Monthly Archives: May 2020

Change in population by “race” and Hispanic/Latinx status, Chicago area, 2010-2014/2018

The Census Bureau released the 2014/2018 American Community Survey (ACS) tract-level data last December, and I’m afraid I’ve been a little slow to download and analyze any of the numbers. One reason is that I didn’t think that there would … Continue reading

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Pedestrian life in Chicago during the Coronavirus Pandemic

There have been hundreds of newspaper stories describing the emptiness of American cities during the Coronavirus Pandemic. This view doesn’t jibe with what I’ve observed at all. I’ll gladly admit that my experience during six weeks of “lockdown” (ever since March … Continue reading

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