United States

Belief in Heaven it the Unites States Belief in Hell in the United States Belief in GOD in the United

March 16, 2017 Alex

Percentage of Public School Students from Immigrant Households

This analysis merges Census Bureau data with Google maps to provide a visual representation of immigration’s impact on public schools

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March 16, 2017 Alex

Mapzen’s new bike map

Sometimes finding a bike route can be as hard as biking up a hill. Mapzen’s new bike overlay for Walkabout

Maps of World Religions

March 16, 2017 Alex

Americans are more religious than Europeans. About 61 percent of U.S. citizens state God is all-powerful, for example. In comparison, the median in some European countries like Sweden and Denmark on this question is just 13% of adults say this. 23% of the American adult population identify as religiously unaffiliated.

Laws

March 15, 2017 Alex

Corporal punishment in schools is legal in 19 US states

During the 2011-212 school year, 163,000 schoolchildren were subject to corporal punishment. Students of color, predominantly African American boys, are

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March 14, 2017 Alex

Major religious families by counties of the United States

Source: religionatlas.org Related post: – Largest denominations families in the United States (1971 – 2010)

Historical Maps Old maps

March 14, 2017 Alex

Old maps of the New Amsterdam and New Netherland

New Amsterdam was a 17th-century Dutch settlement founded at the strategic southern point of Manhattan Island that functioned as the colonial administration place in New Netherland. The fort protected the Dutch West India Company’s fur trade activity in the Hudson River.

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March 14, 2017 Alex