Infographic of the Day: What the Census Said About Us...in 1870

As these stunning charts reveal, we were a young country and our government was just a shadow of its present form.

Maybe you noticed all those TV commercials for the U.S. Census? And maybe you've already gotten your Census survey in the mail? Yup, it's that time again. The Census Bureau has spent $333 million marketing the census, because the picture that emerges from the 2010 Census will shape the country for a decade--deciding how congressional seats are apportioned and how federal dollars...