We wanted to see where building activity is taking place in Baton Rouge, LA. Using data from the Baton Rouge OpenData portal, we mapped the location of building permits issued between July 1 – July 15 by street address. We then created a new layer displaying the number of Occupied Housing Units by ZIP code with data […]
MOTD: 080316 – Job Growth by State for First Half 2016
We found some great data that Mike Maciag has compiled at Governing.com showing job growth and loss by state for the first six months of 2016. Maciag notes in his article that the biggest gainers are in the West with Oregon and Nevada growing at the fastest rates (+1.7%) in the six months since December 2015. […]
MOTD: 080216 — Binge Drinking Prevalence and Drunk Driving Fatalities, 2014
Is there a correlation between binge drinking and drunk driving fatalities? We wondered, too. So we created this map to plot out the states with the highest prevalence of binge drinking (as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). We then added a second dataset to show which states had the highest numbers […]
MOTD: 080116 Bigfoot Sightings by State
If he’s out there, then Bigfoot seems to be spending his winters in Florida. That’s one of the conclusions reached by our crack research team after looking at this map we created using data from the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization. The BFRO maintains a database of Bigfoot sightings stretching back decades. Back to Florida — […]
MOTD: 072916 – People infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella, by state of residence, as of July 14, 2016
As of July 14, 2016, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is actively investigating eight multi-state outbreaks of human Salmonella infections linked to contact with live poultry in backyard flocks. In the eight outbreaks, a total of 611 people have been reported infected with the outbreak strains across 45 states. The following map shows […]
MOTD: 072816 Travel-Associated Cases of Zika Virus, US
With the Olympic Games set to kick off in just a few days time, we wanted to take a snapshot of current travel-associated Zika virus cases in the US to use in a comparison after travelers have returned from Brazil. Our data comes from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention which maintains a database of […]
MOTD: 072718 Child Abductions, Chicago 2016
On this day in 1981, six year old Adam John Walsh was abducted from a Hollywood, Florida mall. He was later found murdered. His death led his father John Walsh to become one of the country’s leading advocates for tougher penalties for those who commit crimes against children. In 1984 he founded the National Center […]
Kentucky Obesity Rates and Location of Farmers Markets
Kentucky has one of the highest obesity rates in the country. We used stats from County Health Rankings to display the percentage of the Commonwealth’s population by county that are obese. We then added a second metric — the location of farmers’ markets across the state. It’s quickly obvious the lack of these sources of fresh […]
MOTD: CA Exceptional Drought and Location of Golf Courses
It’s tough watching loved ones suffer. If golf is your game and your favorite course is in drought-stricken California, odds are you’ve seen verdant fairways turn ochre and watched balls skid across rock hard greens. According to CBS.com, “There are 866 golf courses in California. An average 18-hole course uses 90 million gallons of water […]
072016 – Major US Dams by Year Constructed
We pulled data from the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics which has compiled a spreadsheet of major dams in the United States that are 50 feet or more in height, or with a normal storage capacity of 5,000 acre-feet or more, or with a maximum storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet or more. We then filtered the data […]