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+# US Population
+
+This time series are the population numbers in the US. A potential change
+point occurs around index 459 (1990s).
+
+Data obtained from
+[Kaggle](https://www.kaggle.com/census/population-time-series-data#POP.csv).
+
+The original source of the data is the US Census Bureau. According to [this
+page](https://web.archive.org/web/20191120160410/https://ask.census.gov/prweb/PRServletCustom/YACFBFye-rFIz_FoGtyvDRUGg1Uzu5Mn*/!STANDARD?pyActivity=pyMobileSnapStart&ArticleID=KCP-4726)
+on the US Census website, we are allowed to redistribute the data as part of
+this repository.
+
+Source: United States Census Bureau, URL: https://www.census.gov, Retrieved:
+2019-08-28.
+
+To obtain ``./us_population.json`` from ``POP.csv``, simply run:
+
+```
+$ python convert.py POP.csv us_population.json
+```
+
+![Plot of us_population dataset](./us_population.png)