How Many People Reside in Each Time Zone
I knew Eastern Time was the largest time zone population-wise, but I was curious how many people live in each Time Zone.
US Census
US Population Non Contiguous Cartogram
I was wondering how difficult it would be to create a non contiguous cartogram in QGIS. Not too difficult although it would be neat if you could do it automatically with data based formatting but that option isn't yet available for the transform option. Still I'm happy with the results.
Counties with fewer then 100 people per sq mile
56.7 million people in the United States reside in counties with fewer then 100 persons per mile. That's 17 percent of the United States population on 84 percent of the landmass.
BOCES Districts
In 1948, the New York State legislature created Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) to provide shared educational programs and services to school districts within the state. Today, there are 37 BOCES districts that consist of shared services between 712 school districts, every district outside of the New York City School District.
Median Value of Owner Occupied Homes
Metro Areas in New York
The Census Bureau has Albany-Schenectady-Troy as the 4th largest metropolitan area in New York, while Syracuse is only the 6th largest metropolitan area, with Poughkeepsie-Newburgh in the 5th place.