Unfortunately not -- only the 1990 census (and 2010 to come) is available to plot at the single-block level of detail. That alone might be worth animating, though.
I think even 1990-2000-2010 would be very interesting. In my hometown of SF I could watch the red waves of white hipsters make their way across SoMa and the Mission.
This is a pretty neat graphic. I think the most diverse place I've lived in SF was Fillmore, right at the edge of Japantown/Fillmore. All kinds of people live around there. I like the "melting pot" atmosphere :D When I initially moved to SF, I thought it was super diverse (compared to my Midwestern hometown). While I still think the Bay Area is very diverse in general, the maps looks fairly segregated to me. After living in Fillmore, the Mission, and currently Ingleside, I would have to say that this map just confirms that the blended neighbourhoods I thought existed are somewhat of an illusion.... it's still better than my hometown though.
Judging by my personal experience (which is not proven or anything, haha) I would say the map is accurate and there's a high Asian population in Excelsior. My boyfriend used to live in Ingleside, so I would make frequent trips out there, and where he lived had a similar vibe to as Ingleside. I've never been to Visitation Valley, though, so I don't know anything about that area.
This is really impressive and fascinating. I didn't even need to look at the legend to figure out where the white folks are since Marin County and the Peninsula is almost solid red! I'm happy in my more diverse neighborhood.
This graphic makes me homesick. I used to live in Sausalito and on the Presidio two decades ago. It may be nice to update these graphics every five years, maybe every two years. Don't know how we'd do that with current technology, though.
Mr. Fischer, will you be making these race+ethnicity maps from the 2010 census stats? Also, have you thought about making similar maps using the demographic of class (education+income)?
I appreciate the accessibility of these maps for people of all educational backgrounds.
To my lovely Piedmont neighbors: your city is like a racially & classist-ly segregated eye sore smack dab in the middle of multi-cultural Oakland. The Oakland public schools would be in better shape if 1.the city of Piedmont didn't ciphen itself off from the city of Oakland to form their own city in the 1960's and 2.Piedmont residents sent their kids to public schools.
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Eric Fischer 33 months ago | reply
Unfortunately not -- only the 1990 census (and 2010 to come) is available to plot at the single-block level of detail. That alone might be worth animating, though.
@jokraelove415 33 months ago | reply
white people are fuckin everywhere...and lots of em. Scary....
mattkim99 33 months ago | reply
Oh wait, I'm white and live in the Mission...
niffyat 33 months ago | reply
This is a pretty neat graphic.
I think the most diverse place I've lived in SF was Fillmore, right at the edge of Japantown/Fillmore. All kinds of people live around there. I like the "melting pot" atmosphere :D
When I initially moved to SF, I thought it was super diverse (compared to my Midwestern hometown). While I still think the Bay Area is very diverse in general, the maps looks fairly segregated to me. After living in Fillmore, the Mission, and currently Ingleside, I would have to say that this map just confirms that the blended neighbourhoods I thought existed are somewhat of an illusion.... it's still better than my hometown though.
niffyat 33 months ago | reply
micahlaurameyers 33 months ago | reply
This is really impressive and fascinating. I didn't even need to look at the legend to figure out where the white folks are since Marin County and the Peninsula is almost solid red! I'm happy in my more diverse neighborhood.
vincentgarrett 33 months ago | reply
Just for the record, Visitacion Valley has alot of Samoans in the Sunnydale Projects.
@jokraelove415 33 months ago | reply
FYI Vincent - Many of the Samoan Families from Sunnydale have been "relocated". Not nearly as many as there used to be.....
razzumitos 33 months ago | reply
Excellent work, Eric. Very interesting to see.
0x0000org 33 months ago | reply
It is interesting to compare it against this map: hood.theory.org/
Geodog 33 months ago | reply
Awesome data visualization. Thanks
pocapaypay 33 months ago | reply
i feel soo left out! what about vallejo? we're the bay too! :-(
plznt3 33 months ago | reply
This graphic makes me homesick. I used to live in Sausalito and on the Presidio two decades ago. It may be nice to update these graphics every five years, maybe every two years. Don't know how we'd do that with current technology, though.
rubalisciousness 32 months ago | reply
Mr. Fischer, will you be making these race+ethnicity maps from the 2010 census stats? Also, have you thought about making similar maps using the demographic of class (education+income)?
I appreciate the accessibility of these maps for people of all educational backgrounds.
rubalisciousness 32 months ago | reply
To my lovely Piedmont neighbors: your city is like a racially & classist-ly segregated eye sore smack dab in the middle of multi-cultural Oakland. The Oakland public schools would be in better shape if 1.the city of Piedmont didn't ciphen itself off from the city of Oakland to form their own city in the 1960's and 2.Piedmont residents sent their kids to public schools.
Eric Fischer 32 months ago | reply
Yes, I'd like to make another set once the 2010 data is released.
Eric Fischer 32 months ago | reply
Replaced with new image that represents the shapes of census blocks accurately.
Eric Fischer 27 months ago | reply
Updated for Census 2010:
amoebahop 18 months ago | reply
Hey, you changed the color scheme! Are you up for making another one with the same colors as before? It would be easier to compare them.
Eric Fischer 18 months ago | reply
This version uses the original color scheme.