This this a variation of this bl.ock by Mike Bostock to demostrate the appending text to a map in response to this stack overflow question. The area of each circle in this symbol map is proportional to the population of the associated state.
Modified http://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js to a secure url
Modified http://d3js.org/topojson.v1.min.js to a secure url
Modified http://d3js.org/queue.v1.min.js to a secure url
Changed /mbostock/raw/4090846/us.json to a local referenece
Changed /mbostock/raw/3750900/us-state-centroids.json to a local referenece
https://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js
https://d3js.org/topojson.v1.min.js
https://d3js.org/queue.v1.min.js