I have not expected that New England is the catholic hotspot of the USA. Should not highly correlate the percentage of hispanics and the percentage of catholics?!
I suspect you haven't been around too many New England cities if you don't think Irish, Italian, and/or Hispanic immigrants have had a formative role in urban demographics.
Well it is literally called New ENGLAND, but mostly it's because it was part of the original 13 colonies of the UK so it was more heavily influenced by that then states like California, which were part of the US later than states like New York. Idk about New Mexico though, probably something to do with the Spanish mission system?
That fact caused many in the Catholic minority to "relocate" to other shores. My home state of Maryland was originally founded as a haven for English Catholics.
I was thinking the same. In any obesity country quiz, it's dominated by Pacific island nations. Then suddenly Hawaii is the least obese state in America? Strange.
Also strange is that when you move over to East Asia you suddenly find the least obese populations again. I guess there's a lot of biological/cultural differences there I'm just not privy to.
Just my two cents but I feel like Illinois should be included in the last question. Statehood was attained in 1818 and they do have land west of the Mississippi (Kaskaskia, Randolph county), even though that land was to the east of the river in 1818.
Also strange is that when you move over to East Asia you suddenly find the least obese populations again. I guess there's a lot of biological/cultural differences there I'm just not privy to.
Native Hawaiians are probably more likely to be obese, but make up only about 11% of the population.