Instructional Video

Metrocosm: Here Is Everyone Who Has Emigrated to the United States Since 1820

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From 1920 to 2013, 79 million people obtained lawful permanent resident status in the United States. This animated map visualizes all of them based on their prior country of residence. The brightness of a country corresponds to its total migration to the U.S. at the given time. Each dot represents 10,000 people. [1:42]

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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)