The REAL DU Demographic Map!

[GregW]

Thanks to EarlG for sending an extract of his membership database with all the thousands of records of cities and states. If you looked down at the US from the Space Shuttle, and everyone in DU looked up and smiled, this is what you would see:



(Sorry I didn't have time to map Alaska, Hawaii, or the rest of the world)

[FlashHarry]

1. Not a single DUer in South Dakota?

Wow, I thought Daschle might be posting here. Guess I was wrong. (BTW, anybody heard from TD lately? He's been curiously silent.)

[MoonGod]

51. I noticed the same thing.

Interesting.

All other 47 states in the C-USA are represented, though. And I'm 95% sure we've got ppl in Alaska and Hawaii. I actually seem to remember that one of the big original Dean supporters on DU was one of our younger members from Alaska.

[GregW]

55. We definitely have HI and AK in the house ...

Just didn't have time to include them in the pics.

[TheBigGuy]

2. Interesting how closley it mimics US population distribution.

I really dont see any anomalys here. Its a good analogy to the actual population distribution/density in the US.

[theemu]

59. Um, no.

See, if it mimicked US population distribution, Texas would have more DUers on that map than New York, as Texas has 2M more people than New York.

But excepting Texas and certain states in the midwest, it's rather similar.

[disgruntella]

3. i love it!

This is the only time I've seen so many smilies in one place, and actually smiled back! :+

[notadmblnd]

4. How many of us

does each smiling face represent?

[GregW]

8. Not sure exactly ...

It drops a smiley based on city, state ... so theoretically two people in the same city should have just one smiley. I hope it's that way, because it means I have more Oregon neighbors than I thought!

[GregW]

5. PS - Wave if that's you in Bandon, OR

I spent the weekend there a few weeks ago and the place is BEAUTIFUL!

[EarlG]

6. Awesome :)

Thanks Greg - that's really cool. And just so everyone knows, I only sent Greg the list of cities and states - there was no personally identifying material. We value your privacy!

Thanks again,
EG

[EarlG]

20. One more important thing to bear in mind about the data

This map is based on DU donors - not on everyone who posts to or who just visits DU every day. Obviously we don't have cities and states available for everybody. So this is a representation of the entire picture.

[EarlG]

23. Plus

it doesn't take into account all the new people who donated in the last fund drive. I haven't gotten around to dealing with that data yet (there's a lot of it!)

[goobergunch]

7. WOW!!

That's me in the Philly suburbs. :-)

Interesting distribution, though...reminiscent of the "red counties, blue counties" map.

ON EDIT: If it hasn't registered my donation yet, then I guess it isn't...wow, I've got a lot of DU neighbors!

[LeftCoast]

9. Any possibility of looking at the raw data?

The map's cool, but it looks like the population distribution is very even across most of the country. Does each smilie stand for a set number of people?

Sorry for being geeky here...

LeftCoast

[Gman]

10. Who's out there in beautiful Fort Stockton, TX

There really are a lot of good Democrats out in West Texas led by the Honorable Bob Dean, county chair in Reeves County.

[ScreamingMeemie]

11. I can't breathe....I'm being suffocated here in Southeast Michigan...

gasp...:)

[Garage Queen]

52. We're not suffocating, Mrs. Grumpy!

We're just being....neighborly!

Howdy, neighbor! :hi:

[Coffee Coyote]

12. you can add two to Flagstaff AZ

Two memberships that moved without an update in the database. :-)

[ScreamingMeemie]

17. One for you and one for your split personality?

:evilgrin:

[Coffee Coyote]

19. lol, nope

KadeCarrion - who has to live with my 2 personalities. :D

[blondeatlast]

31. Soooo, somebody's been taking up the slack already? Hmmmm.

I counted you as a Zonie.

[neuvocat]

13. LOL

That's so amusing to look at!

[GregW]

14. But wait ... there's more!

How about a DU population density map by state, darker states = more members. California wins with 499, Rhode Island and Wyoming have 2 and 3 DUers respectively.

[goobergunch]

15. Nice!

A :toast: :toast: :toast: to GregW for putting this together.

And a :toast: :toast: to EarlG for making it possible.

[ScreamingMeemie]

16. Way way way too cool, now can you get shots from above of all our

respective cars with their DU bumper stickers? :-)

[Coffee Coyote]

18. and one by the number of grandchildren in each state!

:D

[ScreamingMeemie]

22. Hahahaha...I'm going to have to start coloring my hair now.

;)

[blondeatlast]

32. Damn, AZ is darker than I would have thought!

To the Zonies: :toast:

[VermontDem2004]

35. Arizona has a lot of democrats

the republicans who usually get elected are moderates, very few of them I would consider repukes (like J.D. Hagworth for example). We have a democratic Governor, most "Zonies" know Bush's policies have failed them, during the spring of 2003, Arizona had the highest Unemployment Rate in the nation because of Tech Jobs going overseas. When Tech jobs moved to Phoenix in the 1940's, Phoenix really boomed economically, and grew in population as well as the whole State.

[Coffee Coyote]

42. one slight correction

Washington State leads the nation in unemployment. Both tech and Boeing jobs, as well as dotcoms failing. The figure hovers at around 7.7% or more.

[VermontDem2004]

44. One Slight Correction

Oregon leads the nation in unemployment with 8.1% http://www.bls.gov/lau/ washington has 7.5%. I said Arizona lead the nation in employment in Spring of 2003, it has dropped significantly since then. But tech jobs is what really boosted Arizona's economy, they moved the China but before that, there were massive layoffs.

[Coffee Coyote]

48. Oregon

They have been switching places with WA for months, so no dispute here.

It sucks all over.

[GregW]

21. Looking for a hot DU date?

How about population density circles by COUNTY. Oh yeah baby ... here's the DU "hot spots"!

[arcane1]

24. too cool! Time for the DU Road Tour (tm)

:toast:

[SiobhanClancy]

25. Who's in the Keys..

enquiring minds want to know

[JanMichael]

36. "Donsu" if my memory serves me well.

He was doing a daily one-man protest in front of the naval base prior to the invasion.

Much respect from me.

[5thGenDemocrat]

26. Get off me!! I'M SUFFOCATING!!!

Lord, I had no idea there were so many DUers right here in Michigan. Many of them are right on top of me.
John
Saginaw. But you probably knew that.

[TacticalPeek]

27. The Blue States and the South.

Almost.

[LittleApple81]

28. This is really nice! Thanks.

I must say that me "We are still in Kansas, Toto."
But having access to DU helps.

[VermontDem2004]

29. Who is the DUer in the ocean?(I know it's the little islands south of FL)

I live underneath the other DUers right where Phoenix is.

[blondeatlast]

33. Well, my husband respectfully requests that I

move.

:evilgrin:

[blondeatlast]

30. The few, the proud, the loud; the Zonies!!!

Loud--well, ZW, SZJ, and CC and I take up the slack, I think!

On edit: Sorry, forgot all about you, VermontDem. Now could you move, I can't breathe! And take Sal316's foot with you! And ZWs elbow, while you're at it . . .

[ikojo]

34. There ARE DUers in

St Louis!!!!

I am not the only one!

[pink_poodle]

37. Missed me again!!! I'm just north of Toronto on the lake. Hello everyone

and so nice to see all the happy faces!!!!!!!!

[Kellanved]

38. Looks like a USA from space photo.

[Duncan Grant]

39. Oh, LOOK! Someone's in Crawford, Texas!

or could it be Waco? hmmmm.

[GOPisEvil]

56. I think I know who that is...

...and she's not in Crawford, but kinda close. Definitely the same kind of land as the pig farm, though.

[sonias]

40. cool

I hope we see a doubling of smiley faces by '04. We need more dark green states and definitely more bubble type blobs to help defend democracy.

Yeah DU!

Sonia

[MissMarple]

41. It looks like someone may be in Creede, Colorado.

Ha! They have great 4th of July celebrations.

[flama]

43. I'm smiling!

From the looks of Florida, nobody's stealing the election in 2004!

Hey, JanMichael, could you move over a little? My leg's falling asleep. You could take Stephanie to the marina and look for Mars or something. :loveya:

This is great! Thanks, Greg! Thanks, Earl!

[Blue-Jay]

45. YAY!

I see myself!

I had no idea that I looked so jaundiced....

[Pocho]

46. I'LL JUST ADD SAN ANTONIO TLAYACAPAN, JALISCO, MEXICO

because I forgot to add the map. We tend to pay little attention to details and avoid thinking very far ahead around here.

It's right between Chapala and Ajijic.

[NightTrain]

47. Who are all those folks in Southern New England?

And how can I hook with some of 'em? :shrug:

[Raenelle]

49. I'm not on there. Add Imperial, CA

n/t

[GregW]

50. Kick for the East Coasters

:kick:

[GOPisEvil]

53. WHeeeeee...look at all those smiles in Bush country!

I like that dark green circle over Austin, too! :bounce:

[underpants]

54. I'm coordinating this with my ALARM thread and robbing everyone blind!

Hahahaha (evil laugh)

[Hubert Flottz]

57. WV is getting a lot of smiling DUers!

14 ? * NICE! :beer:

We can smile, it's the repubs in WV that don't have teeth! We're the Pretty Party!

[Liberal Veteran]

58. Could double as a light pollution map.....

[Breezy du Nord]

60. I think I see myself!

ooh, I look sooooo cute.

lol, that's a great map!

[XNASA]

61. It's makes a great desktop wallpaper.

Thanks Greg!

[sujan]

62. finally I am on the map

so who are the other Utahns?