Indeed, very cool maps. I just sent an email to their web editor thanking them for putting up the maps so soon, but also asking them that to add a note to the maps to clarify how they are defining race and ethnicity. The Census Bureau defines Hispanic/Latino ethnicity as a different category from race (Hispanics can be of any race); the NY Times maps are doing some lumping together.
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That is fascinating
Thanks for sharing
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I was reading the NY Times on my way to work today and found out there are a serious of articles about ACS2005-2009. The most amazing thing is that they developed this interactive map at the Census Tract level for the whole nation. The maps show household income, home value, education and race and ethnicity at each tract and also the percentage change from the Census 2000.
Here is the link. You got to check this out!
http://projects.nytimes.com/census/2010/explorer?ref=us
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