5 Maps That Show How Divided America Really Is

We've written before about why the American Community Survey is so valuable (and why periodic attempts by Congress to gut it are so foolish). The annual survey by the Census Bureau collects much more detailed information than the decennial census, yielding constantly updated statistics on how we commute to work, whether we have health insurance, and what kind of homes we live in. The resulting picture tells us a lot about the country – or, rather, how where we live influences our dramatically varied experiences of America.

The below five maps were created by Calvin Metcalf, Kyle Box and Laura Evans using the latest five-year American Community Survey estimates provided by the Census Bureau for last weekend's National Day of Civic Hacking (we're geeking out on these projects this week).