Atlas and host-city draw
Where the people listed in a program come from, by the institution they gave, with the host city marked. Then, for every convention, how much of the program came from near the city that hosted it.
Each dot is an institution, sized by its listings that year. The map shows institutions in the contiguous US with IPEDS coordinates: 3,186 of the 3,460 listings in 2017. Alaska, Hawaii, territories, institutions outside the US, and affiliations with no match are not on the map. Distances are straight lines from the host city to each institution.
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How much of each program came from near the host city
Share of listings, among institutions with coordinates, within 300 km and within 800 km of the host city, and the median distance. The virtual years have no host. San Francisco (2005, 2009) and Chicago (1998, 2006, 2023) repeat, which makes the comparison cleaner.
| Year | Host | Listings | Within 300 km | Within 800 km | Median distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Chicago | 1,837 | 14% | 45% | 895 km |
| 1999 | Atlanta | 1,661 | 7% | 26% | 1,109 km |
| 2004 | San Antonio | 2,465 | 3% | 11% | 1,834 km |
| 2005 | San Francisco | 2,364 | 5% | 12% | 3,151 km |
| 2006 | Chicago | 2,552 | 14% | 40% | 951 km |
| 2007 | New York | 2,448 | 15% | 36% | 1,080 km |
| 2008 | New Orleans | 2,381 | 3% | 14% | 1,484 km |
| 2009 | San Francisco | 2,515 | 4% | 9% | 3,239 km |
| 2010 | Louisville | 2,596 | 9% | 49% | 828 km |
| 2011 | Atlanta | 2,284 | 8% | 32% | 999 km |
| 2012 | St. Louis | 2,262 | 6% | 40% | 1,031 km |
| 2013 | Las Vegas | 2,198 | 1% | 15% | 2,683 km |
| 2014 | Indianapolis | 2,462 | 17% | 49% | 806 km |
| 2015 | Tampa | 2,627 | 3% | 12% | 1,584 km |
| 2016 | Houston | 2,456 | 4% | 10% | 1,646 km |
| 2017 | Portland, OR | 3,205 | 4% | 10% | 3,048 km |
| 2018 | Kansas City | 2,412 | 3% | 22% | 1,267 km |
| 2019 | Pittsburgh | 2,484 | 14% | 58% | 688 km |
| 2020 | Milwaukee | 2,579 | 13% | 35% | 1,059 km |
| 2023 | Chicago | 1,871 | 12% | 31% | 1,062 km |
| 2024 | Spokane | 1,894 | 3% | 9% | 2,619 km |
| 2025 | Baltimore | 2,514 | 22% | 52% | 731 km |
| 2026 | Cleveland | 1,773 | 13% | 51% | 765 km |
| 2027 | Milwaukee | 1,376 | 9% | 30% | 1,179 km |
State outlines: US Atlas (Census Bureau cartographic boundaries), ISC license.