Altered Maps XVIII: Continuing Curious Cartography
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I actually made an error in my assessment there, that actually seems to be Cambodia and Laos, not Vietnam higlighted.
Although it IS a bit surprising that Vietnam only ever won their first olympic medal in 2000 and first gold medal in 2016.
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So it would appear that apportioning electoral votes would produce a more representative result. More votes would count and more states would "become" swing states. Thanks.
Here is a 2016 data version of the same ^^^ dominant religion by US county.
Mormons are the largest percentage in Idaho, just not an absolute majority like they are in Utah (2024 stats).
Yours suggest that (rather strikingly) 75% of US states have Catholics as the largest percentage, which according to Bird's map only seems to be true in California, (maybe) Nevada and Colorado, plus Wisconsin and New England. Of course, Bird's map doesn't indicate where the major population centres are, though.
I suspect that it's a combination of the large majority of immigrants being catholic, and population density disparity. The bulk of the immigrants, after all, are choosing big cities. People identifying as atheist - regardless of the denomination they were born into but again very likely less common among immigrants - may also play a role. There's also the issue of the protestant groups being numerous.
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Past immigration patterns as relevant as more recent ones.
The mostly Catholic ring around lake Erie in Michigan and Ohio is the most densely populated part of both states. These are largely descendants of Irish, Polish, and Italian immigrants in the 1900s I'd bet. NE were the ports of entry for this massive wave, and probably retained disproportionate immigrants.
Chicagoland area probably features that effect, too.
The actual countryside was settled by older Protestant groups, mostly English, Scots Irish, Scottish. There their descendants remain.
The mostly Catholic ring around lake Erie in Michigan and Ohio is the most densely populated part of both states. These are largely descendants of Irish, Polish, and Italian immigrants in the 1900s I'd bet. NE were the ports of entry for this massive wave, and probably retained disproportionate immigrants.
Chicagoland area probably features that effect, too.
The actual countryside was settled by older Protestant groups, mostly English, Scots Irish, Scottish. There their descendants remain.
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It's broken down at county level. Plus, Bird's map only breaks down protestants between Mainline and Evangelical why Kyr's breaks down further by individual denomination. That said, the distribution of Catholics tracks more or less.
K's map is from map porn and I could not find any data source or date. Calling most of the US states as majority Catholic is likely wrong.
2014 data by state.
en.wikipedia.org
In that link you will see that only 4 states have a catholic majority: RI, NJ, NM, MA
2014 data by state.
List of U.S. states and territories by religiosity - Wikipedia
In that link you will see that only 4 states have a catholic majority: RI, NJ, NM, MA
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Seems reasonable and fits with the rest of the maps I googled.
It's ok bird, we'll just take your uninformed word for it, now allow the rest of us to have fun posting maps.
Neither map says majority, so we can assume they are only speaking in terms of plurality, which naturally is to the Catholic church's advantage.K's map is from map porn and I could not find any data source or date. Calling most of the US states as majority Catholic is likely wrong.
2014 data by state.
List of U.S. states and territories by religiosity - Wikipedia
In that link you will see that only 4 states have a catholic majority: RI, NJ, NM, MA
Also, to keep the theme going:
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From the chart above:
| Region | Protestant (%) | Catholic (%) | Mormons (%) | Other Christian (%) | Other (%) | Irreligion (%) | Don't know (%) |
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| United States | 46.5 | 20.8 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 5.9 | 22.8 | 0.6 |
Given those numbers, no way Catholics have a plurality in most states. As I said, they only have a majority in 4. The problem with the original map is that it has no title, date or source. Like it is just someone's fantasy. the irreligious seem to outnumber Catholics a the national level (2014)
County maps are so much better usually because they show distribution within states which can be important. Some surprises in your map: the Finnish in Michigan and the Irish in Montana. The Irish in Florida must be the NY retires. the tiny blue dot in NM is Los Alamos cty where the labs are and the population is mostly non Hispanic whites. The county was created during WW2 for the bomb development and security controls.
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