Can You Spot the Graph Mistake?

Описание: Looks like native-born Americans are disappearing… but the axis tells a different story

In this video, I recreate and analyze a chart originally published by the Financial Times (Eva Xiao, FT Graphic), showing the trends of native-born and foreign-born populations in the United States. The design exaggerates the comparison by splitting the y-axes and aligning them side by side.

Original graph source:
Xiao, E. (Financial Times). The US’s shrinking native-born populace. Based on US Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

To extract the data points from the original image and rebuild the chart, I used WebPlotDigitizer by Automeris (https://automeris.io/).

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