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Alphabetical Cartogram

Title text: Poor Weeoming.

Explanation

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This comic shows a map of the United States, with every state resized based on where it appears in an alphabetical list of states. Hence Alabama is the largest state, Wyoming is the smallest.

Wyoming shrank the most, while Delaware grew the largest proportionally.

This coincides with a recent study from the University of Michigan showing that the alphabetical order of surnames leads to differences in grading.

The title text creates a portmanteau of the words “wee,” which means “little,” and “Wyoming,” making fun of how small it is on this map.

Bias resulting from alphabetical order was also the topic of 2789: Making Plans.

Table of states

#	States by Size	States Alphabetically
1	Alaska	Alabama
2	Texas	Alaska
3	California	Arizona
4	Montana	Arkansas
5	New Mexico	California
6	Arizona	Colorado
7	Nevada	Connecticut
8	Colorado	Delaware
9	Oregon	Florida
10	Wyoming	Georgia
11	Michigan	Hawaii
12	Minnesota	Idaho
13	Utah	Illinois
14	Idaho	Indiana
15	Kansas	Iowa
16	Nebraska	Kansas
17	South Dakota	Kentucky
18	Washington	Louisiana
19	North Dakota	Maine
20	Oklahoma	Maryland
21	Missouri	Massachusetts
22	Florida	Michigan
23	Wisconsin	Minnesota
24	Georgia	Mississippi
25	Illinois	Missouri
26	Iowa	Montana
27	New York	Nebraska
28	North Carolina	Nevada
29	Arkansas	New Hampshire
30	Alabama	New Jersey
31	Louisiana	New Mexico
32	Mississippi	New York
33	Pennsylvania	North Carolina
34	Ohio	North Dakota
35	Virginia	Ohio
36	Tennessee	Oklahoma
37	Kentucky	Oregon
38	Indiana	Pennsylvania
39	Maine	Rhode Island
40	South Carolina	South Carolina
41	West Virginia	South Dakota
42	Maryland	Tennessee
43	Hawaii	Texas
44	Massachusetts	Utah
45	Vermont	Vermont
46	New Hampshire	Virginia
47	New Jersey	Washington
48	Connecticut	West Virginia
49	Delaware	Wisconsin
50	Rhode Island	Wyoming

Transcript

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A More Fair Map

Instead of giving more area to larger states, this map improves fairness by sizing the states alphabetically.

[A labeled map of the United States where states are resized based on their alphabetical order]

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