Statistical Atlases and the Artful Display of Massive Data

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[Geological map of the U.S. from the 1870 U.S. Statistical Atlas, here.]

Even though I have used (and owned) these atlases over a long time I've never collected them together in any of the 2600+ entries (2036 longer posts and 500+ Quick Posts)  that I have made to this blog.  So today I include links for the atlases in their entirety, as found on the sumptuous site of the Library of Congress. The books are interesting, fascinating, captivating, and beautiful.

Francis A. Walker.  Statistical atlas of the United States based on the results of the ninth census 1870 with contributions from many eminent men of science and several departments of the government Comp. under the authority of Congress by Francis A. Walker, M. A., superintendent of the ninth census ... Here.

From the L.C. site: "Preface and introduction, by the compiler.--Index to maps and charts.--The physical features of the United States, by Prof. J. D. Whitney.--The woodlands and forest systems of the United States, by Prof. William H. Brewer.--Geological map of the United States and territories, by Chas. H. Hitchcock and Wm. P. Blake.--The gold and silver mines of the West, by Prof. Rossiter W. Raymond, U. S. commissioner of mining statistics.--The coal measures of the United States, by Prof. C. H. Hitchcock.--Areas and political divisions of the United States, 1776-1874, by S. W. Stocking, United States Patent office.--The minor political divisions of the United States, by S. A. Galpin.--The progress of the nation--1790-1870, by the compiler of the atlas.--An approximate life-table for the United States on the basis of the ninth census, 1870, by E. B. Elliott, U. S. Bureau of statistics.--The relations of race and nationality to mortality in the United States, by the compiler of the atlas."

Hypsometric sketch of the U.S.	Coal fields of the U.S.	Geological map of the U.S.
Acquisition of territory and its distribution (political) 1776-1874	Population of the U.S. (1790, 1800, 1810, 1820)	Population of the U.S. by density (1830, 1840)
Population of the U.S., from the 7th census	Consitutional population, from the 8th census	Consitutional population, from the 9th census
Principal constituent elements, population of each state	Colored population (1870)	Colored aggregate population (1870)

The atlas of 1880 (printed in 1883) used even more data than the breakthrough 1870 atlas:

Scribner's statistical atlas of the United States, showing by graphic methods their present condition and their political, social and industrial development by Fletcher W. Hewes and Henry Gannett... Here

The census atlas of 1890 is a landmark of fine presentation of quantitative data--it is also huge, and heavy--it is the masterpiece of the early statistical atlases (printed in 1898):

Statistical atlas of the United States, based upon the results of the eleventh census by Henry Gannett. 1890, Here

Density of distribution of the natives of Canada and Newfoundland: 1890	Density of distribution of the natives of Great Britain: 1890	Density of distribution of the natives of Ireland: 1890
Density of distribution of the natives of the Germanic nations: 1890	Density of distribution of the natives of the Scandinavian nations: 1890	Growth of the elements of the population: 1790 to 1890
Percentage of aliens in the foreign born males 21 years and over: 1890; Interstate migration	Interstate migration (continued); Age and sex, in percentage of each element of the population: 1890	Interstate migration ... : 1890 (AL, AZ, AK, CA, CO, CT)
Interstate migration ... : 1890 (DE, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL)	Interstate migration ... : 1890 (IN, Indian Territory, IA, KS, KT, LA)	Interstate migration ... : 1890 (ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS)

Percentage of Whites and Negroes in certain States at each Census: 1790 - 1890	Distribution of the Colored population of the United States: 1890	Proportion of the Colored to the aggregate population: 1890
Population: size of families; sex; color and race (continued)	Foreign born population, by States and Territories: 1890	Distribution of the foreign born population of the United States: 1890
Proportion of the foreign-born to the aggregate population: 1890	The total population and its elements at each census: 1790 to 1890	Proportion of Whites of foreign parentage to all Whites: 1890
White population of foreign percentage: 1890 (includes by countries)	Foreign born population, by States and Territories: 1890 (continued)	Composition of the foreign-born population: 1890