Making Sense Of The World, One Map At A Time
The map above compares the average home size in square feet in each US state with those found in selected European countries. And the difference is quite staggering.
Hawaii is the only state with an average home size smaller than any European country. And Utah homes are 3.5x the size of the typical British one.
Here’s a full list by State and country in both sq feet and sq metres.
A summary of the map.
This map above shows Bolivia’s territorial losses since its independence in 1825.
Here’s a breakdown of each loss depicted:
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:
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have a full moratorium on new nuclear power plants (blue), which states formerly had moratoriums but have now been repealed (green) and which states have additional restrictions on the type nuclear power plants that can be built.
Details of the Map:
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):
