All the three horse related maps here are the work of @hdk_maps.

The map above shows The number of horses per capita in the United States.

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All the maps here are the work of Josh Katz.

The first 9 are from his book Speaking American: How Y’all, Youse, and You Guys Talk: a Visual Guide and the rest are from his earlier work as a PhD student in statistics at North Carolina State University.

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Map created by reddit user (and Office fan) Icy-Wind-4330Despite growing up in Ontario, I never had much of a sense where the various branches of Dunder Mifflin were supposed to be while watching the US office.

This map solves that.

From the author:

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Map created by Visual Capitalist

The map above shows shows the number of Fortune 500 companies that are headquartered in each state. The data comes from the 2024 edition of the Fortune 500, which ranks America’s top companies by revenue (and not by profit or number of employees).

Here’s the full list by state:

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Map created by reddit user ConvilliousThe map above shows the 25 biggest private ranches in Texas.

The biggest is King Ranch at 825,000 acres or 3,338 km2 (1,289 sq miles).

This is more then double the size of London or 3 times larger than all 6 of Europe’s micro states combined.

Full list:

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Map found on redditThe map above shows what the borders of the 13 original states looked like on July 4th, 1776, the day The Declaration of Independence was adopted.

Below is an overview of these states as they existed in 1776:

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Map found on redditThe map above shows the locations for McDonald’s restaurants in the Tampa Bay, Florida area in 1974 where they claim you could get 5 different meals for less than $1.25.

The meals are:

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Gun Ownership By State Statistics

The table below gives the gun ownership breakdown for each US state with data coming from Data Panda.

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Map created by Sasha TrubetskoyThe map above shows an interesting fact about the United States, despite being the 4th largest country in the world by land area, it’s population and even more so it’s GDP is concentrated in just a few Urban areas.

Both the orange and blue areas each contribute 50% of America’s GDP.

From the author:

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Map found on redditThis map shows the United States’ railway network and urban population distribution around 1860, just before the Civil War.

Here are the key observations:

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