Maybe size does matter.. The U.S. population is spread out among 3.8 million square miles across 50 states, yet nearly one-third of Americans live in just three states: California, Texas and New York.

The U.S. Coast Survey map calculated the number of slaves in each county in the United States in 1860. Library of Congress In September of 1861, the U.S. Coast Survey published a large map ...

We'll admit it: We're suckers for ways to reimagine the political boundaries of the United States. Below, we have a four-decade-old attempt from California State University geography professor C ...

It’s just a bit of fun, sure, but it’s pretty interesting to look at. For comparison, here's an actual map of the United States, and the population density one again so you can easily compare ...

His map is based on 2010 Census data, which records a population of 308,745,538 for the United States. Divided up among 50 states, that's a population of a little over six million people per state.

James Bickerton is a Newsweek U.S. News reporter based in London, U.K. His focus is on covering news and politics in Texas, as well as other general news across the United States. James joined ...

The last three states that saw high population gains are South Carolina, up by 347,000 (6.8 percent); Tennessee, up by 300,000 (4.3 percent); and Washington, up by 231,000 (3 percent).

It also has the second-largest population size, at 30.5 million as of July 2023, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. Aside ...

The observation is not wrong — a shaded-area map of the United States does not accurately represent population. But the goal of the printed map is not to reveal who won the 2012 election — a ...