2030 is coming

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by Kate McEnroe | Jul, 2026

Back in January the Population Reference Bureau raised concerns about planned testing and operational protocols for the 2030 census.  The PRB was founded in 1929 and is a bi-partisan, non-for-profit research...

Causation or correlation?

Redesign Your Data

by Kate McEnroe | May, 2026

Here I go again. Another great visualization with data displayed accurately, but great opportunity for misrepresentation. Some commentary accompanying the map suggested that higher costs of housing and living is the...

Stay Credible

Redesign Your Data

by Kate McEnroe | Apr, 2026

This map made the rounds of my social media and email last month.  Several different economic developers picked up on the opportunity to tout their positive growth, and sometimes to take some not so subtle digs at...

True but Troublesome

Redesign Your Data

by Kate McEnroe | Mar, 2026

This visualization is a perfect example of one that can be true, but troublesome. Those of us in economic development know how much is left out of this chart, and how often we have had to explain what is left out. The...

Data for a K-Shaped Economy

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by Kate McEnroe | Feb, 2026

Data is getting weird, or maybe it always was.  Sometimes the “big data” releases come on time, sometimes they don’t, sometimes they get adjusted, 100% of the time they get spun. In a K-Shaped economy, or...