Richest People in Each US State
The road to riches in the United States can take many different routes. Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, became a billionaire 132 times over by creating a business few would have conceived of just 20 years ago. Thanks to his mammoth online marketplace, Bezos is 2018’s wealthiest person in America. Nebraska’s wealthiest person is businessman Warren Buffet. […]
Here are the Most & Least Diverse US States
America might be a melting pot of people from different countries and cultures, but evidence of that diversity is not easily apparent in all 50 U.S. states. California is the most diverse state overall, according to WalletHub, while West Virginia is the least diverse. In coming up with its list, the online personal financial website […]
Here Are the Most Profitable Industries in Each US State
Who would have guessed that the most profitable industry in the U.S. states of Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas and Kentucky is aerospace? And what do California, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Oregon, Virginia and Wisconsin all have in common? The fact that machinery and mechanical appliances are their main economic engines. Even though California is home to the […]
These Are the 10 Smartest US States
The brightest Americans live in Massachusetts while people in Mississippi are at the bottom of the ‘smart’ list, according to Zippia, a career resource site, which ranked all 50 states. It appears America’s brightest can be found in the Northeast or in sunny California. Forty percent of adults in top-ranked Massachusetts have at least a bachelor’s […]
This Entity Literally Owns Half of the American West
The United States government owns a mammoth amount of land — 640 million acres — which accounts for about 28 percent of all the land mass in the country. By far, most land owned by the federal government is in the American West. The feds own almost 47 percent of the 11 coterminous Western states, which […]
Strange Things US States Import the Most
It can get pretty cold in Wisconsin. That’s probably why the state’s number one import is sweaters and pullovers. Washington, D.C.’s biggest import is medicine, which might suggest that living in the nation’s capital is hard on people’s health. That’s in contrast with the rest of the nation, where the majority of states are dependent […]
Weird Costs People Search Online in Each US State
Americans search for strange, interesting and, sometimes, downright creepy stuff online, according to a new map from Fixr.com. To reach its conclusions, the cost-estimating website typed in How much does * cost in… for each state or state capital and recorded the Google results. California and Virginia want to know how much facelifts cost while […]
Pushy or Nice? Exploring Personality Types of US States
The friendly Southerner, the brash New Yorker, the nice Midwesterner. These are all stereotypes associated with certain U.S. states and regions, but is there any truth to them? To find out, Truity, a personality and career assessment website, surveyed more than 12,000 residents in all 50 states and the District of Columbia to determine whether […]
What Each US State Googled More Than Any Other in 2014
Texas and Oklahoma worried about ebola in 2014 while people in Connecticut wanted to know more about Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai. California and Nevada checked out Bitcoin while Coloradans searched the word “marijuana” more than any other state. Seattle-based real estate website Estately examined Google Trends data to determine what people and issues […]