diff --git a/components/BarGraph.tsx b/components/BarGraph.tsx
index 222770d..fa06f5d 100644
--- a/components/BarGraph.tsx
+++ b/components/BarGraph.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { Color } from "utils/Color";
 
 import styles from "./BarGraph.module.css";
 
-interface BarGraphProps {
+export interface BarGraphProps {
   data: BarGraphData[];
   /** Width of the entire graph, in pixels. */
   width: number;
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ interface BarGraphProps {
   hoverLabelSize?: number;
   /** Label text for the category axis. */
   categoryAxisLabel?: string;
-  /** Font size of the label for the cateogry axis, in pixels. */
+  /** Font size of the label for the category axis, in pixels. */
   categoryAxisLabelSize?: number;
   /** Controls the distance between the category axis label and the category axis. */
   categoryAxisLabelOffset?: number;
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ interface BarGraphProps {
   valueAxisLabelSize?: number;
   /** Controls the distance between the value axis label and the value axis. */
   valueAxisLabelOffset?: number;
+  /** Controls the space between each bar. */
+  barPadding?: number;
+  /** Shift bottom axis labels to the right and extends grid lines to center bars in the graph if true  */
+  shiftBottomAxis?: boolean;
 }
 
 interface BarGraphData {
@@ -68,10 +72,9 @@ export function BarGraphHorizontal(props: BarGraphProps) {
     valueAxisLabel,
     valueAxisLabelSize = DEFAULT_LABEL_SIZE,
     valueAxisLabelOffset = 0,
+    barPadding = 0.4,
   } = props;
 
-  const barPadding = 0.4;
-
   const categoryMax = height - margin.top - margin.bottom;
   const valueMax = width - margin.left - margin.right;
 
@@ -217,9 +220,11 @@ export function BarGraphVertical(props: BarGraphProps) {
     valueAxisLabel,
     valueAxisLabelSize = DEFAULT_LABEL_SIZE,
     valueAxisLabelOffset = 0,
+    barPadding = 0.4,
+    shiftBottomAxis = false,
   } = props;
 
-  const barPadding = 0.4;
+  const gridRowExtension = shiftBottomAxis ? margin.left / 4 : 0; // extend the grid lines to center the bars in the graph
 
   const categoryMax = width - margin.left - margin.right;
   const valueMax = height - margin.top - margin.bottom;
@@ -228,7 +233,7 @@ export function BarGraphVertical(props: BarGraphProps) {
   const getValue = (d: BarGraphData) => d.value;
 
   const categoryScale = scaleBand({
-    range: [0, categoryMax],
+    range: [gridRowExtension, categoryMax + gridRowExtension],
     domain: data.map(getCategory),
     padding: barPadding,
   });
@@ -242,6 +247,10 @@ export function BarGraphVertical(props: BarGraphProps) {
   const categoryPoint = (d: BarGraphData) => categoryScale(getCategory(d));
   const valuePoint = (d: BarGraphData) => valueScale(getValue(d));
 
+  const bottomAxisLabelsOffset = shiftBottomAxis
+    ? categoryScale.bandwidth() / 2
+    : 0;
+
   return (
     <svg className={className} width={width} height={height}>
       <Group top={margin.top} left={margin.left}>
@@ -265,7 +274,7 @@ export function BarGraphVertical(props: BarGraphProps) {
         </Group>
         <GridRows
           scale={valueScale}
-          width={categoryMax}
+          width={categoryMax + gridRowExtension * 2}
           numTicks={5}
           stroke={Color.label}
           strokeWidth={4}
@@ -305,7 +314,7 @@ export function BarGraphVertical(props: BarGraphProps) {
       <AxisBottom
         scale={categoryScale}
         top={valueMax + margin.top}
-        left={margin.left}
+        left={margin.left + bottomAxisLabelsOffset}
         hideAxisLine
         hideTicks
         tickLabelProps={() => {
diff --git a/components/Histogram.tsx b/components/Histogram.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ece30ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/Histogram.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import React from "react";
+
+import { BarGraphVertical, BarGraphProps } from "./BarGraph";
+
+export function Histogram(props: BarGraphProps) {
+  return <BarGraphVertical {...props} barPadding={0} shiftBottomAxis={true} />;
+}
diff --git a/data/mocks.ts b/data/mocks.ts
index 8a35df7..077382d 100644
--- a/data/mocks.ts
+++ b/data/mocks.ts
@@ -106,3 +106,16 @@ export const mockQuoteDataLong = [
   "Hello, world!",
   "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nulla in enim neque. Sed sit amet convallis tellus. Integer condimentum a felis id gravida. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia curae; Nullam metus libero, sagittis in consectetur in, scelerisque sed sapien. Nullam ut feugiat sapien. Praesent dictum ac ipsum ac lacinia.",
 ];
+
+export const mockHistogramData = [
+  { category: "10", value: 88 },
+  { category: "20", value: 16 },
+  { category: "30", value: 22 },
+  { category: "40", value: 20 },
+  { category: "50", value: 45 },
+  { category: "60", value: 17 },
+  { category: "70", value: 35 },
+  { category: "80", value: 27 },
+  { category: "90", value: 54 },
+  { category: "100", value: 50 },
+];
diff --git a/pages/playground.tsx b/pages/playground.tsx
index 5a9fd37..d970a44 100644
--- a/pages/playground.tsx
+++ b/pages/playground.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 import { BarGraphHorizontal, BarGraphVertical } from "components/BarGraph";
 import { BoxPlot } from "components/Boxplot";
+import { Histogram } from "components/Histogram";
 import {
   mockCategoricalData,
   moreMockCategoricalData,
   mockBoxPlotData,
   mockQuoteData,
   mockQuoteDataLong,
+  mockHistogramData,
 } from "data/mocks";
 import React from "react";
 
@@ -94,6 +96,22 @@ export default function Home() {
           circleDiameter={180}
         />
       </div>
+
+      <h2>
+        <code>{"<Histogram />"}</code>
+      </h2>
+      <Histogram
+        className={styles.barGraphDemo}
+        data={mockHistogramData}
+        width={800}
+        height={500}
+        margin={{
+          top: 20,
+          bottom: 80,
+          left: 50,
+          right: 60,
+        }}
+      />
     </div>
   );
 }