Most Common Jobs Held by Immigrants in each US State
MORE ABOUT AMERICA Past Immigrants Had It Easier than Today’s This US Ethnic Group Makes the Most Money What It Takes to Be a Real American There are 41 million foreign-born people living in the United States and a new map illustrates the most common jobs held by those immigrants. Business Insider used information from […]
Most Popular Emoji in Your State Might Surprise You
The word “emoji” just made it into the dictionary in 2013, which is surprising when you consider that 74 percent of Americans say they use emojis — those small digital pictures or symbols representing things, feelings, or concepts that are used in text messages and other electronic communications — every day. MORE ABOUT AMERICA Wild West Ghost […]
Is America Actually 11 Countries?
Are the sometimes stark societal divisions in America rooted in the reality that, although the United States is one country, it is actually compromised of 11 nations with distinctly different cultures with their own values and viewpoints? MORE ABOUT AMERICA Wild West Ghost Town Emerges from Watery Grave What Happens When Americans Tweet What They […]
1 in 5 Americans Has a Disability; Here’s the Most Common One
One in five Americans has at least one disability, with that number rising dramatically — to almost 1 in 3 — in some Southern states. MORE ABOUT AMERICA Wild West Ghost Town Emerges from Watery Grave What Happens When Americans Tweet What They Eat Why Small US Towns Embrace Their Weirdness The report, released by […]
Here’s Where US Women Are Beating Men
A new map shows the American landscape gets pinker and pinker as we age, with women outliving men in most parts of the country. Using data from the U.S. Census, Dadaviz’s Jishai Evers created a map that starts off more blue (for males) than pink (for females). Statistics show the chances of being born male in […]
California = Britain? US States Have Fiscal Muscle of Entire Countries
A new map shows just how massive the United States’ $17 trillion economy truly is. The graphic, made by Business Insider, shows how the economies of each of the 50 U.S. states and Washington, D.C., compare to other countries around the world. For example, Texas’ $1.65 trillion GDP (the monetary value of all the finished […]
No Apple? Map Shows Richest Company in Each US State
A new map shows which company in each state pulls in the most revenue. Budget retailer Walmart tops the list overall, taking in $485.65 billion in revenue for the 2015 fiscal year, an increase of $9 billion from 2014. Walmart’s headquarters is in Bentonville, Arkansas. Gasoline giant Exxon-Mobil, based in Irving, Texas, is the next […]
This US Epidemic Keeps Getting Worse
Americans are fatter than ever. The U.S. obesity rate climbed to 27.7 percent in 2014, up from 27.1 percent in 2013, and significantly higher than the 25.5 percent recorded in 2008, when Gallup first began tracking obesity. “With roughly 250 million American adults, a couple of percentage points means there’s over 5 million more people […]
The Fastest-growing US Cities Share This
The fastest growing cities in the United States are not New York, Los Angeles or Chicago. In fact, growth in those cities — America’s three largest — appears to have peaked, according to new census data covering the period up until July 2014. And they’re not alone. Seven of the 10 largest cities in America saw reduced […]
Death Map: What’s Really Killing Americans
Heart disease and cancer are the most common killers in the United States but a new map sheds more light on exactly what’s killing Americans in each of the 50 states. Using statistics from 2001 to 2010, the map highlights the “most distinctive” causes of death, rather than what kills the most people. A ‘distinctive’ […]