Hispanic Growth in Texas House Districts

By Matt Stiles •
I built a bunch of static maps today to visualize the Hispanic population change in Texas House districts. We’ve decided instead to create an interactive version, and I didn’t want that work to go to waste. (Click images to see larger versions). Statewide percentage change by district:  Statew... Read more →

Raleigh Viz

By Matt Stiles •
I’ve been in Raleigh the last few days for the Computer-Assisted Reporting Conference held by Investigative Reporters and Editors (one reason why the ‘viz’ hasn’t exactly been ‘daily’ of late). On Thursday, I gave this presentation with Sanjay Bhatt, a reporter at The Seattle Times: See related... Read more →

U.S. Naturalizations by Country

By Matt Stiles •
The Department of Homeland Security now posts records detailing how many people become U.S. citizens each year, and from which countries. Visualizing this data on a world map is easy, thanks to Google Fusion Tables. This map shades countries in darker greens based on the number of people who be... Read more →

Internet Censorship

By Matt Stiles •
Which countries censor the Internet, according to a report by the OpenNet Initiative: See full-size version Hat tip: Travis Swicegood Read more →

The State of Facebook

By Matt Stiles •
The percentage of Facebook users by state as of Dec. 2009 (darker shades represent higher rates of usage): Sources: Google Fusion Tables, U.S. Census Bureau | Data Read more →