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In the last week or so, the Census bureau decided to transform some of its reams of data into visual charts, graphs and maps. Most of the visualizations look at the way that population has shifted geographically over the decades. One chart breaks the data down by income, but none of the others break it down by race or household size or any other demographics. Some of the graphs are a little strange (I mean, I guess it's cool to see how many people live within a few miles of the 10 Freeway and the 5 Freeway?) But we picked out some of our favorites that show how the population has been changing in Los Angeles and California relative to the rest of the country.
