New "guess what the map is telling us" thread

[Anti Democrat Democrat Club]

Sol, you're almost there!

It's not quite the year that the state reached it's max population (otherwise all the states would be purple) but in concrete terms, it is basically this.

The year that the state reached its most electoral votes.

[Donerail]

Sol, you're almost there!

It's not quite the year that the state reached it's max population (otherwise all the states would be purple) but in concrete terms, it is basically this.

Date when the state reached its highest percentage of the national population.

[Mad Deadly Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God]

This one is so easy I don't even know why I made it.

Plurality religion.

Blue = Catholic
Red = Baptist
Yellow = Lutheran
Grey = LDS
Green = Methodist, maybe?

You got it!

(Alaska is the only green state not plurality Methodist.  I believe that state is plurality 'Other.')

[Sol]

What about this?

[TDAS04]

I'm not sure how quickly someone will get this.  We'll see.

[Goldwater]

Posted this a while back, but I don't remember anybody guessing.

Isn't it the year each state had it's highest percentage of the total U.S. population? At least, that's what I guessed when you last posted it. And I think you said I was right.

[Sol]

I'm not sure how quickly someone will get this.  We'll see.

Death penalty?

[TDAS04]

I'm not sure how quickly someone will get this.  We'll see.

Death penalty?

Yes!  Number of executions since 1976.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Sol, you're almost there!

It's not quite the year that the state reached it's max population (otherwise all the states would be purple) but in concrete terms, it is basically this.

Relative to US, n'est pas?

Got it! Great game.

Colors represent census years, going from 1790 (red) to 2010 (purple). So orange-yellow are basically early 19th century, shades of green are late 19th, and blue is mid-20th.

[TDAS04]

I'm not sure how quickly someone will get this.  We'll see.

Death penalty?

Yes!  Number of executions since 1976.

Oops.  Kentucky should be pink.  Sorry.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Ok boys, have at it.

[Tender Branson]

To me it looks like a dick that is cumming on England.

[NewYorkExpress]

Ok boys, have at it.

This might be one of the few times I don't want to know...

[NewYorkExpress]

Anyone want to take a shot at what this map is?

[muon2]

The opening stage of the 2014 Tour de France.

[RedSLC]

Have a shot at this map:

[NewYorkExpress]

The opening stage of the 2014 Tour de France.

Correct

[traininthedistance]

Have a shot at this map:

Percent of the population living in urbanized areas?  (Or, perhaps, metropolitan areas instead?)

[ElectionsGuy]

What about this?

Political Party loyalty over presidential election history? Dark = Party diversity. Light = Party loyalty?

[RedSLC]

Have a shot at this map:

Percent of the population living in urbanized areas?  (Or, perhaps, metropolitan areas instead?)

Close enough. It's actually percent of the population living in urban areas. Urbanized areas are urban areas with a population of at least 50,000, while urban areas are densely-populated settlements of at least 2,500 people. If this map was of urbanized areas, several states (such as Wyoming, Montana, and the Dakotas) would be several shades lighter.

[traininthedistance]

Have a shot at this map:

Percent of the population living in urbanized areas?  (Or, perhaps, metropolitan areas instead?)

Close enough. It's actually percent of the population living in urban areas. Urbanized areas are urban areas with a population of at least 50,000, while urban areas are densely-populated settlements of at least 2,500 people. If this map was of urbanized areas, several states (such as Wyoming, Montana, and the Dakotas) would be several shades lighter.

Yeah, I meant to say "urban" rather than urbanized; also wasn't sure about how the different definitions might impact some of the shades, which I couldn't perfectly tell apart (esp. between 40% and 50%).  I happened to remember that Maine was the most rural state in the Union, followed by Vermont, Mississippi, and West Virginia- four states with so little else in common demographically.  So when they popped out as the lightest shades, I knew it had to be something like that.

[Sol]

What about this?

Political Party loyalty over presidential election history? Dark = Party diversity. Light = Party loyalty?

Nuh-uh.

[Flake]

This one is actually a pretty bad joke:

[Mad Deadly Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God]

This one is actually a pretty bad joke:

Grey represents which US states are, in fact, US states?

[Donerail]

This one is actually a pretty bad joke:

Grey represents which US states are, in fact, US states?

No, then Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Virginia would be colored.