Tagalog in California, Cherokee in Arkansas (fwd link)

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MAY 13 2014 7:35 AM
Tagalog in California, Cherokee in Arkansas
By Ben Blatt

What language does your state speak?

Last month, I wrote about the fun and the pitfalls of viral
maps<http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2014/04/viral_maps_the_problem_with_all_those_fun_maps_of_the_u_s_plus_some_fun.html>,
a feature that included 88 super-simple maps of my own creation. As a
follow-up, I’m writing up short items on some of those maps, walking
through how I created them and how they succumb to (and hopefully overcome)
the shortfalls of viral cartography.

One of the most interesting data sets for aspiring mapmakers is the Census
Bureau’s American Community Survey <http://www.census.gov/acs/www/>. Among
other things, that survey includes a detailed look at the languages spoken
in American homes. All the maps below are based on the responses to this
survey. For instance, Mandarin, Cantonese, and other Chinese dialects are
separated as different responses in the data and were treated as different
languages when constructing these maps. If those languages had been grouped
together, the marking of many states would change. In addition, Hawaiian is
listed as a Pacific Island language, so following the ACS classifications,
it was not included in the Native American languages map. The spelling of
each language is based on the language of the ACS.

Access full article below:
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2014/05/language_map_what_s_the_most_popular_language_in_your_state.html
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