[FRIAM] numbers

[Barry MacKichan]

One of the first search hits is 
https://www.kaggle.com/census/us-population-by-zip-code
—Barry

On 2 Nov 2020, at 11:59, thompnickson2 at gmail.com wrote:

> Is it possible to get population by zipcode?  It seems like it’s 
> proprietary info.
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> How’s that for government transparency!
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> Nicholas Thompson
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> Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology
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> Clark University
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>  <mailto:ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com> ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com
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>  <https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/> 
> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/
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> From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> On Behalf Of Barry MacKichan
> Sent: Monday, November 2, 2020 10:31 AM
> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group 
> <friam at redfish.com>
> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] numbers
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> The other thing that has me tearing out my hair (really a serious 
> problem at this point) is the maps where they shade the state or 
> county by the cases or deaths relative to the population. The rates 
> are correct, but a high rate in Elko County, Nevada hits you eye but 
> the same rate in King County, New York (aka Manhattan) is almost 
> invisible.
> —Barry
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> On 2 Nov 2020, at 11:09, Tom Johnson wrote:
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> Both numbers may be accurate but not particularly helpful bcs they 
> lack context. One would have to start with, at least, a ratio of cases 
> to some level of population, per 10,000 or 100,000,etc.
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> It drives me nuts that the state's health department or somebody 
> publishes daily cases by ZIP without showing the population of those 
> ZIPs. And then newspapers like the New Mexican publish the case 
> numbers without context.
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> T.
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> On Mon, Nov 2, 2020, 9:01 AM Prof David West <profwest at fastmail.fm 
> <mailto:profwest at fastmail.fm> > wrote:
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> Which is scarier?
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>   -- 41 out of 50 states show an increase in COVID cases.
>   -- 105 out of 3,141 counties show an increase in COVID cases.
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> Which is more accurate?
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> Which number should guide policy?
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> davew
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