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Watch how income gains have shifted toward the richest Americans over time
nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Size of religious groups
Christians 2.3B
Muslims 1.8B
Unaffiliated 1.2B
Hindus 1.1B
Buddhists 0.5B

pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017…

Watch women take power

Population density: Half of all Americans live in the red counties, half live in the orange counties

Host most refugees
1 🇹🇷Turkey
2 🇵🇰Pakistan
3 🇱🇧Lebanon
4 🇮🇷Iran
5 🇺🇬Uganda
6 🇪🇹Ethiopia
7 🇯🇴Jordan
8 🇩🇪Germany
9 🇨🇩DR Congo
10 🇰🇪Kenya

In February, 49% of Republicans and 76% of Democrats said media freedom to criticize politicians is very important for democracy in America

people-press.org/2017/03/02/lar…

Mapping NYC income divide
Blue dot - 2 households with income >$200k
Yellow dot - 2 households with income <$25k

storymaps.esri.com/stories/2016/w…

Religion of members of 115th Congress
485 Christian
30 Jewish
3 Buddhist
3 Hindu
2 Muslim
1 Unaffiliated

pewforum.org/2017/01/03/fai…

Groups Americans like best
1 Jews
2 Catholics
3 Mainline Protestants
4 Evangelicals
5 Buddhists
6 Hindus
7 Mormons
8 Atheists
9 Muslims

The blue area is home to the same number of people as the red area!

metrocosm.com/the-global-ext…

Distribution of family wealth in America
76% held by top 10% of families
23% held by next 40%
1% held by bottom 50%
cbo.gov/publication/51… …

Number behind bars per 100k people
US 710
Chile 266
Mexico 210
Turkey 179
UK 147
Canada 118
Sweden 67
Japan 51
Iceland 47

Median wealth of married, college educated women who are
Black $45,000
White $260,000

equitablegrowth.org/equitablog/the…

1 in 4 Americans did not read or listen to a single book in the last year

pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016…

Most Americans are watching A LOT less traditional TV. Except the olds.
redef.com/original/after…

Australia

How gerrymandering can change election outcomes, in one chart

washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog…

The best pie chart

Say being Christian is essential to national identity
Greece 54%
US 32%
UK 18%
Canada 15%
France 10%
Spain 9%
Sweden 7%
pewglobal.org/2017/02/01/fai…

Host most refugees per capita
1 Lebanon
2 Jordan
3 Turkey
4 Chad
5 Sweden
6 Uganda
7 S Sudan
8 Djibouti
9 Malta
10 Mauritania

Gender pay gap
S Korea 37%
Japan 27%
Israel 22%
Turkey 20%
Canada 19%
US 18%
Spain 9%

oecd.org/employment/min…

Most Muslims
1 Indonesia
2 India
3 Pakistan
4 Bangladesh
5 Nigeria
6 Egypt
7 Iran
8 Turkey
9 Algeria
10 Morocco

pewforum.org/2015/04/02/mus…

Say increasing diversity makes country better
US 58%
Sweden 36%
UK 33%
Spain 31%
France 26%
Germany 26%
Greece 10%

pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016…

Adults with post-secondary degrees (global)
Jews 61%
Christians 20%
Unaffiliated 16%
Average 14%
Buddhists 12%
Hindus 10%
Muslims 8%

Happiness rank
1 Norway
7 Canada
14 US
19 UK
22 Brazil
31 France
49 Russia
69 Turkey
79 China
122 India

worldhappiness.report