File talk:Annual population growth rate by U.S. state.svg

Might I suggest a slight tweak to the map? The color change should be 0%; it seems strange to use colors that group growing and declining states into a category. --Criticalthinker (talk) 06:56, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

@Criticalthinker: The rationale behind having that yellow color on the map is to signify a stagnant population rather than a properly growing or declining one. After all, Illinois and Mississippi, with their -0.01% and -0.02% annual growth rates respectively, are much closer in nature to Connecticut (+0.09%) than they are to West Virginia (-0.32%). I've also commonly seen criticism of other population change maps of the United States that there's an over-emphasized distinction between tiny amounts of growth and tiny amounts of shrinkage, making maps patchy, and covering up the reality that the population in those areas isn't changing very much at all. I tried to fix that by creating this map.

This, though, is the second time I've had this criticism of my map on these lines, and I understand how many people would get confused by the map's legend and color scheme. I think I'll split up the yellow category on this map into "+0 - +0.2%" and "-0 - -0.2%" categories, and I'll notify you once I've done so. -- Abbasi786786 (talk) 16:53, 1 May 2021 (UTC)

@Criticalthinker: Hey tell me what you think about this proposal: https://svgur.com/i/Wqv.svg -- Abbasi786786 (talk) 17:13, 1 May 2021 (UTC)

Just my opinion, but I'm still not satisfied. I don't see any convincing excuse for why there shouldn't be a clear distinction between growth or loss however small it may be. --Criticalthinker (talk) 23:40, 1 May 2021 (UTC)

@Criticalthinker: The last map that I just posted does have a distinction between growth and loss: https://svgur.com/i/Wqv.svg. The loss categories are orange and below, and the growth categories are yellow and above. You can see it in the categories labeling, which goes from "±0.0% to +0.2%" to "±0.0% to -0.2%". -- Abbasi786786 (talk) 15:44, 2 May 2021 (UTC)

I will not belabor the point after this, but if you're really going to make the distinction between yellow and orange (and the 'yellow' you posted is a lighter shade of orange, really), I'm not sure what to say. This shouldn't be that difficult. If you're going to use two colors, then growth should all be one color and decline another with clear distinction. --Criticalthinker (talk) 10:57, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

@Criticalthinker: Sorry for not getting back to you earlier. I've updated the map, see how you like it now.

I'm not sure what to say. This shouldn't be that difficult.

If you'd make yourself clearer, perhaps it'd be less difficult. I believed that the orange and yellow (or "lighter shade of orange" which most people would likely call yellow) made a very clear distinction between each other that most people would be able to tell the difference between. I did not know you saw it differently.

Thanks, Abbasi786786 (talk) 21:52, 9 May 2021 (UTC)