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Using data from the Department of Homeland Security, Northwestern University grad student Ian Stevenson created this gorgeous animation showing the flow of immigrants into the U.S. over time, color-coded by their regional origin. Each dot represents 100 people:


Immigration to the US, 1820-2007 v2 from Ian S on Vimeo.

(Hat tip: Reason's Katherine Mangu-Ward)

 
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MJCHMIEL

2:41 PM ET

December 17, 2008

this is nice

interesting

 

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