Category: Maps
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These States Have the Most Transgender Residents
This map shows the number of transgender people living in each state age 13 and older using data that comes from a study done by the UCLA Williams Institute. There are approximately 1.6 million transgender people in the U.S. Though the numbers are correlated with pure population, when looking at percentage of state population, there…
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These Are The Drunkest States in America
Data from the National Institute of Health’s National Institute on Alcohol Abuse provides insights into which states drink the most. To nobody’s surprise, Nevada — home one of the meccas of alcohol consumption, Las Vegas — is the top consumer of alcohol based on sales. Utah, home of many Mormons who abstain from alcohol, drinks…
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Where Do Big Cat Species Live?
Although big cats like lions are usually associated with Africa, they are found all around the world. This collection of maps shares where each of the seven big cat species — tigers, leopards, cheetahs, lions, jaguars, snow leopards, and cougars — have been observed using data from iNaturalist. Africa and India are the two places…
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Which State Has the Most Casinos?
Nevada is well known for Las Vegas and its giant casinos. But which states also have casinos? These maps use data from the data from CasinoUSA to illustrate which states have the most casinos. Unsurprisingly, Nevada has the most, with California and Washington following in second and third place respectively. The map below normalizes the…
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How Many Countries Have Players in Major League Baseball?
Major League Baseball (MLB)’s championship series is known as the World Series, but how much of the globe does it actually represent? As many baseball fans know, the sport is mostly popular in the Americas as well as Japan and Korea. The map for the 2024 season reflects this, with a vast majority of the…
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How Many Countries Have Players in the NBA?
Using data from World Population Review, this map shares which countries NBA players are from. Even though the league only has teams in the U.S. and Canada, its players hail from 6 continents. The U.S. dominates with the number of players at nearly 4,500. The next highest are Canada and France, each with around 50…
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These States Have Farm to Table Gasoline
Cheyenne, Wyoming based Sinclair Oil is famous for its green long-necked dinosaur logo. What you may not have known is that all of the brontosaurus fossils ever discovered in the entire world were found not far from Cheyenne. This makes for a fun map implying the existence of “farm to table” gasoline. Using data from…
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These States Have More Church’s Chicken than Churches
Fried chicken and church potlucks go hand in hand. But, as you may have guessed, there are way more Christian churches than Church’s Chicken restaurants in America. This map shows the ratio of churches to Church’s Chicken in each state. Texas is the birthplace of Church’s Chicken, but is also notorious for its megachurches. These…
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This State is the Most Sinful
Unsurprisingly, Nevada is in the top 10 most sinful states, but it is not number one! That crown belongs to South Carolina. This analysis used popular brands as a proxy for each of the seven deadly sins: To assess the sinfulness of each state, I tabulated the number of locations for each brand using data…
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Grizzly, Black, Polar, and Chicago Bears in America
Alaska is the only state with three different types of bears. Grizzly bears only roam the Rocky Mountains and Pacific Northwest. Despite having grizzly bears on the state flag, they no longer live in California. Illinois doesn’t have any bears either, despite the name of their football team. View this post on Instagram A post…