
Here’s a little more about each of them:
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The map above and the data below come from Vivint Source, which home security systems.
It shows where in the US homeowners always lock their doors when they go out and where they don’t.
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The map above shows which US states have a state capital named after the found of a German Reich.
The answer of course is Bismarck, North Dakota named after Otto von Bismarck the architect of German Unification in 1871 and the founding of the German Empire.
This became known as the 2nd Reich (the first being the Holy Roman Empire and the 3rd one that didn’t end too well).
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The 24 states above have no subway system and/or commuter light rail system in any city within the state. Some like Alaska, make sense given how small even their biggest cities are.
However, Indiana is the 17th most populous state in the country, and Indianapolis is the 16th-most populous city.
Here is a list of what each state has:
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In 2024 there were only two states 5 states where all counties voted for one presidential candidate. The map above compares the two biggest.
In Massachusetts all counties went to Harris and in Oklahoma all counties went to Trump.
Harris, also won all counties in Hawaii and Rhode Island (4 electoral college votes each) and Trump won all counties in West Virginia (also 4 electoral college votes).
Still I thought it might be interesting to see how these two states compared. Here’s the table:
| Massachusetts | Oklahoma | |
|---|---|---|
| Electoral vote | 11 | 7 |
| Harris Vote % | 61.22% | 31.90% |
| Trump Vote % | 36.02% | 66.16% |
| Harris Votes | 2,126,518 | 499,599 |
| Trump Votes | 1,251,303 | 1,036,213 |
| State Population | 7.1 million (16th) | 4.1 million (28th) |
| Share of People With a High School Diploma or higher | 96.1% (1st) | 88.71% (41st) |
| Share of People With an Advanced Degree | 28.27% (2nd) | 9.62% (48th) |
| Life Expectancy | 79.6 years (2nd) | 72.7 years (44th) |
| GDP per Capita | $110,561 (3rd) | $64,719 (44th) |
| Obesity Rate | 27.4% (4th) | 38.7% (47th) |
| Top State Income Tax Rate | 9% | 4.75% |
| Sales Tax Rate | 6.25% | 4.50% |
| Average State Property Taxes | 1.11% | 0.82% |
| Average House Price | $749,900 | $245,900 |
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It is home to more than a quarter of Californians and includes 88 incorporated cities and many unincorporated areas within a total area of 4,083 square miles (10,570 km2).
This means it has more people than all but the 10 most populous. More than:
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The spring song bird migration map above comes from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, which explains the video in the following way:
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Here’s a little more about it from their website:
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The map above is another work of Yanko Tsvetkov in his Atlas of Prejudice series.
It shows 12 different ways you can separate the US into different regions.
They are:
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