Population growth in the 32-county study area starting in 1850

Clayton Hanson & Laura Simmons | Aug 26, 2019

Click anywhere on the map below to pause and play. Each dot represents 500 people. The dots are distributed randomly within each county and are not intended to correspond to specific places, but instead to give a general sense of the number of people residing in each county over time.

Population in the 32 counties in 1850.
Population in the 32 counties in 1850.
Population in the 32 counties in 1860.
Population in the 32 counties in 1860.
Population in the 32 counties in 1870.
Population in the 32 counties in 1870.
Population in the 32 counties in 1880.
Population in the 32 counties in 1880.
Population in the 32 counties in 1890.
Population in the 32 counties in 1890.
Population in the 32 counties in 1900.
Population in the 32 counties in 1900.
Population in the 32 counties in 1910.
Population in the 32 counties in 1910.
Population in the 32 counties in 1920.
Population in the 32 counties in 1920.
Population in the 32 counties in 1930.
Population in the 32 counties in 1930.
Population in the 32 counties in 1940.
Population in the 32 counties in 1940.
Population in the 32 counties in 1950.
Population in the 32 counties in 1950.
Population in the 32 counties in 1960.
Population in the 32 counties in 1960.
Population in the 32 counties in 1970.
Population in the 32 counties in 1970.
Population in the 32 counties in 1980.
Population in the 32 counties in 1980.
Population in the 32 counties in 1990.
Population in the 32 counties in 1990.
Population in the 32 counties in 2000.
Population in the 32 counties in 2000.
Population in the 32 counties in 2010.
Population in the 32 counties in 2010.
Population in the 32 counties in 2018.
Population in the 32 counties in 2018.