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Back when I was a reporter for the Post-Herald, one of my favorite sources of stories was the 2000 Census. I'd go here, type in something like "asian muslim teenagers" and presto--I had a story about the growing (or diminishing) numbers of chinese islamic youth. It makes for an interesting search. Well, now you can see the numbers in a different light. The Social Explorer is a map interface of the census data, with zoom features not unlike Google Maps. I did a search for the distribution of males and females in the state of Alabama by county and got the following info:





Fellas, the gals outnumber us. Unless you’re in Birmingham, of course. Very interesting.