diff --git a/client/src/components/categorical/value/index.js b/client/src/components/categorical/value/index.js
index 6018912d..ae23a737 100644
--- a/client/src/components/categorical/value/index.js
+++ b/client/src/components/categorical/value/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { connect } from "react-redux";
 import React from "react";
+import * as d3 from "d3";
 
 import {
   Button,
@@ -10,7 +11,6 @@ import {
   Icon,
   PopoverInteractionKind,
 } from "@blueprintjs/core";
-import Occupancy from "./occupancy";
 import * as globals from "../../../globals";
 import styles from "../categorical.css";
 import AnnoDialog from "../annoDialog";
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ import Truncate from "../../util/truncate";
 
 import { AnnotationsHelpers } from "../../../util/stateManager";
 import { labelPrompt, isLabelErroneous } from "../labelUtil";
+import MiniHistogram from "../../miniHistogram";
+import MiniStackedBar from "../../miniStackedBar";
 
 /* this is defined outside of the class so we can use it in connect() */
 function _currentLabelAsString(ownProps) {
@@ -286,6 +288,94 @@ class CategoryValue extends React.Component {
     this.setState({ editedLabelText: e.target });
   };
 
+  createHistogramBins = (
+    world,
+    metadataField,
+    colorAccessor,
+    value,
+    width,
+    height
+  ) => {
+    /*
+      Knowing that colorScale is based off continuous data, 
+      createHistogramBins fetches the continuous data in relation to the cells relevant to the category value.
+      It then separates that data into 50 bins for drawing the mini-histogram
+    */
+    const groupBy = world.obsAnnotations.col(metadataField);
+
+    const col =
+      world.obsAnnotations.col(colorAccessor) ||
+      world.varData.col(colorAccessor);
+
+    const range = col.summarize();
+
+    const histogramMap = col.histogram(
+      50,
+      [range.min, range.max],
+      groupBy
+    ); /* Because the signature changes we really need different names for histogram to differentiate signatures  */
+
+    const bins = histogramMap.has(value)
+      ? histogramMap.get(value)
+      : new Array(50).fill(0);
+
+    const xScale = d3.scaleLinear().domain([0, bins.length]).range([0, width]);
+
+    const largestBin = Math.max(...bins);
+
+    const yScale = d3.scaleLinear().domain([0, largestBin]).range([0, height]);
+
+    return {
+      xScale,
+      yScale,
+      bins,
+    };
+  };
+
+  createStackedGraphBins = (
+    world,
+    metadataField,
+    colorAccessor,
+    categoryValue,
+    width
+  ) => {
+    /* 
+      Knowing that the color scale is based off of categorical data, 
+      createOccupancyStack obtains a map showing the number if cells per colored value
+      Using the colorScale a stack of colored bars is drawn representing the map
+     */
+    const { schema } = world;
+
+    const groupBy = world.obsAnnotations.col(metadataField);
+    const occupancyMap = world.obsAnnotations
+      .col(colorAccessor)
+      .histogramCategorical(groupBy);
+
+    const occupancy = occupancyMap.get(categoryValue);
+
+    if (occupancy && occupancy.size > 0) {
+      // not all categories have occupancy, so occupancy may be undefined.
+      const scale = d3
+        .scaleLinear()
+        /* get all the keys d[1] as an array, then find the sum */
+        .domain([0, d3.sum(Array.from(occupancy.values()))])
+        .range([0, width]);
+      const categories =
+        schema.annotations.obsByName[colorAccessor]?.categories;
+
+      const dfColumn = world.obsAnnotations.col(colorAccessor);
+      const categoryValues = dfColumn.summarizeCategorical().categories;
+
+      return {
+        domainValues: categoryValues,
+        scale,
+        domain: categories,
+        occupancy,
+      };
+    }
+    return null;
+  };
+
   currentLabelAsString() {
     return _currentLabelAsString(this.props);
   }
@@ -365,6 +455,7 @@ class CategoryValue extends React.Component {
 
     const valueToggleLabel = `value-toggle-checkbox-${displayString}`;
 
+    const VALUE_HEIGHT = 11;
     const LEFT_MARGIN = 33;
     const CHECKBOX = 26;
     const CELL_NUMBER = 61;
@@ -378,11 +469,11 @@ class CategoryValue extends React.Component {
       LABEL_MARGIN +
       (isUserAnno ? ANNO_MENU : 0);
 
-    const OCCUPANCY_WIDTH = 100;
+    const CHART_WIDTH = 100;
 
     const labelWidth =
       colorAccessor && !isColorBy
-        ? globals.leftSidebarWidth - otherElementsWidth - OCCUPANCY_WIDTH
+        ? globals.leftSidebarWidth - otherElementsWidth - CHART_WIDTH
         : globals.leftSidebarWidth - otherElementsWidth;
 
     return (
@@ -502,14 +593,44 @@ class CategoryValue extends React.Component {
           </div>
           <span style={{ flexShrink: 0 }}>
             {colorAccessor && !isColorBy && !annotations.isEditingLabelName ? (
-              <Occupancy
-                categoryValue={value}
-                colorAccessor={colorAccessor}
-                metadataField={metadataField}
-                world={world}
-                colorScale={colorScale}
-                colorByIsCategorical={!!categoricalSelection[colorAccessor]}
-              />
+              categoricalSelection[colorAccessor] ? (
+                <MiniStackedBar
+                  /* eslint-disable react/jsx-props-no-spreading -- Disable unneeded on next release of eslint-config-airbnb */
+                  {...{
+                    colorScale,
+                    ...this.createStackedGraphBins(
+                      world,
+                      metadataField,
+                      colorAccessor,
+                      value,
+                      CHART_WIDTH
+                    ),
+                  }}
+                  /* eslint-enable react/jsx-props-no-spreading -- enable */
+                  height={VALUE_HEIGHT}
+                  width={CHART_WIDTH}
+                />
+              ) : (
+                <MiniHistogram
+                  /* eslint-disable react/jsx-props-no-spreading -- Disable unneeded on next release of eslint-config-airbnb */
+                  {...{
+                    colorScale,
+                    ...this.createHistogramBins(
+                      world,
+                      metadataField,
+                      colorAccessor,
+                      value,
+                      CHART_WIDTH,
+                      VALUE_HEIGHT
+                    ),
+                  }}
+                  /* eslint-enable react/jsx-props-no-spreading -- enable */
+                  obsOrVarContinuousFieldDisplayName={colorAccessor}
+                  domainLabel={value}
+                  height={VALUE_HEIGHT}
+                  width={CHART_WIDTH}
+                />
+              )
             ) : null}
           </span>
         </div>
@@ -536,8 +657,8 @@ class CategoryValue extends React.Component {
               display={isColorBy && categories ? "auto" : "none"}
               style={{
                 marginLeft: 5,
-                width: 11,
-                height: 11,
+                width: VALUE_HEIGHT,
+                height: VALUE_HEIGHT,
                 backgroundColor:
                   isColorBy && categories
                     ? colorScale(categories.indexOf(value))
diff --git a/client/src/components/miniHistogram/index.js b/client/src/components/miniHistogram/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fd30edc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/components/miniHistogram/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+import React from "react";
+import {
+  Popover,
+  PopoverInteractionKind,
+  Position,
+  Classes,
+} from "@blueprintjs/core";
+
+export default class MiniHistogram extends React.PureComponent {
+  constructor(props) {
+    super(props);
+    this.canvasRef = React.createRef();
+  }
+
+  drawHistogram = () => {
+    const { xScale, yScale, bins, width, height } = this.props;
+    const ctx = this.canvasRef.current.getContext("2d");
+
+    ctx.clearRect(0, 0, width, height);
+
+    ctx.fillStyle = "#000";
+
+    let x;
+    let y;
+
+    const rectWidth = width / bins.length;
+
+    for (let i = 0, { length } = bins; i < length; i += 1) {
+      x = xScale(i);
+      y = yScale(bins[i]);
+      ctx.fillRect(x, height - y, rectWidth, y);
+    }
+  };
+
+  componentDidMount = () => {
+    this.drawHistogram();
+  };
+
+  componentDidUpdate = (prevProps) => {
+    const { obsOrVarContinuousFieldDisplayName } = this.props;
+    if (
+      prevProps.obsOrVarContinuousFieldDisplayName !==
+      obsOrVarContinuousFieldDisplayName
+    )
+      this.drawHistogram();
+  };
+
+  render() {
+    const {
+      domainLabel,
+      obsOrVarContinuousFieldDisplayName,
+      width,
+      height,
+    } = this.props;
+
+    return (
+      <Popover
+        interactionKind={PopoverInteractionKind.HOVER_TARGET_ONLY}
+        hoverOpenDelay={1500}
+        hoverCloseDelay={200}
+        position={Position.LEFT}
+        modifiers={{
+          preventOverflow: { enabled: false },
+          hide: { enabled: false },
+        }}
+        lazy
+        usePortal
+        popoverClassName={Classes.POPOVER_CONTENT_SIZING}
+      >
+        <canvas
+          className="bp3-popover-targer"
+          style={{
+            marginRight: 5,
+            width,
+            height,
+            borderBottom: "solid rgb(230, 230, 230) 0.25px",
+          }}
+          width={width}
+          height={height}
+          ref={this.canvasRef}
+        />
+        <div key="text" style={{ fontSize: "14px" }}>
+          <p style={{ margin: "0" }}>
+            This histograms shows the distribution of{" "}
+            <strong>{obsOrVarContinuousFieldDisplayName}</strong> within{" "}
+            <strong>{domainLabel}</strong>.
+            <br />
+            <br />
+            The x axis is the same for each histogram, while the y axis is
+            scaled to the largest bin within this histogram instead of the
+            largest bin within the whole category.
+          </p>
+        </div>
+      </Popover>
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/client/src/components/miniStackedBar/index.js b/client/src/components/miniStackedBar/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ef4d92b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/components/miniStackedBar/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+// jshint esversion: 6
+import React from "react";
+
+export default class MiniStackedBar extends React.PureComponent {
+  constructor(props) {
+    super(props);
+    this.canvasRef = React.createRef();
+  }
+
+  drawStacks = () => {
+    const {
+      domainValues,
+      scale,
+      domain,
+      colorScale,
+      occupancy,
+      width,
+      height,
+    } = this.props;
+
+    const ctx = this.canvasRef?.current.getContext("2d");
+
+    ctx.clearRect(0, 0, width, height);
+    let currentOffset = 0;
+
+    let occupancyValue;
+    let scaledValue;
+    let value;
+
+    for (let i = 0, { length } = domainValues; i < length; i += 1) {
+      value = domainValues[i];
+      occupancyValue = occupancy.get(value);
+      scaledValue = scale(occupancyValue);
+      ctx.fillStyle = occupancyValue
+        ? colorScale(domain.indexOf(value))
+        : "rgb(255,255,255)";
+      ctx.fillRect(currentOffset, 0, occupancyValue ? scaledValue : 0, height);
+      currentOffset += occupancyValue ? scaledValue : 0;
+    }
+  };
+
+  componentDidUpdate = (prevProps) => {
+    const { occupancy } = this.props;
+    if (occupancy !== prevProps.occupancy) this.drawStacks();
+  };
+
+  componentDidMount = () => {
+    this.drawStacks();
+  };
+
+  render() {
+    const { width, height } = this.props;
+    const { canvas } = this;
+    if (canvas) canvas.getContext("2d").clearRect(0, 0, width, height);
+
+    return (
+      <canvas
+        className="bp3-popover-targer"
+        style={{
+          marginRight: 5,
+          width,
+          height,
+        }}
+        width={width}
+        height={height}
+        ref={this.canvasRef}
+      />
+    );
+  }
+}