data=Dataset<|"black"-><|"birthplace"->
West Virginia, United States
ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
,""->2,"z"->3|>,"b"-><|"x"->5,"y"->10,"z"->7|>|>
data
data=Dataset5"race""black","birthplace"
Ohio, United States
ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
,6"race""black","birthplace"
California, United States
ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
,1"race""black","birthplace"
West Virginia, United States
ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
,2"race""black","birthplace"
West Virginia, United States
ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
,3"race""black","birthplace"
California, United States
ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
,4"race""black","birthplace"
California, United States
ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
,7"race""white","birthplace"
Ohio, United States
ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
,8"race""white","birthplace"
California, United States
ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
,9"race""white","birthplace"
West Virginia, United States
ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
,10"race""white","birthplace"
West Virginia, United States
ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
,11"race""white","birthplace"
West Virginia, United States
ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
,12"race""white","birthplace"
California, United States
ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION

Out[]=
race
birthplace
5
black
Ohio, United States
6
black
California, United States
1
black
West Virginia, United States
2
black
West Virginia, United States
3
black
California, United States
4
black
California, United States
7
white
Ohio, United States
8
white
California, United States
9
white
West Virginia, United States
10
white
West Virginia, United States
11
white
West Virginia, United States
12
white
California, United States
In[]:=
Normal[data]
Out[]=
5raceblack,birthplace
Ohio, United States
,6raceblack,birthplace
Ohio, United States
,1raceblack,birthplace
West Virginia, United States
,2raceblack,birthplace
West Virginia, United States
,3raceblack,birthplace
West Virginia, United States
,4raceblack,birthplace
California, United States
,7racewhite,birthplace
Ohio, United States
,8racewhite,birthplace
Ohio, United States
,9racewhite,birthplace
West Virginia, United States
,10racewhite,birthplace
West Virginia, United States
,11racewhite,birthplace
West Virginia, United States
,12racewhite,birthplace
California, United States

In[]:=
data[5,"race"]
Out[]=
black
In[]:=
data[5]["race"]
Out[]=
black
In[]:=
Query[5,"race"][data]
Out[]=
black
In[]:=
Query[5][data]
Out[]=
race
black
birthplace
West Virginia, United States
In[]:=
Query[All,"race"][data]
Out[]=
5
black
6
black
1
black
2
black
3
black
4
black
7
white
8
white
9
white
10
white
11
white
12
white
In[]:=
Query[All,"birthplace"][data]
Out[]=
5
Ohio, United States
6
Ohio, United States
1
West Virginia, United States
2
West Virginia, United States
3
West Virginia, United States
4
California, United States
7
Ohio, United States
8
Ohio, United States
9
West Virginia, United States
10
West Virginia, United States
11
West Virginia, United States
12
California, United States
In[]:=
Query[f][data]
Out[]=
f5raceblack,birthplace
Ohio, United States
,6raceblack,birthplace
Ohio, United States
,1raceblack,birthplace
West Virginia, United States
,2raceblack,birthplace
West Virginia, United States
,3raceblack,birthplace
West Virginia, United States
,4raceblack,birthplace
California, United States
,7racewhite,birthplace
Ohio, United States
,8racewhite,birthplace
Ohio, United States
,9racewhite,birthplace
West Virginia, United States
,10racewhite,birthplace
West Virginia, United States
,11racewhite,birthplace
West Virginia, United States
,12racewhite,birthplace
California, United States

In[]:=
transposeddata=Dataset[AssociationTranspose[Normal[data]]]
Out[]=
race
5
black
6
black
1
black
2
black
3
black
4
black
7
white
8
white
9
white
10
white
12 total ›
birthplace
5
Ohio, United States
6
Ohio, United States
1
West Virginia, United States
2
West Virginia, United States
3
West Virginia, United States
4
California, United States
7
Ohio, United States
8
Ohio, United States
9
West Virginia, United States
10
West Virginia, United States
12 total ›
I want to use Count(*) to get this like in SQL you have Select count(*) from data where <clause>.
I then want to order this.
This makes it easy to see which combination of race and birth place has the most people. For example, what birthplace for white people was the most common is easy to answer by looking at this dataset.