Data Stories

Each story starts with a question and a hunch, then tests it against public data. Every one shows its sources, how the data came together, the checks, the limits and the code.

  • If U.S. states were countries

    If U.S. states were countries

    If each state were its own country, 29 of the 50 would rank among the world’s 50 largest economies, led by California at $4.30 trillion.