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"An important note. This data excludes forced migration (slavery) and illegal immigration." So it doesn't give the full picture.
by bruceb 8y ago
"An important note. This data excludes forced migration (slavery) and illegal immigration."
So it doesn't give the full picture.
- phyller 8y agoI don't know why you are downvoted for this. Both of those things have had a significant impact on demographics, and are also culturally very important. It feels like the animation white-washes history a bit.
- Cthulhu_ 8y agoThat's because it's much harder to track, and any estimates on illegal immigration are just that - estimates, based on how many people are actually caught.
- rossdavidh 8y agoI agree, but it would have been a better idea to include graphs with and without the estimates. Since the only note on it is just a text note, it will be all too easy for people to think this is a full picture. Slavery and illegal immigration are both big parts of how the U.S. population came to be, like it or not, and they are such big parts that, although I sympathize with the difficulties of estimating them, not estimating them seems like a bigger problem. But, it's a cool article nonetheless.
- elboru 8y agoIt doesn't show the Mexican population assimilated after the US-Mexican war either. When half the Mexican territory was seeded to the US with a considerable porcentaje of its population.