by state

Doesn't include state boundaries

Doesn't include Hawaii or Alaska

Includes DC

Also includes the small English territory often left off other maps.

It's more square than I remembered it being

Looks suspiciously like Pompey... who didn't speak English 🤔

and half of those are barely fluent in their only language

Now I want to know the most commonly spoken languages other than English or Spanish.

Did "@TerribleMaps" stutter?

https://www.newsweek.com/map-shows-most-spoken-languages-each-state-besides-english-spanish-1993046

Thanks!

Iowa is the only one I really didn't expect.

It’s just a population density map.

That’s a lot of German in middle america,

Notably not in any of the states with the german speaking Amish or Mennonite communities

TIL the US's population is incredibly uniform.

That's because America has had a fuckton of immigration from Germany (especially in the mid-late 19th and early 20th centuries), and a lot of them ended up in the midwest. It's also why the "Pennsylvania Dutch [read: Deutsch]" are a thing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Americans

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Dutch

California having Chinese makes sense. Hella Asian immigrants on this side of the country (because why would you enter from the other side?) and yet... I end up hearing tagalog more than cantonese/mandarin.

California, sure, but Kansas? Pennsylvania? Those were a surprise. (New York also makes sense).

(because why would you enter from the other side?)

You say that, but Georgia's 3rd most common language is apparently Korean.

(I can confirm there's a huge Korean community in the northeastern suburbs of Atlanta, but I have no idea why they picked here instead of somewhere on the west coast.)

I think the California Chinese connection is, uh, darker, though: indentured/abused laborers for railroads and goldmines.

Why they were here and how they were treated after coming is a bit dark but Angel Island is the main entry point for a lot of people immigrating here from the East (it's basically Calofornia's version of Ellis Island) since it's closer than going all the way around the world to enter in NYC. At least, many moons ago. I imagine most fly here now and can end up practically anywhere 🤷‍♂️

No, just dense.