For my Geovisualization course, we're not only building our own websites, but we're

  carrying out a semester-long population study for a state of our choice. I'm looking at

  New York State and how population changed by county from 1900 to the present.
  Check out the data and some relevant links below.

   A little bit about the course:

  GEOG 50195: Geovisualization   

      This course features hands-on labs working with open-source mapping software, 3D

      maps, image editing, and Google Maps. The semester project focuses on developing a

      series of maps to illustrate population change in a selected state

•     Capital: Albany
  
•     Population (2012 est.): 19,570,261  
  
•     State Motto: Excelsior (Ever Upward)