Show HN: Map of immigration to the U.S. since 1820
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Show HN: Map of immigration to the U.S. since 1820
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Re: Show HN: Map of immigration to the U.S. since 1820
#2This is a cool map and there's tons of information in it. It'd be nice to see more details, like the actual numbers instead of just a top 3 counties list. Or if I pause the timeline and hover over a country it'd be neat if it listed that year's exodus.
Why do come countries brighten in some years but then dim later on?
Edit: ah I see the associated blog post has a little more info, especially about the brightness question. http://metrocosm.com/animated-immigration-map/
Re: Show HN: Map of immigration to the U.S. since 1820
#3Is something wrong with Ukraine? At the end there a lot of dots coming from it, but it doesn't changes it's color. And it has same color as Russia.
Re: Show HN: Map of immigration to the U.S. since 1820
#4Is something wrong with Ukraine? At the end there a lot of dots coming from it, but it doesn't changes it's color. And it has same color as Russia.
Something wrong with site or my browser. It differs from this video
https://twitter.com/galka_max/status/727895094255190016?ref_...
Re: Show HN: Map of immigration to the U.S. since 1820
#5I love new ways to express data. But, as I see animations like this I become a little anxious as I'd like to absorb the information, but if I look too closely in one area then I risk missing a bigger pattern or trend.
After watching, I'm convinced that a good old line chart would have been a better representation of the data. Perhaps with some added dynamic behaviour.
Re: Show HN: Map of immigration to the U.S. since 1820
#6Surprised me how much came from Canada -- has that been a thing, or is Canada a proxy for other countries?
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#7Didn't know so much Germans came to the US back in the days.
Re: Show HN: Map of immigration to the U.S. since 1820
#8According to this, Canada was in the top 3 from 1910 to 1969 (being #1 from 1920 to 1949). Mexico has been #1 since 1960 up to present. It would be interesting to see the number of immigrants per country (at least in the top 3) as well as the proportion of immigrants wrt the total population during each decade.
Re: Show HN: Map of immigration to the U.S. since 1820
#9Surprised me how much came from Canada -- has that been a thing, or is Canada a proxy for other countries?
There was a massive (relatively speaking) emigration of Canadians (apparently mostly Canadiens français) in the late 19th and early 20th centuries[1]. The estimates for the period are of about 160K to 800K (including descendants) Canadians living in the USA, most of them living in the North-East, and most of them of French descent. An American census of 1870 counted about 160K in New England.
It's hard to get accurate numbers, but there definitely was a substantial number of emigrants.
http://www.cslf.gouv.qc.ca/bibliotheque-virtuelle/publicatio...
Re: Show HN: Map of immigration to the U.S. since 1820
#10Awesome viz! Would like some perspective on the overall volume, too. Maybe add a bar chart above the timeline/slider showing total immigration in each year? Maybe even alongside a graph of total US population growth so it's clear how much of the growth is due to immigration.