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Wisconsin has more people, and it's still ranked only 33rd in the US as far as Black population. Not sure what relevance that has. Are you trying to make it the only thing?
Vermont and Wisconsin are not sister states at all. I live in S.E. Wisconsin and it resembles Ohio or Indiana and the rest of the state is similar to Minnesota. There are many industrial cities in Wisconsin from Green Bay to Kenosha. Kenosha is often considered a suburb of Chicago, which is only 35 minutes from Wisconsin. Vermont is like New Hampshire. I don't know about Oregon, but Vermont is not similar to Wisconsin with the exception of northern Wisconsin, which is very rural and overwhelming white like Vermont. Wisconsin is the 20th largest state with 5.8 million people, Vermont is ranked 49 with 623,000. This idea that floats around that Wisconsin is a state with a small population full of farms with cows and nothing else is not at all correct. Claiming it is a sister state to Vermont is strange.
Your Wiki list includes US territories the list below is for US states only. Also it is from 2010 and is ranked by % not population , this is a 2016 estimate.
According to Black demographics.com Wisconsin ranked 24 in black population in 2016 with 437,000 and Vermont ranked 49 with 12,000. Black Population Percent Black
1 New York 3,792,045 19%
2 Texas 3,755,316 14%
3 Florida 3,717,392 18%
4 Georgia 3,430,662 33%
5 California 2,994,626 8%
6 North Carolina 2,383,097 23%
7 Illinois 2,002,304 16%
8 Maryland 1,945,309 32%
9 Virginia 1,789,312 21%
10 Pennsylvania 1,667,095 13%
11 Ohio 1,650,075 14%
12 Louisiana 1,567,721 34%
13 Michigan 1,530,704 15%
14 New Jersey 1,540,133 16%
15 South Carolina 1,416,465 29%
16 Alabama 1,342,508 28%
17 Tennessee 1,203,469 18%
18 Mississippi 1,149,120 38%
19 Missouri 788,431 13%
20 Indiana 719,940 11%
21 Massachusetts 676,366 10%
22 Arkansas 493,264 17%
23 Connecticut 471,282 13%
24 Wisconsin 437,357 8%
25 Kentucky 416,731 9%
26 Arizona 415,501 6%
27 Minnesota 411,323 8%
28 Washington 409,981 6%
29 Oklahoma 367,456 9%
30 District of Columbia 336,753 49%
31 Nevada 327,269 11%
32 Colorado 310,304 6%
33 Delaware 231,463 24%
34 Kansas 220,608 8%
35 Iowa 145,822 5%
36 Oregon 125,542 3%
37 Nebraska 115,041 6%
38 Rhode Island 103,558 9%
39 West Virginia 83,452 5%
40 New Mexico 68,396 3%
41 Utah 60,753 2%
42 Hawaii 50,825 4%
43 Alaska 39,611 5%
44 New Hampshire 28,729 2%
45 Maine 27,569 2%
46 North Dakota 27,249 4%
47 South Dakota 23,460 2%
48 Idaho 22,635 1%
49 Vermont 12,089 2%
50 Montana 11,359 1%
51 Wyoming 11,292 2%
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Sister states are usually states nearby that share major similarities to each other. For example, New Hampshire for Vermont, Minnesota and Michigan for Wisconsin and Washington and possibly Idaho for Oregon.
Okay.... but it's interesting to think of states that aren't neighbors, but have a lot in common
(or maybe I should say "in parallel").
Offhand, the most obvious such duo I can think of is Maryland and Massachusetts,
the bookend states of the Northeastern megapolitan area.
Their stories are different, and yet:
Each is a small state (geographically), but contains a big city.
Each is on salt water, has an major harbor and a long maritime history.
Each is known for its big city's accent (Bawlmur / Baahston)
Each is noted for seafood (crab / lobster).
Each is home to a historic Navy ship (Constellation / Constitution)
Each is home to a James Rouse urban mall (Harborplace / Faneuil Hall)
Each votes decidedly blue in presidential elections.
Each is home to an AFC football team (Ravens / Patriots)
Each is home to an American League baseball team (Orioles / Red Sox), and therefore
I was thinking how all these states are very similar in a lot of ways! The epitome of the "United States of Canada", if you will. I can list tons of examples.
All three states are:
*Heavily forested
Just over half of Oregon's land is similar to high desert.
Just over half of Oregon's land is similar to high desert.
Wisconsin has professional MLB, NBA, and NFL teams. Lots and LOTS of lakes, in addition to an entire eastern border that is Lake Michigan. Oregon has the Pacific, but Vermont is landlocked. There are some scenes in WI, that remind of Vermont.
Wisconsin has professional MLB, NBA, and NFL teams. Lots and LOTS of lakes, in addition to an entire eastern border that is Lake Michigan. Oregon has the Pacific, but Vermont is landlocked. There are some scenes in WI, that remind of Vermont.
The last grouping is Lake Superior, which also borders Wisconsin to the north.
I wouldn't exactly call VT completely landlocked. Lake Champlain , between NY and VT, runs for about 2/3 of VT's western border. VT and WI are both dairy states, too, although there is quite a difference in quantity..
Oregon's sister state is definitely Washington. Wisconsin's would be Minnesota and Vermont's would be New Hampshire or Maine.
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