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[–] fusir 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Needs a population map to see that they aren't identical. They aren't but it's tempting with the east coast lit up and chicago lit up in the middle of nothing. But the south is the tell tail because it's not as populated. I'd be good to see that.

https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/maps/thematic/us_popdensity_2010map.pdf

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[–] lipids ago 

If the murder map was scaled to per 100k population it would provide a better representation for contrast.

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[–] fusir ago  (edited ago)

I think that map is murder per capita. The problem is that high population areas are full of crazy people. So then the question would be race vs urban. Clearly from my pop map it's not just population density driving it.

See how VT has the same population density as MS.