percent born in state of residence by congressional district

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Is this not counting immigrants? California and New York look rather fishy to me.

It is as a percentage of all residents, so it includes immigrants. Part of the issue is that in NYC, the districts are basically too small to see.

I stole Fuzzy's map and enlarged it slightly (and touched-up the boundaries slightly for clarity after resizing), to help a little with that, although still no inset. My marginally bigger copy is in the blank maps gallery (districts shaded for easy identification, using the DRA colour scheme as a key), if you want to borrow it, so long as you credit Fuzzy/Miles.


Edit: I should also so great work on this, it's fantastic!

Edit 2: Started work on a NYC inset.

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Completed NYC Inset:

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Thank Fuzzy/Miles - they did the great volume of work, I only did a few minor aesthetic changes.

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One more slight edit to include NJ District boundaries on the NYC Inset map.

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Some of this is surprising, some less so... I assume New Hampshire is people who have moved up from Boston and commute? Florida and Arizona are retirees? Las Vegas probably attract people from far afield, too, I would assume, and probably the mountains around Colorado. Florida's first district is probably the military base, I guess, but I'm surprised San Diago isn't higher, and Hawaii. Alaska, I assume, is people moving up to work in oil and gas?

I'm surprised, though, about Wyoming, Vermont, Idaho's first, being so high. I'm also surprised at how low some of the big cities are... I thought there'd be more people moving to LA, San Fran, Chicago and NYC, but it seems Americans are as more likely to move to Arkansas and Oklahoma?

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Thanks for the explanation, Jim, that all makes sense.