sekharp / indian-languages-census-map

50-state map visualizing South Asian-Americans nationwide

Indian Languages US Census Map

Click here to check it out!

Built on the US Census API's American Community Survey 2009-13 Dataset

• Created a 50-state map visualizing speaker statistics on 17 major Indian languages across the United States.
• Used Leaflet library to render dynamic mobile-friendly JavaScript map with React front end.
• This data is pretty underutilized and powerful, covering 380 languages/language groups. It's a unique window into the Indian-American/South Asian-American community.
  
  Tech Stack: JavaScript (React), React-Bootstrap, Lodash, Leaflet, React-Leaflet, Census API

Setup

• yarn
• yarn start - hosted at http://localhost:3000/ by default

A census API key is needed, and can be stored as a REACT_APP_SECRET in a local .env file. You can request one here: https://api.census.gov/data/key_signup.html.

This project was bootstrapped with Create React App.