# Let's see how many states/countries/provinces we have people here from. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 6, 2005, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320 "2005-09-06T08:52:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/221 "2005-09-11T07:11:30Z")
Whoa, Idle Thoughts, that’s some serious effort you’re putting into this. So, just a couple corrections: I only lived in Connecticut, wasn’t born there (did most of my growing up there, though). I was born in North Carolina. ---
**Author:** ![Greenback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2bfe46/32.png) [@Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greenback)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/222 "2005-09-11T07:20:33Z")
Born, raised, and presently reside in Manitoba, Canada. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/223 "2005-09-11T14:42:01Z")
> [@Idle Thoughts](#): > > Don’t know why I put Russia in Europe. (for the record, I didn’t see anyone correct me yet as I’ve been on the reply page for the last hour or so doing the color schemes; I found it myself and wondered what I was smoking) No you weren’t smoking. Russia is in Europe, at least the part of Russia west of the Urals. And I was born in The Netherlands. ---
**Author:** ![Pixisis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@Pixisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixisis)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/224 "2005-09-11T14:49:22Z")
OK. for CT I can be red, blue, and green … I was born there, I live there, and I will return there soon this will be really cool 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/225 "2005-09-11T15:10:28Z")
Saskatchewan, Canada here. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/226 "2005-09-11T15:28:54Z")
Another Alaskan here. Born in Juneau. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/227 "2005-09-11T16:00:05Z")
You might want to check with Opal about updating the [Doper Maps](http://maps.teemingmillions.com/) web page. It hasn’t been touched in 4 years, but the code is already there for a nice graphic representation of where people are. [NB: At the time it was created, I lived in NJ. Now I live in Reading, PA. So there’s another data point for you.] ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/228 "2005-09-11T16:09:55Z")
> [@kinoons](#): > > I’d have sworn I posted earlier… > > Las Vegas, NV here… D’oh! Must have missed it. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/229 "2005-09-11T16:12:12Z")
Nope, I was first: post #144 versus #146, not that it matters. . . 😃😉 ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/230 "2005-09-11T16:22:04Z")
Born (and spent over half of my life) in Wisconsin. Brian ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/231 "2005-09-11T16:45:37Z")
This has been a seriously worthwhile undertaking! **Idle Thoughts** , are you by any chance the first child in your family? I’ve read about first children being list-makers. I definitely fit that profile. So does my wife. ---
**Author:** ![dare\_devil007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@dare\_devil007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dare_devil007)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/232 "2005-09-11T16:53:16Z")
I am in Ontario, Canada. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/233 "2005-09-11T17:59:55Z")
Born in: Iowa Lived: Pennsylvania, **Alabama** , California, Massachusetts. **Rhode Island** Now in: Vermont No need to list all those, but I think I’m the first to reference the two bolded states. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/234 "2005-09-11T18:32:14Z")
Happy Lendervedder- Illinois ---
**Author:** ![Hugh\_Jass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4da419/32.png) [@Hugh\_Jass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Jass)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/235 "2005-09-11T20:43:06Z")
Hugh Jass Texas ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/236 "2005-09-11T22:45:20Z")
> [@Greenback](#): > > Born, raised, and presently reside in Manitoba, Canada. I knew we must have had one or two of you guys around. **Idle Thoughts** , thanks for the undertaking. I might also add, you’re taking the kvetching about places and locations extremely well. I would have probably told people to sod off by now. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/237 "2005-09-11T23:14:17Z")
I had passed on this thread in the early going because it looked like it was looking for which places were represented. Now it looks like multiples per area are OK. So… Born: Ohio Lived in: Ohio, Kentucky, North Carolina, Indiana, Wyoming, Maryland, Colorado, Michigan, California. Now living in: Kentucky ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/238 "2005-09-11T23:15:30Z")
I thought the OP was looking for where we live now and are posting from, not where we were born. Is that correct? ---
**Author:** ![PigBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/97f17d/32.png) [@PigBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PigBoy)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/239 "2005-09-11T23:34:14Z")
Currently in Wisconsin, but I hail from Ohio, where I was born and spent the latter half of my upbringing. (Moved away shortly after I was born, but returned some eight years later. The other places I lived were Virginia and Hawaii, if it matters.) ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/240 "2005-09-12T00:16:37Z")
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