Mapping Migration - a Visualization of Inflow & Outflows by Nation

As the election season matures and the Census decennial data slowing "leaks" out, there has been a lot of focus on America's changing demographics.  Below is a neat site that visualizes the migration inflow & outflows by nation.

Here is a screenshot (from peoplemov) of the US migration inflows, interesting how the drop off in count is dramatic after the Mexico-USA corridor is tabulated (oceans will do that to migration...).

"Cut & Paste" Highlights from peoplemovin:

"...the flows of migrants as of 2010 through the use of open data (see Data Sources below).... are presented as a flow chart that shows the connections between countries. The chart is split in two columns, the emigration countries on the left and the destination countries on the right ... [t]he thickness of the lines connecting the countries represents the amount of immigrated people. ..."

This isn't exclusively limited to US data.  The "world's top migration corridor" list makes me "muse" a bit.  It's fascinating where the BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) are "moving to".

Migration Data:

The World Bank Open Data
Bilateral Migration and Remittances 2010

Refugees and Asylum

Migration and Remittances Factbook 2011

World Population Data

U.S. Census Bureau, International Data Base

 

Data Sources - All the presented data are the latest available as of 2010.

peoplemovin is an experimental project in data visualization by Carlo Zapponi. Credits also go to FlowingData for bringing this site to my attention.

Moving out of New York (and into): The Visualization of Where

Found this  - a wonderful interactive visual display of New York migration patterns by zip code.  Really at its base, there are two key bits of information driving this map - where to & from by zip.


Taking a "dot cartogram" approach, I like to the "in-out" color thematics and inter route line connections to origin and destination zip codes.


This was part of 15 data "interpretations" featured on FlowingData and WNYC. Read/view more on the other submission below.

From WNYC.org's Map Your Moves: Data Visualization Challenge Submissions


Full credits to Moritz Stefaner (moritz.stefaner.eu)  - great work! Also thanks to FlowingData Mapping the moves of New York residents for bringing this to my attention.

Cool geo-Pic: Mediterranean Region by Population

This cool Geo-Pic comes from the United Nations GRID-Arendal Maps & Graphics feed.

They have a similar series on migration, water supply, environment & security.

Desertification Environment and Security in the Mediterranean: Desertification


Non-renewable Natural Resources Environment and Security in the Mediterranean: Non-renewable Natural Resources

Population Environment and Security in the Mediterranean: Population
Water Environment and Security in the Mediterranean: Water
Migration Environment and Security in the Mediterranean: Migration

Agriculture and Fisheries Environment and Security in the Mediterranean: Agriculture and Fisheries

Credits:
Titled Picture: Population. Environment and Security in the Mediterranean: Population
Source: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University; World Gazetteer
Cartographer/Designer: Emmanuelle Bournay and Matthias Beilstein, Zoï Environment Network
Appears in : Environment and Security Issues in the Southern Mediterranean Region
Published: 2009