40+ Maps Of America That’ll Teach You Something You Probably Didn’t Know

Before the invention of the GPS people used these things called maps. They would tell you where you needed to go as long as you had a magnifying glass and a place to stop and ask a gas station clerk if you were heading in the right direction.

Now, maps are fun. Maps can explain America in more ways than just the direction we’re going. They can tell us the largest coffee chain per state and even track the eye color of each governor by state. Maps like this explain America in a way you probably haven’t thought of before.


1. “Most Commonly Spoken Language In The Us After English And Spanish”

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2. “US Governors By Eye Color”

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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. “All U.S. Counties With In-N-Out Burger As Of May 2020”

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6. “Air Traffic Control Zones In The USA”

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7. “United States Population Lines”

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8. “Garbage Can vs. Trash Can 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. “It’s Very Interesting”

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14. “More People Live Inside The Red Area Than The Grey Area”

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15. “Light Pollution In The United States”

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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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When he's not doomscrolling Twitter or writing for Pleated-Jeans, Nate Armbruster writes jokes—and then tells them on stage as a stand-up comedian, where he can watch audiences (hopefully) laugh in real-time.