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---
title: "Blog Posts Content Info"
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## Population pyramids, part 1
### Blog post link
https://rfortherestofus.com/cp/collections/blog/entries/5939e6e8-285f-41fc-b8f2-fcfdd5a0ea2e
### Descript link
https://web.descript.com/31528b62-1d93-46b9-b72a-2776306949ae
### Email text
Hi friend,
For the last few years, I've made hundreds of population pyramids for the last few years as [I've produced many population pyramids](https://rfortherestofus.com/2023/01/multiple-plots) as part of the annual [Oregon by the Numbers report](https://www.tfff.org/obtn).
[Population pyramids](https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/population-pyramid/), if you're not familiar with them, are graphs that allow the reader to see the breakdown of gender and age in a particular place. But before I worked on Oregon by the Numbers, I struggled to make population pyramids. I especially struggled to make population pyramids that went beyond the undistinguished plots in the tutorials I found.
Now, with years of population pyramid making experience, I decided to a blog post and record a video showing how I make *polished* population pyramids. The blog post and video will show you how to make population pyramids that look like this:
I used some very particular techniques to make these population pyramids. Even if you never need to make a population pyramid, I think you'll get a lot out of the blog post and video.
Check it out →
After you've taken a look, I'd love to know what you think! Hit reply and let me know.
Cheers,
David
## Population pyramids, part 2
### Blog post link
https://rfortherestofus.com/cp/collections/blog/entries/dc7c7a62-9b68-434c-8a72-846b70d7870b
### Descript link
https://web.descript.com/7a6c02b8-a7c1-4246-903a-0a1f05f619b8
### Email text
Hi friend,
[I wrote recently about how I revamped the process of making population pyramids for Oregon by the Numbers](https://rfortherestofus.com/2024/07/population-pyramid-part-1), the report I’ve worked on for the last several years. Rather than making one plot, I used the {patchwork} package to stitch together three parts:
- A plot for women on the left
- Age labels in the center
- A plot for men on the right
The result is a polished version of a population pyramid that I’m quite pleased with.
[The blog post I wrote about making this version of the population pyramid saw us make one for Benton county](https://rfortherestofus.com/2024/07/population-pyramid-part-1). But this is only one of the 36 counties that make up Oregon. Given that my job is to make 36 population pyramids (alongside a couple hundred other visuals), what I really need is not the code to make one population pyramid, but a function to make all population pyramids.
[I've written now about how to turn code for a single population pyramid into a function to make a population for any county](https://rfortherestofus.com/2024/07/population-pyramid-part-2). There's a video and code samples to help you make your own population pyramids.
[Check it out →](https://rfortherestofus.com/2024/07/population-pyramid-part-2)
After you've taken a look, I'd love to know what you think! Hit reply and let me know.
Cheers,
David
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