Nowadays, using data from Google Trends, everyone can build a map that exhibits which Thanksgiving side is the favorite of each state.

Most Popular Thanksgiving Sides

In 2020 mashed potatoes are the most common dish in the U.S. It is generally prevalent in 11 states, including California, Connecticut, Washington, Wisconsin, and Connecticut. Mac and cheese is the 2nd-favorite dish and is particularly prevalent in the southern states of North and South Carolina and Georgia. Not surprisingly, cranberry sauce, a staple of Thanksgiving, is the most popular dish only in New Hampshire, while Maine is the lone state obsessed with a side salad.

But taste preferences change from year to year. For example, the map below shows what will be on your Thanksgiving plate, according to Google in 2017.

Most Popular Thanksgiving Pie

According to google search trend data, the most popular pie for Thanksgiving in the U.S. is pumpkin pie.

Breaking the data down into state data 44 states felt pumpkin pie was the best. The pie in 2d place was sweet potato pie, with 3 states (Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgis) picking this as the top desired pie. Pecan pie is prevalent only in two states Oklahoma and Alabama. To our wonder, apple pie was only a preference in South Dakota.

The Pie map below created by Tali shows the most popular pie search during Thanksgiving.

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Google autocomplete: ‘Why is [State] so…?’

Google autocomplete:
– Why is Alabama so good?
– Why is Alaska so haunted?
– Why is Arizona so racist?
– Why is Arkansas so poor?
– Why is California so crazy?
– Why is Colorada so fit?
– Why is Connecticut so ghetto?
– Why is Delaware so business-friendly?
– Why is Florida so crazy?
– Why is Georgia so poor?
– Why is Hawaii so expensive?
– Why is Idaho so boring?
– Why is Illinois so broke?
– Why is Indiana so depressing?
– Why is Iowa so white?
– Why is Kansas so flat?
– Why is Kentucky so stupid?
– Why is Louisiana so corrupt?
– Why is Maine so creepy?
– Why is Maryland so wealthy?
– Why is Massachusetts so smart?
– Why is Michigan so awesome?
– Why is Minnesota so democratic?
– Why is Mississippi so bad?
– Why is Missouri so racist?
– Why is Montana so big?
– Why is Nebraska so Republican?
– Why is Nevada so cheap?
– Why is New Hampshire so rich?
– Why is New Jersey so bad?
– Why is New Mexico so poor?
– Why is New York so poor?
– Why is North Carolina so backward?
– Why is North Dakota so windy?
– Why is Ohio so haunted?
– Why is Oklahoma so humid?
– Why is Oregon so smokey?
– Why is Pennsylvania so weird?
– Why is Rhode Island so small?
– Why is South Carolina so sandy?
– Why is South Dakota so happy?
– Why is Tennessee so humid?
– Why is Texas so hot?
– Why is Utah so Mormon?
– Why is Vermont so safe?
– Why is Virginia so racist?
– Why is Washington (state) so liberal?
– Why is West Virginia so bad?
– Why is Wisconsin so cold?
– Why is Wyoming so conservative?
– Why is Alabama so good?
– Why is Alabama so good?

Let see how to autocomplete other search engines describes U.S. states. The map below shows Yahoo autocomplete: “[State] is.”

Yahoo autocomplete: ‘[State] is’

As you can see, Yahoo autocomplete describes the U.S. States in a completely different way than Google.

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GDP by metropolitan area Via howmuch.net, Data census.gov

Top 10 U.S. Metropolitan Areas (GDP – $5.7 trillion, Population – 84.3 million)
1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA (GDP – $1.43 trillion, Population – 20.1 million)
2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA (GDP – $885 billion, Population – 13.3 million)
3. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI  (GDP – $569 billion, Population – 9.5 million)
4. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX (GDP – $471 billion, Population – 7.2 million)
5. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV (GDP – $449 billion, Population – 6.1 million)
6. Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX (GDP – $442 billion, Population – 6.7 million)
7. San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA (GDP – $406 billion, Population – 4.7 million)
8. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD (GDP – $381 billion, Population –  6.1 million)
9. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (GDP – $371 billion, Population –  4.8 million)
10. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA (GDP – $320 billion, Population –  5.8 million)

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Reddit user: vb4m

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Blue: Buses
Green: Light Rail
Red: Subways
Yellow: Trains
Orange: Cabie cars
Pink: Ferries

Data from Transitland, an open-source data service sponsored by Mapzen. Visualization by Will Geary. The code here: github.com/transitland/transitland-processing-animation.

… New York City maps

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Youtube version

This map is meant to help travelers better time their trips to have the best opportunity of catching peak color each year.

Source: smokymountains.com

Related post:
– The fall foliage prediction map (2016)

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Via visme.co

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Google Trends

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GoogleTrends

The most commonly misspelled porn search in every U.S. state.

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