Maps, graphs, and other visual materials directed at the general public.
Is it accurate to describe the federal funding California gets as California’s own money? Would the U.S. be poorer and weaker without California? Does California’s economy prop up red states? Is California one of the states least reliant on the federal government?
The short answer to all these questions is yes. But it’s pretty hard to win a debate with just one data point.
The U.S. flag features 50 stars of equal size, one for each state. In reality, states are so unequal that just nine of them comprise about 51% of the United States’ population.
Which countries are in the same class as California? This map shows the 37 countries similar to California in population size: This map shows the “California’s Peers”
Is California too big to be a U.S. state, or are most U.S. states just too little? 1. If every state were the same size “The Absurdity of California Statehood”
The U.S. state of California came into existence in 1850, but California itself is much, much older. 1. Before contact with Europeans The area we “California before the USA”
This 1-page fact sheet shows, in graphical form, how states in the western U.S. compare in population, electricity consumption, and electricity generation.
The area of each state on this map shows how much representation in the U.S. Senate the average resident gets. For example, the average Wyomingite “Representation in the U.S. Senate (Map)”
