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IntroducedbyRobertKrulwich ofRadiolabfame,theyear’smost“awesome” (RedOrbit)infographicsrevealaspectsof ourworldino(cid:27)enstartlingways—froma hauntinggraphicmappingthejourneyof 15,790slaveshipsover315years,toayearlong seriesofpostcardsthatrecordsandcements atransatlanticfriendship. TheBestAmericanInfographics2016coversthe realmsofsocialissues,health,sports,artsand culture,andpolitics—includingcrispvisual dataonthelikelyDemocratic/Republicanlean- ingsofanarrayofprofessions(provingthat yoururologistisfarmorelikelytobeaRepub- licanthanyourpediatrician).Hereonceagain arethemostinnovativeprintandelectronic infographics—“thefullspectrumofthegenre —fromauthoritativetoplayful”(Scientific American). Copyright©2016byHoughtonMifflinHarcourtPublishingCompany you Forewordcopyright©2016byGarethCook i Introductioncopyright©2016byRobertKrulwich ALLRIGHTSRESERVED 2 DEAR DATA GiorgiaLupiandStefaniePosavec ii TheBestAmericanSeriesisaregisteredtrademarkof dear-data.com HOUGHTONMIFFLINHARCOURTPUBLISHINGCOMPANY. Nopartofthisworkmaybereproducedortransmi(cid:42)edinanyformorbyanymeans, electronicormechanical,includingphotocopyingandrecording,orbyanyinforma- otiwonnestrournagleesosrsruecthriceovpaylsinygstiesmexwpirtehsosulyttpheermprii(cid:42)oerdwbryi(cid:42)feendeprearlmcoipssyiroinghotfltahwe.cWopiythrigthhet 8 OCCUPATIONS AT THE BALLOT BOX exceptionofnonprofittranscriptioninBraille,HoughtonMifflinHarcourtisnotau- MarkEdmondverdantlabs.com thorizedtograntpermissionforfurtheruseofcopyrightedselectionsreprintedin thisbookwithoutthepermissionoftheirowners.Permissionmustbeobtainedfrom tMtohiemfflinainkdeiHvicadorupcaioeluscrootpfPyHuribogluhisgthhoitwnognneCMrosimfflidpieannntyHifi,a3erdcPohaurerkrteAimnva.etAneudrieda,rle19tsotshrPeFeqrluomoeirss,tssNiofeonwrs,pYHeorormukig,shNstieoownn CONTENTS 10 WHANTa thDaOn YAaMuEflRoIwCinAgNdaSta .DcoOm ALL DAY? York10016. X FOREWORD Gareth Cook 12 THE PROSPECTS FOR POT WWW.HMHCO.COM JohnTomanio,BryanChristie, andShelleySperryNationalGeographic LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationDataisavailable. xII INTRODUCTIONRobert Krulwich ISBN978-0-544-55638-6 14 LIFE DURING WARTIME PhilipBumpWashingtonPost Vi ThetextissetinEamesCenturyModerndesignedbyErikvanBloklandand HouseIndustries.AllthreestylesofEpilepsja(fill,outline,andsolid)are ViII usedasthedisplaytypeface.ItwasdesignedbyMikołajGrabowski. 16 AN ELEMENTAL TABLE OF SWEETS Pa(cid:42)ersonClarkandLazaroGamio BookdesignbyMarkRobinson. WashingtonPost eISBN 978-0-544-86708-6 18 THE DEADLIEST JOBS IN AMERICA Permissions credits are located on page 174. ChristopherCannon,AdamPearce, andAlexMcIntyreBloomberg.com 22 SMELL THE CITY RossanoSchifanella,DanieleQuercia, andLucaAiellogoodcitylife.org 24 HOW LONG YOU HAVE LEFT TO LIVE U S 54 THE REAL NEW LANDSCAPE OF 74 WHAT INCARCERATION COSTS CHICAGO (ON AVERAGE) NathanYau DETROIT MartinGamache,KelseyNowakowski, CITY BLOCKS ForestGregg,CathyDeng, flowingdata.com HeidiSchultz,DavidWhitmore,andNoahUrban DerekEder,EricvanZanten,DanielCooper,and NationalGeographic RyanLugalia-Hollonchicagosmilliondollarblocks.com 26 A TAX BRACKET HISTORY AlvinChangVox 58 A CENTENNIAL LOOK AT RELATIVITY’S 76 STORIES OF PAST AND FUTURE INFLUENCE JerThorp,NoaYounse,Genevieve RandallMunroexkcd 36 HOW THE PARTIES CAME APART Hoffman,ElleryRoyston,JenChristiansen, MauroMartino,ClioAndris,andDavidLee GaryStix,andClaraMoskowitzScientificAmerican 28 WATCHING JOBS AS THEY FALL PLOSONE AND RISE AndrewVanDamand 78 THE SYRIAN DEATH-TOLL FLAG ReneeLightnerWallStreetJournal RichardJohnson,TimCurran,KevinUhrmacher, 60 EVERY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TALKS BrianCleveland,andLarisKarklisWashingtonPost 38 WHO’S BUYING AMERICAN ELECTIONS LIKE A BOOK JoshKatzNewYorkTimes WilsonAndrews,AmandaCox,EvanGrothjan, 30 A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF THE YuliyaParshina-Ko(cid:38)as,GrahamRoberts, DATA ARTIST NicholasFeltonfeltron.com andKarenYourishNewYorkTimes 80 WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE 62 REFUGEE FLOWS BillRankinradicalcartography.net JEodseJfoRhneysoens,,aEnldaiMneinAdyyoK,AamyBanridcakeSrilvFeorrmeigannP,olicy 40 TWO LONGTIME QUEENS, COMPARED KarishmaSheth,ThomasAlberty,Marvin 82 THE HUMAN TOLL OF WORLD WAR II Orellana,JodyQuon,IanEpstein,Christopher NeilHalloranandAndyDollerson Bonanos,andAdamMossNewYork 64 GAME OF THRONES OF DOOM fallen.io ShellyTanandAlbertoCuadraWashingtonPost 42 A LIVE VIEW OF SUPER BOWL ODDS 86 FROM “UNCLE” TO “THANG” StuartA.Thompson,PalaniKumanan, 66 SKETCH ARTISTS IN CHIEF DavidTaylorCanadianMusicBlog andJimChairusmiWallStreetJournal VariousUSpresidents,variouscartoonists, SamuelGranados,andBonnieBerkowitz WashingtonPost 44 88 THE HEIGHTS OF CRIME DougMcCunedeviantcartography.com THE QUEST FOR COLOR 68 WHAT THE JUKEBOX KNOWS KorwinBriggsveritablehokum.com Ellio(cid:38)RamosWallStreetJournal 90 UBER FOR EVERYTHING KristinLenz,BobbieGossage, andJenniferAlseverInc. 70 WHO POLLUTES AND WHO SUFFERS MOST ValerioPellegriniandEmilyNewhook 50 WHERE THE UFOS WERE mha.gwu.edu/climate-change-emissions-data/ JohnNelsonuxblog.idvsolutions.com 92 URBAN POVERTY’S RISING TIDE JustinPalmerlabratrevenge.com 72 WHO CAME TO AMERICA WHEN 52 VACCINES TO THE RESCUE NataliaBronshteininsightfulinteraction.com TynanDeBoldandDovFriedman 94 OSCAR THANKS, BY THE NUMBERS WallStreetJournal PaulNorth,ChloeWilliamson,WilliamHughes, andBakerWilcoxbiggroup.co.uk 96 CHRISTIE’S BRIDGEGATE material 138 THE GLOBE OF ECONOMIC COMPLEXITY 162 THE FUTURE OF BONDS, IN 3D BillMarshandKateZernikeNewYorkTimes RomainVuillemotandOwenCornec GregorAischandAmandaCoxnytimes.com world globe.cid.harvard.edu 98 THE ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE IN 164 A GALAXY OF TREES TWO MINUTES AndrewKahn 142 HOW THE POPE ROLLS JasiekKrzysztofiak,KellyKrause, andJamelleBouieSlate KevinUhrmacherandRichardJohnson WesleyFernandes,Ma(cid:45)Crenson,JanWillem WashingtonPost Tulp,andRachelEhrenbergNature 114 163 YEARS OF ATLANTIC HURRICANES ValerioPellegrini,RaulAguila,GraceDobush, 100 WHO’S FIGHTING WHOM IN SYRIA andSarahFallonWIRED DerreckJohnson,JoshuaKeating, 144 SINGLE-MINDED MAPS 166 DRAINING THE COLORADO andChrisKirkSlate StudioForagemichaelpecirno.com AAbmraanhdmaLZuasmtgoarrat,eLna,uArleSnhKawirc,hJenfferL,arson, 116 WHAT COUNTRY IS BEYOND THE HORIZON? andJohnGrimwadeProPublica WeiyiCai,LarisKarklis,andAnaSwanson 102 HOW BASEBALL EVOLVED WashingtonPost 146 AN IMPOSSIBLE MAP OF ELECTRICITY AndrewGarciaPhillips PierluigiScotolativisual.ly/electricity chartball.com 168 DRONE WORK AROUND THE WORLD CalebBenne(cid:45),ChristySheppardKnell, 118 HOW TO HACK SCIENCE FrancescoMuzzi,LaurenSmiley, RitchieKingandChristieAschwanden 148 HOW LONG WILL THIS BASEBALL andSarahFallonWIRED FiveThirtyEight RECORD LAST? JoeWard,JoshKatz, andLarryBuchananNewYorkTimes 120 152 ONE DAY WITH A DWARF PLANET 110 WHERE THEY SAW MARY TRAJAN’S COLUMN AlexandraWitze,LaurenMorello, VirginiaW.Mason,MichaelO’Neill, FernandoG.Baptista,DanielaSantamarina, JasiekKrzysztofiak,KellyKrause, EveConant,andVictoriaSgarro EmilyEng,JeremyBerlin,SamanthaWelker, andWesleyFernandesNature NationalGeographic ANamtiaonnadlaGHeoogbrbasp,haicndKennethGarre(cid:45) 172 BEST AMERICAN INFOGRAPHICS BRAIN TRUST 154 A LITERARY ROAD MAP 129 RichardKreitnerandStevenMelendez AtlasObscura THE ESSENCE OF A WESTERN KevinL.Fergusontheou(cid:34)ake.net 156 A DIZZYING VIEW OF EL CAPITAN’S DAWN WALL ShanCarter,WilsonAndrews, DerekWatkins,andJoeWardNewYorkTimes 132 WHAT’S REALLY WARMING THE WORLD? EricRostonandBlackiMigliozziBloomberg 134 158 THE SCENIC ROUTE EricFischermapbox.com INSIDE THE DOLPHIN BRAIN FernandoG.Baptista,ShizukaAoki, DanielaSantamarina,MesaSchumacher, 160 OUR AVIAN FUTURE andRachelHartiganSheaNationalGeographic TiffanyFarrant-Gonzalez,BreannaDraxler, andKatiePeekPopularScience FOREWORD TheworkfeaturedintheBestAmericanInfographics Oneoftheunexpectedpleasuresofeditingthis Andconsideralltheextraneousdetailsthathave audience,onlineorinprint,during2015.Iselectedall serieshasalwaysappearedinmanyforms.Thereis serieshasbeenwatchingthismediumgrowup,and beenomi(cid:50)ed.Thestoryisstrong. ofthewinners,withalotofhelpfrommybraintrust, “print,”inallitsvarieties—thebook,themagazine, thinkingaboutitsrelationshiptomyownwork.I whohaveservedasbothscoutsandcheerleaders—a thenewspaper,andsoon—andthereisdigital,from amajournalist,andIworkinwords,notimages.I Somemightobjectthatstorieshaveabeginning,a bigthankstothem.(Theirbiographiesarelistedin postingsonapersonalwebsitetoelaborateinteractive originallycametothisprojectasafan,anenthusiast middle,andanend.Surely,thismakesthemverydif- theback.)Tonominateinfographicsforthenextvol- ferentfromavisualrepresentationofdata?Buteven pthieisceisstdheesifigrnsetdtiamnedtehxaetcounteedobfyouarlawrignentienagms.eBleuct- wthheoreaidsmaisruerdptrhiseinfigeladmfrooumntaofafro.vBeurltaIp’vbeertweaelieznedthtehat thisapparentdifferencebringsinsights.Inaninfo- ucomneta,[email protected],oremailmeat tionswasdesignedprimarilyforthepostcard. workofawriterandtheworkofadesigner:bothare graphic,theeyeusuallylandssomewhere—a“begin- tryingtotellastory.Infographicsarenottypically ning”orfocalpoint—andprogressesfromthere.And, I’dliketothankRobertKrulwichforagreeingtobe Called“DearData,”it’sasprawlingandlovelyproject thoughtofas“stories,”butmanyofthetechniquesare whenyouthinkaboutit,doesn’ttheopeningofmany apartofthisproject,andforadelightofanintroduc- bytwoartists,GiorgiaLupiandStefaniePosavec,who thesame.Writersanddesignersareliving,likeLupi well-toldstorieshavesomethingofthesamefeel,of tionthattakesusupamountainforsomesurprising lrievaelsi.z“eWdteh’raetbtohtehytwheerseamliveinagg,ei,nwae’sreenbsoet,h“poanrlayllcehl”il- andPosavec,parallellives. loauntdfirnogminthtehree?middle,inmediasres,andspiraling sdiegshigtsn.eIrailnsohweraonwttnortihgahntk,wAhmoyheKlpleeed,ambarnilaligaentthis dren,andwe’vebothle(cid:45)ourhomecountriestotravel TheDearDatapostcardswork,likeagoodstory, project,andNatalieAmend,ourhighlyorganizedand acrosstheoceanandliveinametropolisofourchosen becauseoftheirintimacy,humanity,anddirect- This,thefourthvolumeofBestAmericanInfographics, enthusiasticeditorialassistant.Iwanttothankthe city,”theywriteontheirwebsite.“Wealsobothwork ness.Thechoiceofpostcardswasbrilliantbecause echoestheorganizationofpreviousyears.Inthe teamatHoughtonMifflinHarcourt:designerMark withdata,usingahandcra(cid:45)edandillustrativeap- itimpliesastrongconnectionbetweenwriterand firstsection,“You,”wearegivenaperiodictableof Robinson,permissionsmavenMaryDalton-Hoffman, ponrolyacmhettottwhiecde,aatatcvoinsufearlieznacteiosn,bsuwteascrtehaetye.t”aTlkheedy,ahnad r“tehaidnekri.nTghoefpyoosutc,”aurdngtyupaircdaelldyaanrdrivpelasyffruolm.(Ffarromawmayy, sawstereatns,gaergubyidtehfeoirrgjoube,sasnindgatnheesptiomlitaitceaolflohyoawltileosnogf JpeunbnliyciXstuM,ainchdemlleyBedointaonrnDoeaTnrniaenUt,remdiyto.Trihaleasstsoirsytaonft ideaemerged.Whynot,theymused,sendeachother UncleRicky:“Thesceneryishere.Wishyouwere wecanexpecttolive.In“Us,”thelenstakesinlarger BestAmericanInfographicsbeganwithaphonecall aweeklypostcard—LupilivesinBrooklyn,Posavecin beautiful.”)Thinkofthefirstbooksthatyoulostyour- vistas:immigration,urbanpoverty,thechanging fromDeanne,andI’llalwaysbegrateful. London—withdatafromtheirweek,displayedinthe selfin—TheLion,theWitchandtheWardrobewasoneof lyricsofpopularmusic,thegeographicandtemporal formofahand-drawninfographic? mine—andthesensethattheprintedtextfellaway, distributionofAmericanUFOsightings.Inthethird GARETHCOOK replacedbyafeelingthatthereissomeonethereyou andfinalsection,“MaterialWorld,”thecollection Theresultisacollectionof104postcardscreatedover cantrust,someonewhocaresforyou,sharingwhat changeskey.Therearedolphinshere,anddronesand thecourseofayearthatconstituteanu(cid:50)erlycharm- they’veseen. hurricanes.Therearebaseballrecordsandeconomic ingreminderthatdatadoesn’thavetobe“big.”Itcan records.Allofhistory’spopemobiles,illustratedin besmall,too.Oneweek,forexample,thetworecorded Whatother“storyqualities”doesagoodinfographic chronologicalorder?Gotit.WeevenflybyPluto,a theircomplaints.Lupiusedacodeofmusicalnota- have?Observationiskey.Oneoftheinfographics dwarfplanetnowbutnotforgo(cid:50)en. tion,witheachnoteannotatedtoindicatethetypeof featuredhereisanurbanlandscape,annotatedby complaint:food,technology,herboyfriend.Posavec smell—flowers,grass,garbage,thatsubwaystench. 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