# 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:** 17
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/321 "2005-10-08T11:44:39Z")
That’s good **Idle Thoughts** , now can you do it so that each name is hyperlinked and I can click on one, it goes to a page for that Doper, and lists their movements from birth to present? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Carm6773](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2bfe46/32.png) [@Carm6773](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carm6773)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/322 "2005-10-08T11:59:04Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > Born and raised in Florida – I’ve never lived out of the state. Same goes for me. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2005, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/323 "2005-10-08T18:15:28Z")
Idle curiosity: I counted 47 states in the latest recap – what are the three hold outs, and why aren’t there any dopers there, eh? For Canada I counted ten provinces…which I thought was all there were, except I noticed there didn’t seem to be a listing for Prince Edward Island. So how many provinces are there, and which are ‘missing’? Similar question for Australia, but I’m guessing there are few enough Dopers from any other countries to hope to cover all the first level subdivisions. ---
**Author:** ![cherry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cherry)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/324 "2005-10-08T18:22:28Z")
Born in : London, England Raised in: Toronto, Ontario Canada Lived in : Mississauga, Ontario Canada Lived in: Whidbey Island, Washington, USA Currently Live in: San Diego, California, USA ---
**Author:** ![Martha\_Medea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@Martha\_Medea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martha_Medea)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/325 "2005-10-08T18:38:03Z")
I suggest you put Antigua and the Dominican Republic under ‘Caribbean Islands’ instead of Central America. ---
**Author:** ![Martha\_Medea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@Martha\_Medea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martha_Medea)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/326 "2005-10-08T18:39:59Z")
Sorry, that came out garbled. I suggest you put Dominican Republic under ‘Caribbean islands’ together with Antigua and Bahamas. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/327 "2005-10-08T21:01:16Z")
Update coming soon (like, after 7 or more replies…or another day without any replies; whichever comes first). Just wanted to answer **StarvingButStrong’s** question. I count 48 states, and the only ones I know of that nobody has lived in before, lives in currently, or was born in so far…are New Hampshire and Delaware. ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/328 "2005-10-08T21:25:31Z")
> [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > Idle curiosity: > For Canada I counted ten provinces…which I thought was all there were, except I noticed there didn’t seem to be a listing for Prince Edward Island. So how many provinces are there, and which are ‘missing’? Canada has 10 provinces and 3 territories. The provinces except for Prince Edward Island are included above. The 3 territories across northern Canada from east to west are: Nunavut, Northwest Territories, the Yukon. ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/329 "2005-10-08T21:59:27Z")
Currently live in Germany, in the state of Rheinland-Pfalz (English name is: Rhineland-Palatinate) Born in Ohio, Lived in upstate New York So, USA: Ohio: Jman USA: New York: Jman Germany: Rheinland-Pfalz: Jman ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/330 "2005-10-08T22:04:27Z")
Currently living in **Edinburgh, Scotland** and **Wigan, England** depending on term time. Born in Wigan, England. ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/331 "2005-10-08T22:19:46Z")
Born, raised, and living in Saskatchewan. ---
**Author:** ![straykat23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@straykat23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straykat23)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/332 "2005-10-08T22:43:29Z")
Born in San Francisco, California Lived in Oakland, California Lived in Berkeley, California Lived in Walnut Creek, California Lived for more than a year (each) in: Honolulu, Hawaii Oakland, California (2nd time) Sioux Falls, South Dakota Denver, Colorado Kansas City, Missouri Overland Park, Kansas Princeton, New Jersey Overland Park, Kansas (2nd time) Kansas City, Missouri (2nd time) Aurora, Colorado Sacramento, California King’s Lynn, Norfolk, England Petaling Jaya, Malaysia Currently live in: Sacramento, California and will probably be here forever ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/333 "2005-10-08T23:23:39Z")
> [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > Similar question for Australia, but I’m guessing there are few enough Dopers from any other countries to hope to cover all the first level subdivisions. Australia has two territories (both covered) and six states, with Tasmania the lone holdout. Although [**andygirl**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) hasn’t responded to this thread, she lives in Delaware and (IIRC) formerly attended college in New Hampshire. So she could fill the last two USA states on the list! ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/334 "2005-10-09T01:03:52Z")
Born in the province of Noord-Brabant, the Netherlands. Currently residing in the province of Noord-Holland, the Netherlands. For my wife, the latter is the same, but she’s born in Arizona, US of A. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/335 "2005-10-09T01:06:31Z")
Well, shoot! You already covered me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Antonius\_Block](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Antonius\_Block](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antonius_Block)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/336 "2005-10-09T02:05:34Z")
Adding previously-unrepresented geographical units: **Nava** is in Spain – IIRC she’s from near Zaragoza, in Aragon. **Miss Magic8Ball** is (or at least was) in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@Mona\_Lott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lott)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/337 "2005-10-09T03:46:06Z")
Born in Wallace, Idaho. Currently live in Osburn, Idaho. I trust I’m the only Doper who lives in Shoshone County. ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/338 "2005-10-11T00:28:53Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Australia has two territories (both covered) and six states, with Tasmania the lone holdout. > > Although [**andygirl**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) hasn’t responded to this thread, she lives in Delaware and (IIRC) formerly attended college in New Hampshire. So she could fill the last two USA states on the list! I grew up in Delaware, went to college/lived in New Hampshire, and now go to grad school and live in Colorado. If that helps. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/339 "2005-10-11T15:17:37Z")
From zygotery to adultery ( 😉 ) : Albia, Iowa Currently: Chicago, Illinois ---
**Author:** ![Torgo\_ate\_my\_hamster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71c47a/32.png) [@Torgo\_ate\_my\_hamster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo_ate_my_hamster)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/340 "2005-10-11T15:42:06Z")
**Idle** here is another country to add on your list. Slovenia. Born and raised here and not likely to move somewhere in the near future. I’m actually wondering if there are any more people from Slovenia here. I know only of one other person that is a registred member. And **Tomcat** , seeing that you’re in Czech Republic, down a Staropramen or two for me, please. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320.md?page=18)