#Angular Chart Census

This assignment is not yet complete, but you can get started by doing at least this much.

You can base your project on AngularChartOrganic. Only this time, instead of showing data about the top organic countries, you should pull data from the US Census and dynamically graph it to show the:

  • Top ten states by population
  • Bottom ten states by population

For instance.

StatesPop

If you want, you can try to graph all states by population.

I think that should be three different pages, but perhaps we can make the change dynamic. I will need to think about it.

WaZip

Zip Codes in Washington State

  • Include information on Zip codes in Washington state
  • Let the user query by specific zip code.
  • Get the top 5 most populous zip codes in the state and graph their relative sizes (Shown in screen shot.)
  • Get the top five least populous which have a population larger than zero and graph their relative size.

To query for zip codes, you need to include a:

  • The base url: http://api.census.gov/data/2010/sf1?
  • Your Key: &key=[YOUR KEY]
  • The thing you want to get, which is population: &get=[YOUR QUERY GOAL]. The code for population is P0010001
  • What kind of population: &for=zip+code+tabulation+area: [THE ZIP YOU WANT INFO ON] or * for all.
  • The zips in what state: &in=state: [ THE STATE YOU WANT ]. Washington is 53.

Example when asking for population of zip code 98005 in Washington State:

http://api.census.gov/data/2010/sf1?key=[YOURKEY]&get=P0010001&for=zip+code+tabulation+area:98005&in=state:53"

I’m guessing wildly now, but a nice place to take it after the midterm would be to include mapping….

Unit Tests

You should be able to at least run simple tests against your StateZip and StatePop modules.

Future

We are pushing toward the midterm with this assignment. I’m guessing that the midterm will:

  • Work on mobile sites
  • Work in Cordova apps

by Charlie Calvert.