Public data, drawn plainly

visualizedata.org turns satellite and public records into pages anyone can read, with the method and the raw numbers one click away.

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How the site is organised

Every number belongs to a place (a country, a county, a lake), an indicator (what is measured, and by whom) and a year. Each page is one slice of that grid:

One place, every indicatorA country's profile: 30 indicators, each with its latest figure, how it has changed, and where it sits among countries. All 226 countries have one.
One topic, every placeA map and a ranked table, like every Minnesota county's climate or every country's job market.
Many places, many indicatorsPick countries and indicators; trend charts, a table, and with two indicators a scatter of every country.
What each indicator is, and how completeData notes for all 30: the source, and which countries have figures for which years.

Every chart says what it is: a title, a one-line description, the exact indicator and the source, in the chart itself, so it stays honest when it is cut out of the page.

Demo pages

How's Hennepin County?One county, every topic: climate, river, air, wildfire, jobs and elections
Was September normal in Alaska?One topic, every Alaska county: a map and a ranked table of all 30 counties
Was September normal in Alabama?One topic, every Alabama county: a map and a ranked table of all 67 counties
Was September normal in Arkansas?One topic, every Arkansas county: a map and a ranked table of all 75 counties
Was September normal in Arizona?One topic, every Arizona county: a map and a ranked table of all 15 counties
Was September normal in California?One topic, every California county: a map and a ranked table of all 58 counties
Was September normal in Colorado?One topic, every Colorado county: a map and a ranked table of all 64 counties
Was September normal in Connecticut?One topic, every Connecticut county: a map and a ranked table of all 0 counties
Was September normal in Delaware?One topic, every Delaware county: a map and a ranked table of all 3 counties
Was September normal in Florida?One topic, every Florida county: a map and a ranked table of all 67 counties
Was September normal in Georgia?One topic, every Georgia county: a map and a ranked table of all 159 counties
Was September normal in Hawaii?One topic, every Hawaii county: a map and a ranked table of all 5 counties
Was September normal in Iowa?One topic, every Iowa county: a map and a ranked table of all 99 counties
Was September normal in Idaho?One topic, every Idaho county: a map and a ranked table of all 44 counties
Was September normal in Illinois?One topic, every Illinois county: a map and a ranked table of all 102 counties
Was September normal in Indiana?One topic, every Indiana county: a map and a ranked table of all 92 counties
Was September normal in Kansas?One topic, every Kansas county: a map and a ranked table of all 105 counties
Was September normal in Kentucky?One topic, every Kentucky county: a map and a ranked table of all 120 counties
Was September normal in Louisiana?One topic, every Louisiana county: a map and a ranked table of all 64 counties
Was September normal in Massachusetts?One topic, every Massachusetts county: a map and a ranked table of all 14 counties
Was September normal in Maryland?One topic, every Maryland county: a map and a ranked table of all 24 counties
Was September normal in Maine?One topic, every Maine county: a map and a ranked table of all 16 counties
Was September normal in Michigan?One topic, every Michigan county: a map and a ranked table of all 83 counties
Was September normal in Minnesota?One topic, every Minnesota county: a map and a ranked table of all 87 counties
Was September normal in Missouri?One topic, every Missouri county: a map and a ranked table of all 115 counties
Was September normal in Mississippi?One topic, every Mississippi county: a map and a ranked table of all 82 counties
Was September normal in Montana?One topic, every Montana county: a map and a ranked table of all 56 counties
Was September normal in North Carolina?One topic, every North Carolina county: a map and a ranked table of all 100 counties
Was September normal in North Dakota?One topic, every North Dakota county: a map and a ranked table of all 53 counties
Was September normal in Nebraska?One topic, every Nebraska county: a map and a ranked table of all 93 counties
Was September normal in New Hampshire?One topic, every New Hampshire county: a map and a ranked table of all 10 counties
Was September normal in New Jersey?One topic, every New Jersey county: a map and a ranked table of all 21 counties
Was September normal in New Mexico?One topic, every New Mexico county: a map and a ranked table of all 33 counties
Was September normal in Nevada?One topic, every Nevada county: a map and a ranked table of all 17 counties
Was September normal in New York?One topic, every New York county: a map and a ranked table of all 62 counties
Was September normal in Ohio?One topic, every Ohio county: a map and a ranked table of all 88 counties
Was September normal in Oklahoma?One topic, every Oklahoma county: a map and a ranked table of all 77 counties
Was September normal in Oregon?One topic, every Oregon county: a map and a ranked table of all 36 counties
Was September normal in Pennsylvania?One topic, every Pennsylvania county: a map and a ranked table of all 67 counties
Was September normal in Rhode Island?One topic, every Rhode Island county: a map and a ranked table of all 5 counties
Was September normal in South Carolina?One topic, every South Carolina county: a map and a ranked table of all 46 counties
Was September normal in South Dakota?One topic, every South Dakota county: a map and a ranked table of all 66 counties
Was September normal in Tennessee?One topic, every Tennessee county: a map and a ranked table of all 95 counties
Was September normal in Texas?One topic, every Texas county: a map and a ranked table of all 254 counties
Was September normal in Utah?One topic, every Utah county: a map and a ranked table of all 29 counties
Was September normal in Virginia?One topic, every Virginia county: a map and a ranked table of all 132 counties
Was September normal in Vermont?One topic, every Vermont county: a map and a ranked table of all 14 counties
Was September normal in Washington?One topic, every Washington county: a map and a ranked table of all 39 counties
Was September normal in Wisconsin?One topic, every Wisconsin county: a map and a ranked table of all 72 counties
Was September normal in West Virginia?One topic, every West Virginia county: a map and a ranked table of all 55 counties
Was September normal in Wyoming?One topic, every Wyoming county: a map and a ranked table of all 23 counties
Was September normal in the contiguous United States?One topic, every state: a map and a ranked table of all 50 states
How's the job market around the world?One topic, every country: a map and a ranked table of all 181 countries

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