Map created by reddit user happygrizzly

The map above is a very simplified map of the 4 main climates of the United States.

They are:

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The map above shows counties in the United States where you can and can’t buy alcohol.

In the blue (wet) counties you can buy alcohol without any restrictions beyond age.

In the red (dry) counties you can’t buy any alcohol whatsoever.

And in the yellow (moist or semi-dry) counties there are some additional restrictions beyond age such as city level restrictions or alcohol type.

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The map above shows how much entry level wages per hour have increased over and above inflation between 1935 (3 years before the federal minimum wage was introduced) and 2024 by state.

The southern states of South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, and Arkansas were the biggest winners increasing their entry level hourly wages by 150% or more over and above inflation.

Conversely, many northern and western states barely saw their inflation adjusted starting wages improve over this time period.

And finally Illinois is perhaps the most interesting state.

It had the highest entry level hourly wage in 1935 at $0.67/hour, but by 2024 it’s starting hourly wage was 39th in the country at $14.06/hour, which is barely more than the state’s minimum wage of $13/hour.

Here is the full data:

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The stunningly map above was created by Joshua Stevens at Maps.com and beautifully illustrates how Americans heat their homes.

It show what share of people that use Oil (North East), Natural Gas (Urban Midwest and West), Propane (rural Midwest), Wood and Electricity (mostly places that don’t need much heating).

The data comes from the American Community Survey, created by the US Census Bureau.

Full data for each state and county can be found below:

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The map above comes from the US Department of Energy.

It shows which states have a full moratorium on new nuclear power plants (blue), which states formerly had moratoriums but have now been repealed (green) and which states have additional restrictions on the type nuclear power plants that can be built.

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Map created by HMElza

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):

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Map created by @vinemapperThe map above shows both the total number of Americans from each state who died during the Vietnam War and also the numbers who died per capita based on the 1970 US census.

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:

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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:

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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:

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Map created by reddit user did_pThe map above shows which 3rd party candidate got the most votes in each US county in the 2024 US Presidential election.

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:.

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