tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41251323023506878262024-02-07T05:04:47.650-05:00FairPlan2020Precision Mapping for Community-Based Redistricting and GOTVFairPan2020http://www.blogger.com/profile/06394733124654299618noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4125132302350687826.post-45073857095131418652012-02-06T12:36:00.002-05:002014-03-04T13:23:09.534-05:002010 ACS Contrast Charts by County and PlaceUpdated with 2010-12 and 2008-12 ACS (Dec. 2013)
We have uploaded around 2,500 new chart documents based on the 2008-2010 American Community Survey (ACS). The charts compare African Americans, Latinos, and non-Hispanic whites across a range of socio-economic indicators.
The 2008-2010 ACS is the first three-year ACS to reflect the full impact of the Great Recession.
These documents FairPan2020http://www.blogger.com/profile/06394733124654299618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4125132302350687826.post-12663330073153446752011-06-04T12:34:00.005-04:002013-05-25T21:30:18.790-04:00State-by-State Block Level 2010 PL 94-171 Files Available for DownloadWe're making state-by-state block level 2010 PL 94-171 files available for download.
The dataset uses Maptitude field name nomenclature and includes the same race and ethnic categories as the 2000 PL94-171 block files we posted at the start of the 2000 Census redistricting cycle.
Additional calculated fields for "any part" African American, American Indian, and Asian Americans are FairPan2020http://www.blogger.com/profile/06394733124654299618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4125132302350687826.post-83731233026375532652011-03-31T09:49:00.022-04:002011-04-11T10:55:19.953-04:00Redistricting Data Available for All StatesThe Census Bureau completed the release of the 2010 Census PL 94-171 redistricting file last week. We now have block-level databases loaded into Maptitude for Redistricting for the entire country.
Redistricting plans for local jurisdictions (our specialty) usually require block-level detail in order to deal with the multiplicity of factors involved in drawing election districts.
We've added a FairPan2020http://www.blogger.com/profile/06394733124654299618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4125132302350687826.post-22269162786290177602011-03-27T20:22:00.010-04:002011-04-18T13:10:15.591-04:00Two Majority African American Congressional Districts Possible in VirginiaTwo majority African-American voting age congressional districts can be drawn in Virginia, based on the 2010 Census.
The draft Congressional District 3 displayed below extends along the James River from Richmond and Central Virginia to Hampton on the north and Isle of Wight County on the south. The draft district has a 50.03% any part African American voting age population and is 59% FairPan2020http://www.blogger.com/profile/06394733124654299618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4125132302350687826.post-76462603139498689172011-03-24T23:16:00.016-04:002011-03-27T12:06:39.982-04:00South Carolina Set for Second Majority-Black DistrictA little over a year ago, we surmised that there was a good chance that a second majority African-American
congressional district could be drawn in the Palmetto State upon release of the 2010 Census. The South Carolina PL 94-171 redistricting file was released yesterday by the Census Bureau. The results are in. A second district can be created.
The map below shows a hastily drawn draft with FairPan2020http://www.blogger.com/profile/06394733124654299618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4125132302350687826.post-6009423181844184842011-02-21T12:00:00.008-05:002011-02-28T13:53:42.368-05:002011 Redistricting UnderwayThe 2010 Census has been released for about a dozen states and we're now producing redistricting plans and election-related analyses. We have imported the demographics into Maptitude for Redistricting software for these states. We'll convert the remaining states within hours of the Census Bureau release. Eight more states will be available this week. (see map)
Thus far, we've prepared draft FairPan2020http://www.blogger.com/profile/06394733124654299618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4125132302350687826.post-84567668422087010372009-12-30T08:49:00.007-05:002012-02-05T18:44:52.845-05:00American Community Survey Contrast ChartsWe've just uploaded over a thousand documents with tables and charts from the 2008 American Community Survey (ACS) released this fall by the Census Bureau. The charts reveal socio-economic disparities experienced by African-Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans vis-a-vis non-Hispanic whites.
Click through these directories to download PDF files by nation, state, and selected counties and FairPan2020http://www.blogger.com/profile/06394733124654299618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4125132302350687826.post-44604423342946369482009-12-24T08:16:00.006-05:002011-02-28T13:54:57.620-05:00Potential New Majority-Black Congressional District in South CarolinaAccording to the latest population estimates from the Census Bureau, South Carolina is set to gain a new congressional seat in 2011. This means that a new majority African-American congressional district is in the cards.
The map below shows one possible configuration -- without getting into messy little details such as where incumbents live. The map is based on 2006 census tract population FairPan2020http://www.blogger.com/profile/06394733124654299618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4125132302350687826.post-21503612520030877952009-11-02T17:45:00.038-05:002009-12-30T13:06:31.403-05:00¡Hágase Contar!Probably the single-most important factor which may contribute to an undercount in the 2010 Census is citizenship status. The Census Bureau estimates that there are 21.6 million non-citizen residents -- an increase of 3 million non-citizens over the 18.6 million reported in the 2000 Census.
The interactive table below shows the percentage of non-citizens for all places in the United States FairPan2020http://www.blogger.com/profile/06394733124654299618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4125132302350687826.post-1923909784696241032009-07-23T10:11:00.097-04:002009-11-30T15:30:44.428-05:00Get out the Count -- Census 2010The decennial census count has major implications for reapportionment, redistricting, and funding. Groups across America are conducting outreach campaigns to ensure that everyone is counted on April 1, 2010.
The Census Bureau has developed a list of "Hard-to-Count" (HTC) census tracts based on underlying demographic and socio-economic indicators. These are the areas where community-based "get FairPan2020http://www.blogger.com/profile/06394733124654299618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4125132302350687826.post-26924073721644276882008-04-23T06:19:00.011-04:002008-05-11T17:31:09.497-04:00Google Gets it Right in PAUp to now, we've been somewhat disappointed with Google's election maps. But their latest offering for Pennsylvania does a great job of merging election results with demographics via maps, charts, and even a spreadsheet.The Google Lat Long Blog has the details. We hope the Google Elections Team goes back and produces this sort of county-level analysis for all states.Our guess is that similar FairPan2020http://www.blogger.com/profile/06394733124654299618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4125132302350687826.post-17180362067625305942008-03-26T18:54:00.020-04:002008-04-14T06:56:02.653-04:00More Bush-GoreBush-Gore precinct maps in Google Earth KMZ format are now available via the Google Earth forum for two additional late primary states -- Indiana (May 6) and West Virginia (May 13).Click graphic for larger image.With Kentucky (May 20) sandwiched in between, it would have been nice to include the Bluegrass State as well. But, alas, there are very few counties where the election data from 2000 FairPan2020http://www.blogger.com/profile/06394733124654299618noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4125132302350687826.post-15558266792838971272008-03-18T08:56:00.014-04:002008-03-18T18:04:46.253-04:00Bush-Gore by 2000 Precinct in PennsylvaniaThe Pennsylvania primary is just a month away. There is probably a statewide GIS database showing Bush-Kerry by precinct, but the gatekeepers at the political party headquarters will never make it available to the public.Fortunately, Pennsylvania is a state where a Bush-Gore map is just about as useful. So we have uploaded a precinct-level Google Earth map showing 2000 presidential election FairPan2020http://www.blogger.com/profile/06394733124654299618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4125132302350687826.post-70308149435368768122008-03-11T09:16:00.005-04:002008-04-23T09:15:42.302-04:00Felon Disenfranchisement by StateAn estimated five million people nationwide are ineligible to vote because of a felony conviction, according to The Sentencing Project. Of these, three-fourths (3.5 million) are no longer incarcerated.Felon Disenfranchisement Rates by State in 2004The map below shows the percentage of the voting age population by state that was ineligible to vote in 2004 due to felony convictions.View Larger FairPan2020http://www.blogger.com/profile/06394733124654299618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4125132302350687826.post-78709429996627044642008-02-19T10:32:00.031-05:002008-03-11T11:11:58.483-04:00African American Voter Registration Rates by StateIn a previous chart, we noted that there are over 7 million Latino citizens who are not registered to vote. Nationally, African-American citizens have a much higher voter registration rate than Latino citizens -- 69% to 58%. But at 7.5 million, the unregistered African American population is just as numerous.The chart below shows that younger African Americans are less likely to be registered to FairPan2020http://www.blogger.com/profile/06394733124654299618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4125132302350687826.post-53852465590641041992008-01-22T08:45:00.000-05:002008-01-24T15:45:33.468-05:00Zillow Neighborhood Demographic and Poverty StatsThis KMZ file aggregates basic population and poverty demographics for the Zillow neighborhood boundaries.View in Google Earth (7.5 mb)We used census block group data from the SF1 and SF3 file of the 2000 census. The map is color-coded by the percentage of the population living at or below the poverty level.Neighborhood boundaries are sorted by city and state in the sidebar. For faster display, FairPan2020http://www.blogger.com/profile/06394733124654299618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4125132302350687826.post-79387036823274717462008-01-17T11:24:00.000-05:002008-01-18T09:53:20.452-05:00Zillow NeighborhoodsHere is something that might be useful for voter registration and GOTV efforts. This Google Earth KMZ file contains boundaries for nearly 7,000 neighborhoods in 150 cities. The file is based on shapefiles released by Zillow.com yesterday.View in Google Earth (6.5 mb)State- by-state shapefiles are available here:http://www.zillow.com/labs/NeighborhoodBoundaries.htmAdditional details are posted on FairPan2020http://www.blogger.com/profile/06394733124654299618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4125132302350687826.post-22597531072627945442008-01-16T10:43:00.000-05:002008-02-19T12:00:10.028-05:00Unregistered Latino and Asian-American CitizensThere are about 7 million Latino citizens in the U. S. who are not registered to vote. The table and chart in the figure below show that 5 million of the unregistered Latinos are ages 18 to 44 -- roughly half of the Latino citizen population for that age group.Over 95% of all Latino citizens who are not registered to vote live in areas defined by the census tracts identified in our previous post.FairPan2020http://www.blogger.com/profile/06394733124654299618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4125132302350687826.post-67744489317856143902008-01-14T19:32:00.000-05:002008-01-14T16:15:12.124-05:00Estimated Latino 18+ citizens (2006) by tract Click graphic for larger image. View this map in Google Earth (500k)This Google Earth KMZ file contains nearly 20,000 census tract centroids, representing all census tracts with an estimated 50 or more Latinos of voting age who are citizens as of July, 2006.These estimates can be used to help set targets for voter registration efforts in Latino neighborhoods.The FairPan2020http://www.blogger.com/profile/06394733124654299618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4125132302350687826.post-31074645755994046682007-12-14T08:20:00.001-05:002007-12-26T11:45:10.785-05:00GOTV Demographics and Google EarthThanks to gCensus, loading demographic information into Google Earth is a relatively simple process. You can produce a Google Earth KML file to visualize demographic and socioeconomic data from the 2000 U.S. Census -- in some cases down to the census block level.Let's say you want to pinpoint areas in Green Bay, WI for a door-to-door Latino voter registration drive. According to the 2000 census, FairPan2020http://www.blogger.com/profile/06394733124654299618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4125132302350687826.post-3567779921795173642007-12-08T19:25:00.007-05:002009-12-02T21:32:52.797-05:002008 ResourcesACLU Voting Rights Project
Advancement Project (racial and social justice issues)
American FactFinder (U.S. Census Bureau data resource site)
BatchGeocoder (map multiple locations and retrieve with your browser)
Brennan Center for Justice (NYU School of Law)
Capitol Impact (quick access to federal, state and local government info)
Census Information Center Participants (non-profit data FairPan2020http://www.blogger.com/profile/06394733124654299618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4125132302350687826.post-29822863575303532602007-12-06T11:55:00.000-05:002007-12-14T12:58:13.458-05:00From Google Earth to My MapsFor neighborhood-level GOTV work, the complete Brown County map displayed in the previous entry is unnecessarily large. But if you have installed Google Earth, you can work with bite-size chunks.Click on "View Larger Map" in the Brown County Bush-Kerry map, then click on "View in Google Earth".Start Google Earth and open the Brown_WI.kmz file. Next zoom in to the area of the county where you wantFairPan2020http://www.blogger.com/profile/06394733124654299618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4125132302350687826.post-4696340577667437052007-12-05T09:36:00.000-05:002007-12-14T12:58:13.459-05:00Brown County, WI (Bush-Kerry)View Larger MapWill Google Maps become a serious neighborhood-level tool for campaigns and voter registration drives in 2008?It seems easy enough. Just save a base map to Google My Maps, then create an overlay or two with your own data. With Google's new collaboration tool, you can share and edit GOTV maps with coworkers, friends, and volunteers. You can make it public or keep it private.The map FairPan2020http://www.blogger.com/profile/06394733124654299618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4125132302350687826.post-65658113562983731292007-12-01T20:51:00.001-05:002008-04-01T23:25:01.222-04:0010,000 Maps PlusWe produced 30 interactive maps and over 10,000 Adobe PDF precinct maps leading up to the 2004 general election.Since then, we've updated the interactive maps with precinct-level data for California, Georgia, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Mexico, South Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin (plus Maine and Michigan townships).We'll add more states where we can find statewide precinct-level geographic FairPan2020http://www.blogger.com/profile/06394733124654299618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4125132302350687826.post-53269195620591565862007-12-01T12:25:00.001-05:002008-04-01T23:22:50.209-04:002004 Precinct KMZ FilesWe have produced statewide precinct files in Google Earth KMZ format for eight states -- California, Georgia, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Mexico, South Carolina, Texas and Wisconsin. You can download them from the Google Earth Community forum.The precinct boundaries are those in effect for the 2004 election. The maps are themed to show the vote percentages for Bush-Kerry (excluding third party FairPan2020http://www.blogger.com/profile/06394733124654299618noreply@blogger.com0