.13.
Design: 2 for, 0 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful, well-structured demographic data and displays
From 3 comments
This is really great. I was pleasantly surprised to see that there was information available about household income at the "tract" level. I had searched some months ago for a…
gajomi on HNEnjoyed looking at the stats for Boulder, CO, both as an interested resident and because of the range of useful displays. Cool site!
nhofmeister on HNFantastic resource. I could easly spend hours browsing.
taksintik on HN
Tract-level income data is valuable
From 1 comment
This is really great. I was pleasantly surprised to see that there was information available about household income at the "tract" level. I had searched some months ago for a…
gajomi on HN
Objections
Some places such as Palo Alto were hard to find
From 2 comments
Can't find Palo Alto...
etep on HNok, it's in the San Jose area.
etep on HN
Non-US places like Romania are missing and not flagged
From 1 comment
Umm... I can't seem to find Romania. It would have been nice to mention "U.S. only"
chitza on HN
Data sources not stated clearly on each page
From 1 comment
Is this data from the 2010 census, or is this updated to reflect 2015 estimates? (Is the number of 0–4 or 25–29 year olds listed the number that there were in 2010, etc.) It…
jacobolus on HN
Requests
A public API
From 1 comment
Thanks. We may build an API at some point, but it is not to do with the TOS. The raw data is so big (and we use memory mapped files, not a DB) that it is a pain from an…
jrd79 on HN
Historical demographic data
From 1 comment
Is this data from the 2010 census, or is this updated to reflect 2015 estimates? (Is the number of 0–4 or 25–29 year olds listed the number that there were in 2010, etc.) It…
jacobolus on HN
Questions
Is the data from 2010 Census or newer estimates
From 2 comments
Is this data from the 2010 census, or is this updated to reflect 2015 estimates? (Is the number of 0–4 or 25–29 year olds listed the number that there were in 2010, etc.) It…
jacobolus on HNThe about page talks a bit about the sources. Everything comes from the latest 5-year American Community Survey (ACS), which is part of the Census Bureau's data collection. Data…
jrd79 on HN
How the site is funded
From 1 comment
How are you guys funding the development of this? Grants? Seems like something the govt should be providing.
hackthisaccount on HN
Where neighborhood and block shapes come from
From 1 comment
awesome work, thanks for this. Where do you get the city block and neighborhoods shapes from?
dieg0 on HN
Alternatives named
Census Bureau FactFinder
From 1 comment
This is really great. I was pleasantly surprised to see that there was information available about household income at the "tract" level. I had searched some months ago for a…
gajomi on HN