Why People Move

Role: Data Visualizer
Client: FlowingData
Tools Used: Tableau, Sketch, Flourish, Excel, Photoshop

GOAL

FlowingData offers a monthly ‘Visualize This’ challenge to uncover multiple ways to visualize a given dataset. The August 2019 challenge was ‘Reasons for Moving’ from the Current Population Survey (Table A-5). The goal was to visualize the data using any software.

WHAT I DID

  • Cleaned the dataset in Excel

  • Designed a custom infographic highlighting key findings using Tableau and Sketch

  • Created an animated Bar Chart Race in Flourish

VISUALIZATIONS

I illustrated how migration patterns changed (or remained constant) over time and which factors have increased over the years via rank (most popular reasons).

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