# Overview (Short information) about the states in the United States of America

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 30, 2017, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overview-short-information-about-the-states-in-the-united-states-of-america/800209 "2017-10-30T04:56:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![MaverocK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@MaverocK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaverocK)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2017, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overview-short-information-about-the-states-in-the-united-states-of-america/800209/1 "2017-10-30T04:56:51Z")

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I am looking for some sort of an information source (can be a video, film, documentary, web page, or text book etc.) which gives a “brief” overview or description of the individual states in the United States of America. Each state should be treated separately. It would be great if it could contain information about the local economy, agriculture, climate, population, education level, violence level, number of large companies or corporations and not-so-detailed geographical information etc.

Any idea or suggestion is welcome.

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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2017, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overview-short-information-about-the-states-in-the-united-states-of-america/800209/2 "2017-10-30T05:11:31Z")

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Did you try wikipedia?

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2017, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overview-short-information-about-the-states-in-the-united-states-of-america/800209/3 "2017-10-30T05:32:45Z")

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Wikipedia is the good answer.

If you want the bad answer: [50 State Stereotypes (in 2 minutes)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h68UJaHvG_c)

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**Author:** ![MaverocK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@MaverocK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaverocK)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overview-short-information-about-the-states-in-the-united-states-of-america/800209/4 "2018-01-06T22:33:46Z")

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I ended up collecting information from Wikipedia and will personally continue this video as a project. I can share with you here as well once I am done. 😃