Getting Started with Pie Charts

For this next project, we are going to draw a pie chart. Pie charts are another common type of chart to draw. They can show categories of data and how they are proportional to one another. The pie chart we will draw will show the estimated population by age as of 2015. The data was from the US census bureau for this example.

Currently, over 300 million people are living in the US. We can use a pie chart to display the total population. Each slice in a pie chart can display an age group to give the reader an idea of how many people are in each age group. Pie charts are great at showing demographics.

Reviewing starter project

Let’s get started. Here is the starter project we will be working on.