Guess the Map IX: The Richese are no match

[Goodfella]

It's not asians is it?

 

[Goodfella]

I didn't look at Hawaii so I take that back.

 

[Lohrenswald]

Population growth?

 

[amadeus]

I think Arizona and Florida would be much darker then.

 

[EgonSpengler]

I'd guess some kind of immigration patterns. For the sake of making a definitive guess, I'll say immigration of Spanish-speaking Latin Americans, even though I would expect Texas to be darker than Illinois and Ohio.

 

[madviking]

Something to do with gold?

yes .

 

[Kyriakos]

Number or ratio of people with golden teeth

 

[Takhisis]

Oscar awards are made of gold.

 

[metatron]

Cali's the Australia of the north.

Olympic gold medals.

Next.

 

[madviking]

metatron got it

 

[ales_]

Can you explain, please?

 

[Arakhor]

Home states of US Olympic medallists, I would imagine.

 

[metatron]

Thought i'd come up with a map. But didn't. Because confused. And lazy.
Sorry guys.

Open floor.

 

[ales_]

I'll try to post one soon, in an hour or so.

 

[ales_]

Here it is:

The higher the colour is on the scale, the more of this the country has. Grey means None.

 

[Mise]

Politicians with past criminal convictions?

 

[ales_]

Nope.

 

[bhsup]

Organized crime syndicates?

 

[ales_]

Nein.

 

[otaman1]

Something to do with war?