# Anyway to find out the geographic distribution of Dopers? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 3, 2007, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyway-to-find-out-the-geographic-distribution-of-dopers/402548 "2007-05-03T00:21:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyway-to-find-out-the-geographic-distribution-of-dopers/402548/1 "2007-05-03T00:21:26Z")
I’m curious, maybe it’s because my girlfriend is from there and that makes me biased to notice but there seems to be a disproportionate amount of Dopers from Ohio. Is there a worldmap with Doper distribution on it? ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyway-to-find-out-the-geographic-distribution-of-dopers/402548/2 "2007-05-03T00:53:13Z")
I believe there wa a thread a while back where we mapped out the locations of a bunch of Dopers. I’ll have to do a search for it. You are quite right though, Ohio does have the largest concentration of geniuses on the planet! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyway-to-find-out-the-geographic-distribution-of-dopers/402548/3 "2007-05-03T00:58:58Z")
[QUOTE=Dorjän] You are quite right though, Ohio does have the largest concentration of geniuses on the planet! [/QUOTE] Which, of course, has nothing whatsoever to do with what the OP asked. I remember that thread, though. It used GoogleMaps, I think. Interesting concentrations around the globe, in very unlikely areas. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyway-to-find-out-the-geographic-distribution-of-dopers/402548/4 "2007-05-03T01:03:23Z")
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=381975&highlight=stand+counted](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=381975&highlight=stand+counted) was a long thread about non USA dopers and where there are and where they are from. I think there was another thread which charted the locations of the USA dopers, no doubt linked somewhere ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyway-to-find-out-the-geographic-distribution-of-dopers/402548/5 "2007-05-03T01:04:24Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] Which, of course, has nothing whatsoever to do with what the OP asked. I remember that thread, though. It used GoogleMaps, I think. Interesting concentrations around the globe, in very unlikely areas. [/QUOTE] Sure it does! We Dopers are smart, and there are a bunch of us in Ohio. Anyways, I couldn’t find the thread but I did find the map: [http://www.frappr.com/sdmb/map](http://www.frappr.com/sdmb/map) ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyway-to-find-out-the-geographic-distribution-of-dopers/402548/6 "2007-05-03T01:05:37Z")
Of course, any attempt to find out the exact geographic distribution of Dopers is likely to be limited by those of us who decline to identify our location, or fail to update our location when we move. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyway-to-find-out-the-geographic-distribution-of-dopers/402548/7 "2007-05-03T01:10:23Z")
[QUOTE=Dorjän] Sure it does! We Dopers are smart, and there are a bunch of us in Ohio. [/QUOTE] Again, you are confusing correlation with causality. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyway-to-find-out-the-geographic-distribution-of-dopers/402548/8 "2007-05-03T01:30:40Z")
Also…some of us are in Ohio, but originally from [del]Michigan[/del] elsewhere. 😃 I’m pretty sure **Idle Thoughts** has a thread out there where he listed Dopers by part of the world and broke out U.S. Dopers by state. (Too tired to search for it…) GT ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyway-to-find-out-the-geographic-distribution-of-dopers/402548/9 "2007-05-03T01:34:02Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] Again, you are confusing correlation with causality. 😃 [/QUOTE] I concur. The handful of people I’ve met from Ohio were all kinda crazy, but I am not fully convinced that Ohio is full of nutters… yet. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyway-to-find-out-the-geographic-distribution-of-dopers/402548/10 "2007-05-03T01:38:15Z")
There is indeed a thread but the search function seems to be truly broken at least for me. You are right that there are a disproportionate amount of intelligent Dopers in Ohio. Back in 2001, we were seeing an influx of people that were dragging the board down in many ways. The idea was to pre-screen Dopers much like they do Jeopardy contestants. We decided to give the idea a try with the most “average” state, Ohio. After months of work, the results came in. The idea worked in some ways. Out of the approximately 11,000,000 people in Ohio, we identified 12 quality Dopers or about 1 in 1,000,000 residents. We don’t know if that is bad or good because it was too expensive to try on another state after that. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyway-to-find-out-the-geographic-distribution-of-dopers/402548/11 "2007-05-03T01:56:34Z")
Ohioans are the only ones who consistently post their real locations on their profile, as we’re the only people who are proud of our state! Woohoo! (on a side note: has anyone ever noticed how there is ALWAYS someone from Ohio in “Letters to the Editor” sections in magazines? Or do I only notice this because I am from Ohio?) ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyway-to-find-out-the-geographic-distribution-of-dopers/402548/12 "2007-05-03T13:03:51Z")
[QUOTE=Dorjän] Anyways, I couldn’t find the thread but I did find the map: [http://www.frappr.com/sdmb/map](http://www.frappr.com/sdmb/map) [/QUOTE] Don’t know how I missed that the last time around. I added myself so now it is complete. ---
**Author:** ![Ferd\_Burfel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@Ferd\_Burfel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferd_Burfel)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyway-to-find-out-the-geographic-distribution-of-dopers/402548/13 "2007-05-03T14:06:13Z")
[QUOTE=gardentraveler] Also…some of us are in Ohio, but originally from [del]Michigan[/del] elsewhere. 😃 I’m pretty sure **Idle Thoughts** has a thread out there where he listed Dopers by part of the world and broke out U.S. Dopers by state. (Too tired to search for it…) GT [/QUOTE] I didn’t think a Michigander could survive in the heart of Buckeye land. 😉 Anyhow, there are also some of us who no longer live in Ohio. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyway-to-find-out-the-geographic-distribution-of-dopers/402548/14 "2007-05-03T14:10:20Z")
[QUOTE=ZipperJJ] Ohioans are the only ones who consistently post their real locations on their profile, as we’re the only people who are proud of our state! Woohoo! [/QUOTE] Well, I just like being reasonably factually accurate. Though I live in the Buckeye State, in “the Heart of it all”, I don’t count myself as an Ohioan: I’m an Australian / New South Welshman. ---
**Author:** ![AHoosierMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@AHoosierMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHoosierMama)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyway-to-find-out-the-geographic-distribution-of-dopers/402548/15 "2007-05-03T18:46:09Z")
There must be a LOT of ignorance to fight in Ohio. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyway-to-find-out-the-geographic-distribution-of-dopers/402548/16 "2007-05-03T19:07:02Z")
[QUOTE=AHoosierMama] There must be a LOT of ignorance to fight in Ohio. [/QUOTE] Or a lot of ignorance being fought 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyway-to-find-out-the-geographic-distribution-of-dopers/402548/17 "2007-05-03T19:23:02Z")
[QUOTE=gardentraveler] I’m pretty sure **Idle Thoughts** has a thread out there where he listed Dopers by part of the world and broke out U.S. Dopers by state. (Too tired to search for it…) [/QUOTE] A native Ohioan had inclination enough and time to search and [locate said thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=410418&highlight=Antigua) ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyway-to-find-out-the-geographic-distribution-of-dopers/402548/18 "2007-05-04T00:08:21Z")
Seems from that thread to be alot more in Indiana. I must just have noticed Ohio because I’ve visited a few times. ---
**Author:** ![AHoosierMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@AHoosierMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHoosierMama)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyway-to-find-out-the-geographic-distribution-of-dopers/402548/19 "2007-05-04T13:26:07Z")
Go Hoosiers! ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyway-to-find-out-the-geographic-distribution-of-dopers/402548/20 "2007-05-04T17:02:03Z")
When I did my postcard project and got Dopers to send my students postcards from all over our fine planet, I actually did notice that I had a disproportionate amount of cards from Ohio. Hm. Makes you think. Well, not really. I actually am not a big fan of Ohio at all. The people are perfectly pleasant, of course, but it always struck me as a pretty dull place, scenery-wise. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyway-to-find-out-the-geographic-distribution-of-dopers/402548.md?page=2)