Making Sense Of The World, One Map At A Time
The map above shows the largest stadium by capacity by State in the United States. Overall, there are 429 stadiums in the United States with a capacity of over 10,000 people.
Collectively they could hold just 13.5 million people or the entire population of Pennsylvania and Wyoming combined.
Here’s a bit more about them:
So I asked ChatGPT to split US states into one of the 4 Hogwarts Houses from Harry Potter and this is what it came up with.
They are:
First it’s reasoning:
Canada is the lone exception of any country that does not need a VISA or ESTA to enter under most circumstances.
British Overseas Territories citizens of Bermuda are also granted this exemption but to qualify, they must present a British passport with “Government of Bermuda” on the cover, with the nationality listed as “British Overseas Territories Citizen” or “British Dependent Territories Citizen”, and containing an endorsement stamp of “Holder is registered as a Bermudian”, “Holder possesses Bermudian status” or “Holder is deemed to possess Bermudian status”.
From the map author:
The data comes from the Prison Policy Institutes’ report: State of Phone Justice: Local jails, state prisons and private phone providers.
Here is the data per state, followed by the facilities in each state with the highest rates:
The map above shows which countries the US has a trade surplus in goods (both manufactured and non-manufactured commodities) with and which ones it has a trade deficit.
The data is for the 11 months up to Nov 2024 and comes from the US census FT900 report.
However, it should be noted that the data is for good only. The US actually has a slight trade surplus in services, but a very large trade deficit in goods.
Here is the full data by country:
The map above shows each US state’s international trade surplus or deficit (or balance of trade) in goods per capita for the 11 months ending November 2024.
This includes both Manufactured Commodities and Non-Manufactured Commodities.
States in blue have a trade surplus in goods while those in red have a trade deficit.
The map above shows the most important country of origin for each state’s imports.
As you can see Canada, China and Mexico are the big 3, all of which have been threatened with Tariffs by the Trump government.
Top 3 Import Partners By Number of States:
Those who have no idea its history, could reasonably assume that each state has only been admitted once to the United States.
Of course once you remember the Civil War, you realise that all the Confederate states had to be admitted a second time after the defeat of the Confederacy by the Union.
But what then of Georgia?
The map above shows what the French call the “Gulf of America”. To them it’s still just: “Le Golfe du Mexique.”
On January 20, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America within U.S. federal documents and communications.
The map above comes from the cover of Daniel Immerwahr’s best selling book: How To Hide An Empire: A History of the Greater United States.
Out of curiosity I decided to look at the size of the various territories mentioned on the cover relative to the size of the 48 contiguous United States.