Language Mapping & Mapping Language

(in New York City, circa 2000)

by Robert R. Stenson

GIS Methods & Case Studies // V3200 // Spring 2008 // Erin Aigner

A. The World, the United States, New York Citya choropleth language map depicting predominant language by country, state, and census tract (respectively) B. New York City ([Small] Dot Density)a dot density map (1 dot = 25 speakers) C. New York City ([Large] Dot Density)a dot density map (1 dot = 50 speakers) D. Lower Brooklyn ([Large] Dot Density)a dot density map (1 dot = 50 speakers) E. Morningside Heights ([Medium] Dot Density)a dot density map (1 dot = 1 speaker)

B. 1 dot ( • )= [25]

C. & D.: 1 dot ( • )= [50]

E. 1 dot ( • )= [1]

Fig. 1The Great Tree of Language Fig. 2French vs. French Creole (+ African) Language Distribution)

All language data is from the U.S. Census 2000, Summary File 3 (Sample Data), “PCT10. Age by Language Spoken at Home for the Population 5+ Years.”

All New York spatial data is from Bytes of the Big Apple, census tract (2000).

All other spatial data (the United States and the World) is from Columbia University Spatial Data Catalog.

A similar thematic map is available from the MLA.