Racial Dot Map

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Diverse on Paper, Segregated in Reality

Many places are statistically diverse, but their inhabits can be worlds apart. A local perspective (and finer data) is needed to fully appreciate how different races and classes inhabit a neighborhood.

June 22, 2015 - Rice Kinder Institute for Urban Research

U.S. Race Map

A Pretty Picture of America's Stark Segregation

In what may be the most informative piece of pointillist 'painting' ever made, a demographic researcher has created a zoomable racial map of America made up of 308,745,538 dots. The result is 'strangely beautiful'.

August 17, 2013 - The Atlantic Cities

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