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Data Stories
Visualizations and analysis built from America's public datasets — infrastructure, housing, demographics, and more.
Rules Without Teeth: The EPA Enforcement Gap
413 of 3,228 U.S. counties have a formal EPA enforcement action on record — and $0 collected in penalties. We checked every county against the government's own compliance database.
The One-Industry Town Risk
253 U.S. counties get 40% or more of their private-sector jobs from a single industry — and in four of them, Census legally can't disclose a second one. We checked every county, every year back to 2017.
The Hidden Cost of AI: How Data Centers Are Driving Up Your Electricity Bill
AI data centers now consume 4.4% of all U.S. electricity — and the demand is nearly doubling by 2028. The cost isn't staying with Big Tech. It's showing up on your utility bill.
America's Crumbling Bridges: The Crisis Hidden in Plain Sight
More than 43,500 U.S. bridges are rated structurally deficient — and the worst counties aren't where you'd expect. We mapped all 617,000 of them.