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Why do you suppose this is? Why do you think half the population lives in these particular states?
I don't think that's a particularly new phenomenon in this country, it's just never been noticed or pointed out until recently. I would guess it to be that way beginning in 1776. I don't think the US population has ever been evenly distributed among the states.
There are many states where only a few counties make up over half the population of that state. For example, Chicagoland in Illinois. New York City metro in New York State. Minneapolis St Paul in Minnesota. Atlanta metro in Georgia. Denver metro in Colorado, Phoenix area in Arizona, just to name a few.
That's why I think some of these mega metros after they reach 5 million people, they are big enough they should become their own state.
I don't that's a particularly new phenomenon in this country, it's just never been noticed or pointed out until recently. I would guess it to be that way beginning in 1776. I don't think the US population has ever been evenly distributed among the states.
There are many states where only a few counties make up over half the population of that state.
In 1770, the most populous colony, VA, had 19 times the population of the smallest colony, GA. Today, our most populous state, CA, has 66 times the population of the least populous, Wyoming.
In 1770, our second-largest colony had 10 times the population of the smallest. Today our SEVENTH largest state is more that 20 times larger than our smallest. In fact, our seventh largest state is more populous than our EIGHT smallest, combined
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The county map is an example of "how to lie with statistics". They left off Maricopa County, Arizona (Phoenix), 4.307 million people, yet included Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh) 1.223 million; Salt Lake County, Utah (SLC), 1.136 million; Jefferson + Adams Counties, Colorado (suburban Denver as Denver is a city-county), 574,613 + 451,443; Douglas County, Nebraska (Omaha) 561,620; and probably many others. Those are just the ones that popped out to me.
The county map is an example of "how to lie with statistics". They left off Maricopa County, Arizona (Phoenix), 4.307 million people, yet included Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh) 1.223 million; Salt Lake County, Utah (SLC), 1.136 million; Jefferson + Adams Counties, Colorado (suburban Denver as Denver is a city-county), 574,613 + 451,443; Douglas County, Nebraska (Omaha) 561,620; and probably many others. Those are just the ones that popped out to me.
In 1770, the most populous colony, VA, had 19 times the population of the smallest colony, GA. Today, our most populous state, CA, has 66 times the population of the least populous, Wyoming.
In 1770, our second-largest colony had 10 times the population of the smallest. Today our SEVENTH largest state is more that 20 times larger than our smallest. In fact, our seventh largest state is more populous than our EIGHT smallest, combined
Yes but in 1770 Virginia likely had 70 times more people than Wyoming. No cause for alarm.
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