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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 13 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

by state

Doesn't include state boundaries

Doesn't include Hawaii or Alaska

Includes DC

[–] grue@lemmy.world 11 points 14 hours ago

Did "@TerribleMaps" stutter?

[–] nexguy@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Also includes the small English territory often left off other maps.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

It's more square than I remembered it being

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 1 points 14 hours ago

Looks suspiciously like Pompey... who didn't speak English 🤔

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

It’s just a population density map.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

TIL the US's population is incredibly uniform.

[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

No, just dense.

[–] toxicbubble@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago

and half of those are barely fluent in their only language

[–] mech@feddit.org 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Now I want to know the most commonly spoken languages other than English or Spanish.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 9 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (4 children)
[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

California having Chinese makes sense. Hella Asian immigrants on this side of the country (because why would you enter from the other side?) and yet... I end up hearing tagalog more than cantonese.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

(because why would you enter from the other side?)

You say that, but Georgia's 3rd most common language is apparently Korean.

(I can confirm there's a huge Korean community in the northeastern suburbs of Atlanta, but I have no idea why they picked here instead of somewhere on the west coast.)

I think the California Chinese connection is, uh, darker, though: indentured/abused laborers for railroads and goldmines.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Why they were here and what they did after is a bit dark but Angel Island is the main entry point for a lot of people immigrating here from the East (it's basically Calofornia's version of Ellis Island) since it's closer than going all the way around the world to enter in NYC. At least, many moons ago. I imagine most fly here now and can end up practically anywhere 🤷‍♂️

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 1 points 14 hours ago

Iowa is the only one I really didn't expect.

[–] mech@feddit.org 1 points 14 hours ago
[–] binarytobis@lemmy.world 0 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

That’s a lot of German in middle america,

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

Notably not in any of the states with the german speaking Amish or Mennonite communities