Christian MilNeil

Portland Press Herald

Christian MilNeil is a data reporter and online content producer. A graduate of Bonny Eagle High School in Standish, he studied math and economics at Reed College in Portland, Oregon and joined the Press Herald in 2012. He’s especially interested in design, city politics, cartography and climate change. If you’re in Portland, you might see him bicycling to work, or just for fun.

Latest

Published
February 12, 2017

Interactive map: Where Maine’s refugees come from

Since 2002, hundreds of new Mainers have arrived from nations targeted by President Trump’s embattled immigration ban.
Published
February 1, 2017

Interactive map: Compared with other states, charter schools play a tiny role in Maine

Only 12 other states, mostly in the rural west and south, have a lower proportion of students enrolled in charter schools than Maine, according to federal statistics.
Published
January 19, 2017

Interactive maps: ACA enrollment is highest in areas where Mainers work for themselves

Towns with higher self-employment rates – such as coastal fishing communities – tend to have greater rates of enrollment in the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance marketplaces.
Published
December 12, 2016

Interactive: Watch Lyme disease spread across the Northeast

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has tracked reported cases of Lyme disease in each U.S. county since 2000. During that period, Lyme has become much more common, especially in Maine, which had only 71 reported cases in 2000, and 1,336 cases so far in 2016 as of Dec. 5. Historically, the disease has […]
Published
November 30, 2016

Watch: Maine’s changing landscapes, seen from space

Thirty-two years of satellite data and new technology from Google allow a time-lapse view of Maine’s changing landscapes.
Published
November 13, 2016

Interactive map: see where Maine swung to the right in the 2016 election

Hillary Clinton won Maine’s overall popular vote, but president-elect Donald Trump won a far greater share of votes than Mitt Romney did in 2012, especially in rural parts of the state.
Published
November 8, 2016

Interactive map: state-by-state presidential election results

Live state-by-state results from the Associated Press.
Published
October 25, 2016

Interactive map: How many new Democrats and Republicans are there in your town?

Both major parties have grown their ranks among Maine voters in the past year, but Democrats have a clear advantage among newly-registered voters.
Published
September 28, 2016

Maine’s personal income growth stagnates

Only five other states rank worse, according to new federal estimates.
Published
August 4, 2016

Trump’s visit merits a ‘meh’ among Maine’s internet users

Statewide search statistics from Google Trends indicate that Maine’s internet users aren’t nearly as interested in Trump’s visit today as they were in the candidate’s previous visit to Portland, in March.