# 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:** 9
**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:** [September 9, 2005, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/161 "2005-09-09T05:47:10Z")
That’s in the Middle East, right? ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/162 "2005-09-09T05:59:16Z")
There was also \*\*Acaciacath \*\* who posted from Darwin, in the Northern Territory of Australia. I’m not sure if she’s still around. ---
**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 9, 2005, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/163 "2005-09-09T06:40:58Z")
Hawaii ---
**Author:** ![Orville\_mogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/aeb1de/32.png) [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/164 "2005-09-09T06:57:06Z")
am I the only one in **Switzerland**? By the way, if you want to have some fun and test your European geography, check [this](http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/country_europe_G2_drag-drop.html) out. Placing some of these countries is deceptively difficult. ---
**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 9, 2005, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/165 "2005-09-09T07:17:52Z")
> [@Endemic](#): > > am I the only one in **Switzerland**? > > By the way, if you want to have some fun and test your European geography, check [this](http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/country_europe_G2_drag-drop.html) out. Placing some of these countries is deceptively difficult. Only 27 out of 45. I suck at geography. ---
**Author:** ![kinoons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a698b9/32.png) [@kinoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kinoons)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/166 "2005-09-09T07:58:35Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > Born, raised: **Reno, Nevada** > > Yay! I’m the first to report in as a Nevadan! > > Currently living in: Pullman, Washington I’d have sworn I posted earlier… Las Vegas, NV here… ---
**Author:** ![MrAlpen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@MrAlpen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAlpen)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/167 "2005-09-09T10:39:54Z")
Coventry, England and Delft, Netherlands (about 50/50!) Are you allowed two? ---
**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:** [September 9, 2005, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/168 "2005-09-09T12:11:12Z")
Living in Western Australia Raised in the South Island of New Zealand (born in the North Island, but I keep that to myself most of the time.) ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/169 "2005-09-09T12:30:45Z")
> [@Endemic](#): > > By the way, if you want to have some fun and test your European geography, check [this](http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/country_europe_G2_drag-drop.html) out. Placing some of these countries is deceptively difficult. 36/45. Damn, the “new Europe” (no, it’s _not_ almost 15 years old, I can’t hear you, lalalalala) is hard. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/170 "2005-09-09T12:39:27Z")
35/45 I was pissed off at fucking up San Marino and Luxembourg by a few millimetres… ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/171 "2005-09-09T12:43:56Z")
> [@Endemic](#): > > am I the only one in **Switzerland**? > > By the way, if you want to have some fun and test your European geography, check [this](http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/country_europe_G2_drag-drop.html) out. Placing some of these countries is deceptively difficult. 42/45. And those were near misses (as in, just far enough off for the software to yell at me) too. What? Yes, I’m a real geek 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/172 "2005-09-09T13:22:26Z")
> [@Ice Wolf](#): > > Who made **TLD** an honourary NZer? 😃 And where the hell am _I_? Unless there’s a separate country listed under Orcland, **I Am From New Zealand**. ---
**Author:** ![DataZak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@DataZak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DataZak)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/173 "2005-09-09T13:50:25Z")
> [@Idle Thoughts](#): > > \ > > Asia > > India - gouda > Japan - Hokkaido Brit > Malaysia - **DataZap** > Singapore - ExtraKun > > \ Bolding mine. Idle Thoughts, it’s DataZa **k**. Yeah, I know it’s just my online name…but hey, it’s _my_ online name. ---
**Author:** ![BluePitbull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@BluePitbull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BluePitbull)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/174 "2005-09-09T13:56:39Z")
Nassau, Bahamas Is it considered part of the Caribbean in North America? People From the other “Caribbean” islands don’t think so. ---
**Author:** ![Zerc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/82dd89/32.png) [@Zerc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zerc)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/175 "2005-09-09T14:44:17Z")
I’m from Pretoria, South Africa ---
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/176 "2005-09-09T15:01:53Z")
“The new phone book is here! The new phone book is here! I’m **somebody**!.. **Things are going to start happening for me now.** ” (I made the list. 🙂 ) ---
**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 9, 2005, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/177 "2005-09-09T15:07:06Z")
They don’t seem to have posted yet, but **Gorsnak and Northern Piper** are in Saskatchewan. We must have some Manitobans around here - where are all y’all? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/178 "2005-09-09T15:34:41Z")
Ontario, Canada ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/179 "2005-09-09T16:43:57Z")
Don’t forget **Nunavut Boy** from, yes, Nunavut, Canada. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/180 "2005-09-09T16:49:26Z")
> [@BluePitbull](#): > > Nassau, Bahamas > Is it considered part of the Caribbean in North America? > People From the other “Caribbean” islands don’t think so. Definitely West Indies, and since many people who take Caribbean\* cruises visit Nassau as a port of call, they (understandably, in my opinion) place the Bahamas in that sea, even though your country technically isn’t a Caribbean land. Yes, **Idle Thoughts** , Qatar is in the Middle East – Arabian Peninsula, to be specific. (And Qatar, Israel, and most other Middle East nations are on the continent of Asia, even though “Asian” is the currently-recommended term for those people who used to be called “Oriental”. One final note before I prepare and eat lunch (bolding mine): > [@](#): > > UK > England - grimpixie, Angua, Mangetout, Small Clanger, GorillaMan > **Ireland - Pushkin, irishgirl** > Scotland - GCU Stout Heart > Wales - rayh **Pushkin** is in Belfast, Northern Ireland, which _is_ part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The Republic of Ireland, home of **irishgirl** , is a separate nation. The term “British Isles” covers the English, Scots, Welsh, and residents of the island of Ireland, as well as the Isle of Man’s **Lobsang**. \*which I pronounce CARE-uh-bee-un, if you’re interested [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320.md?page=10)