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Bring your classroom to life with real world data. Select an activity that supplements what you are currently teaching in subjects including English, Math, Geography and History.
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Increase the data literacy of your students with resources that display data in fun ways. Choose from monthly Fun Facts, 5-Minute Challenge warm-up activities, maps, videos and more.
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Statistics in Schools activities are based on relevant education standards and guidelines that outline the foundational knowledge and skills students should have at certain levels.
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Statistics in Schools is a free Census Bureau program that uses the data to create resources for K-12 students in a variety of subjects.

Before and After 1940: Change in Population Density

This interactive data visualization includes three maps. The maps illustrate the increase and decrease in population density in the United States over three decades: 1920-1930, 1930-1940, and 1940-1950.  The legends on each map represent the change in population density for counties (people per square mile). Taken together, the three population density maps illustrate the changes in geographic mobility during the featured decades.

Page Last Revised - December 7, 2023
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