Map reddit user Speech500The map above visualizes areas of the United States overlaid with European countries of roughly equal GDP (Gross Domestic Product).

Each European country is shown covering a region in the U.S. that has a similar economic output.

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Map found on RedditThe map above shows the Republic of Texas, the United States and Mexico in around 1841. The map was made in Paris, which is why it’s all in French.

General Overview of the Map

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Map from USAFacts.org

Between 1982 and 2022, the population grew from 231,665,106 to 333,287,557 people a 44% increase. But all of that growth occurred in the green areas in the map above.

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Map created by Gzero

The map above shows the origins for US state names. The vast majority come from Native / Indigenous words, followed by English related names (royalty, places or aristocracy), then names coming from Spanish, followed by names from French, and finally disputed and/or other origins.

The creators of the map cited Fact Montser as there source for these names.

Here’s a bit more about each one:

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Map created PreplyThe map above shows which US cities are the rudest. Now rudeness can somewhat subjective so here’s how they approached it:

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Map created by reddit user hobbyl0sThe map above is a fun look at what would happen to the electoral college if it was based purely on each state’s proportional share of the population.

Currently, the electoral college is based on the number of congresspeople in each state + 2 senators. So states like Wyoming, get 3 electoral college votes, despite having fewer people than over 100 US counties.

In total there are 538 electoral college votes: 435 members of Congress, 100 for Senators and 3 votes for DC.

Here’s the list of how many electoral votes each state would gain or lose if they were proportional to the population:

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Map created by MapattacksThe map above shows all of America’s train tracks and who owned them in 2014.

In 2019, the US had 220,044km (136,729 miles) of train tracks which is around 40% more than China’s 159,000km and more than double Russia’s 105,000km.

However, this is down from the historic peak in 1917 of 428,180km (266,058 miles). Also, only 1,847km of the United States’ train lines are electrified which is around 1.5% of China’s 119,000km.

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Map created by CashNetUSA

The map above shows the average price for a cup of coffee in every US state.

They collected prices for various coffee types (Americano, espresso, cappuccino, mocha, latte and macchiato) from 21,965 menus listed on Menu With Price.

They covered the full spectrum of coffee spots, from local independent cafes to artisan cafes to chains such as Starbucks, Tim Hortons, Dunkin Donuts, Caribou Coffee, Dutch Bros and many more.

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Map created GrainStats

The map above shows how much of each state’s total land area is dedicated to growing wheat.

The data comes from the USDA’s Prospective Plantings report.

The map above uses preliminary 2023 data.

Here’s the final data:

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