Map crated by USAFacts

The map above shows that fertility rates (the number of children and woman can expect to have in her lifetime) have declined in all US states between 2005 and 2022.

From a tiny 0.3% decline in Louisiana to a massive 33.9% decline in Utah.

Here is the full data set (from biggest to smallest decline)

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Map created by Sasha TrubetskoyThe map above shows how much snow over a 24 hour period is enough to cancel schools in the United States.

My first thought as a Canadian is to laugh.

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The map above compares the results of the 1992 US Presidential Election by county with those of 2024.

Blue is for Democrats and Red is for Republicans (And Green in the 1992 map is for Ross Perot) and the darker the colour the bigger the margin for that party.

Here are some top level results:

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Map created by reddit user NikaNExitedBFF

The map above looks at which US Senators did and did not vote in favour of The 1965 Voting Rights Act.

Here’s what the act was aiming to achieve.

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Map created by reddit user Puzzleheaded-Art-469

The map above shows the change in counties voting for each party’s candidate in 2020 vs 2024.

At the time of writing, counting in California has not been completed, but Harris comfortably won her home state.

However, she looks set to win around 58% of the votes vs Trump’s 40%. In 2020, Biden won the state with 63.48% of the popular vote vs Trump’s 34.32%.

Will update once full results for 2024 are in.

Map found on reddit

The map above is an interesting examples of land doesn’t vote, people do.

It shows the 2020 Presidential race results by precinct in both Kansas and Missouri. Just looking at the map you’d expect Trump (in red) won 90%+ of the vote in each state.

And while he did win both states, it was by a much smaller margin than the maps above would suggest.

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Map created by the CDC

As a parent of 3 young kids few maps have resonated as much as the map above showing where people are getting less than 7 hours sleep a night, the amount the Center for Disease Control (CDC) considers enough.

The map itself was from 2014, but I’ve managed to find the 2020 data by country here:

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Map created by MaptitudeThe map above titled “Predominant Home Improvement Chain by County” shows the market share distribution of three major home improvement retail chains, Home Depot, Lowe’s, and Menards across the United States, including their respective dominance by county.

Key observations from the map:

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The map above comes from CashNetUSA and shows the most common question Americans ask about each US state.

From the map:

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Map created by Sasha Trubetskoy

The map above shows an interesting geographical fact. Hawaii’s nearest neighbor is actually the state of Alaska. As Sasha explains:

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