Metrocosm, started by Max Galka, is a collection of maps and other data visualization projects — trying to make sense of the world through numbers. Last year, they made a map visualizing two centuries of immigration to the United States.
“From 1820 to 2013, 79 million people obtained lawful permanent resident status in the United States. The interactive map below visualizes all of them based on their prior country of residence. The brightness of a country corresponds to its total migration to the U.S. at the given time.”
Learn more about the data behind this map on the Metrocosm website or click here
But pattens are nothing without context. In this video, The Daily Conversation provides some context behind these immigration patterns.