Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

US federal prison population

correlates with

US bowling centers

r = 0.98599% · 2015-2022
US federal prison populationUS bowling centers

These two datasets have a 99% correlation over 2015-2022. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

Data Sources

US federal prison populationbop.gov
US bowling centerscensus.gov
spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation

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