Making Sense Of The World, One Map At A Time
The map above shows what you call someone from each US state, what is known as Demonym. It also color codes them based on if it ends in (a)n, (e)r, ian, or ite.
The names come from the U.S. Government Publishing Office Style Manual, but are not always the only ones used.
Here’s a full list below along with some alternatives (some of which are quite old):
The total number of deaths are written on each state and the background colour shows the number of deaths per 100,000 people.
The data comes from The American War Library. Which you can see below:
The map above shows which states have a building taller than the current height of the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt (the tallest of Egypt’s pyramids at 138.5 m [454 ft]) and which ones don’t.
And in case you’re curious here’s a list of the tallest building in each US state and territory:
The map above shows one of my favourite random facts, apparently Wyoming has only 2 sets of escalators in the entire state.
As a London resident this is just wild to me, I rode at least 4 escalators just to get to work this morning via train and tube.
So the thought of there being only 2 in the entire state sort of blow my mind.
Here’s a summary why:
Amazingly, despite dropping out, RFK Jr got the 3rd most votes in 1,684 counties because it was often too late to take his name off the ballot.
Here are the full results:.
The first map above show the differences between the current minimum wage rate by state in 2024 with the inflation adjusted original Federal Minimum Wage of 25¢ per hour, equivalent to $5.60 per hour in October 2024, for jobs covered under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.
And the map below shows how members of the US Senate voted.
This was the first time in American history the United States voted to go to war.
From the author:
Those counties in red voted Trump in all 3 elections and make up the bulk of counties (but not people).
Then you have the other combinations:
The map above shows the difference between current state minimum wage rates in 2024 with what they would have been had they been kept inline with inflation from 1968.
In 1968, the Federal US minimum wage for jobs covered under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, was $1.60 per hour.
In 2010, the Federal minimum wage was increased to $7.25 per hour where it has remained ever since.
However, if it had kept up with inflation from 1968 it would be now be over twice as a high at $14.82 per hour in 2024.