For every Internet commenter who enters online arguments about the USA with facts they got from their butt, there’s a map that presents hard data bare and allows the viewers to make their own interpretations.
From light pollution and tree coverage to out-of-service railways and streets and highways, maps may not immediately look as exciting as a viral cat video — which might explain why we often overlook them when — but that doesn’t mean that are boring. To prove that, we put together a selection of maps that explain the United States better then most textbooks and if broadening your worldview isn’t thrilling, I don’t know what is.
#1 Most Commonly Spoken Language In The Us After English And Spanish
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#2 The United States Of America: Alaskan Perspective
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#3 How I, A Brit, See The United States (Sorry If It Offends Anyone)
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#4 States With A Smaller Population Than Los Angeles County
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#5 US Watersheds
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#6 Red And Orange Areas Have Equal Populations
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#7 United States Population Lines
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#8 The Most Efficient Route Between Every Springfield In The United States
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#9 Tree Cover Map Of The US
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#10 How Much Snow Does It Usually Take To Cancel Schools?
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#11 Most Common Surname In The United States By State
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#12 Every State’s Least Favorite State
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#13 Its Very Interesting
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#14 More People Live Inside The Red Area Than The Grey Area
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#15 Drug Overdose Deaths In The United States Per 100,000 Persons For 1999 And 2014
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#16 US States Scaled Proportionally To Population Density
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#17 The Loudest And Quietest Spots In The Continental US
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#18 Out Of Service Railways
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#19 The U.S. Mapped By Residents’ Desire To Move To A Different State
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#20 Use Of The Word “Dang” Across The Continental US
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#21 How America Utilizes Its Land
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#22 Percentage Of People Born Outside The U.S. In Each State
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#23 Regions Of The U.S. That Don’t Officially Celebrate Christopher Columbus Day
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#24 Popular Coffee Shop Chains By Number Of Locations
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#25 Map Of Lowest Recorded Temperature In Each Us State (Fahrenheit)
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#26 Light Pollution In The United States
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#27 Air Traffic Control Zones In The USA
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#28 U.S. Education Spending Map
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#29 Map Of The United States’ 8 Million Miles Of Roads, Streets And Highways
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#30 USA Tree Diversity
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#31 Garbage Can vs. Trash Can In The United States
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#32 Portion Of Each State That Is Federal Land
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#33 All U.S. Counties With In-N-Out Burger As Of May 2020
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#34 A Tastier Map
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#35 Date Of Creation Of All 3,142 U.S. Counties
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#36 US Governors By Eye Color
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#37 Voters Who Didn’t Vote For Hillary Or Trump
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#38 Average Size Of US Apartments By Region
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#39 Results Of The 1984 United States Presidential Election By County. The Most Lopsided Election In History, The Only State Reagan Failed To Win Was His Opponent’s, Minnesota
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#40 US Counties With Gdp Over $100b
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#41 USA Country Map Divided By 1/3rds Of Covid Deaths
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