Net Neutrality - New Map Shows #StopTheFCC Support by State
Sperling's BestPlaces collected 145,000 #StopTheFCC tweets from November 24 to December 14 and analyzed them.
Each of the geolocated tweets was mapped to determine the number of tweets per state. Using this data, the research firm generated a choropleth map showing the number of tweets per capita (100,000 people).
For a high-res image of the map, contact cartographer Nick Arnold at nick@bestplaces.net
Full rankings and data:
#StopTheFCC Support by State
| Rank |
State |
Tweets per 100k Pop. |
Tweet Count |
Population |
| 1 | District of Columbia | 320.33 | 1872 | 584,400
|
| 2 | West Virginia | 72.52 | 1335 | 1,840,802
|
| 3 | Oregon | 56.83 | 2138 | 3,761,925
|
| 4 | Massachusetts | 50.36 | 3262 | 6,477,096
|
| 5 | New York | 49.28 | 9477 | 19,229,752
|
| 6 | Colorado | 44.91 | 2195 | 4,887,061
|
| 7 | Nevada | 43.03 | 1133 | 2,633,331
|
| 8 | Washington | 42.70 | 2802 | 6,561,297
|
| 9 | California | 41.95 | 15370 | 36,637,290
|
| 10 | Vermont | 38.13 | 238 | 624,258
|
| 11 | Illinois | 37.54 | 4785 | 12,745,359
|
| 12 | New Jersey | 37.53 | 3273 | 8,721,577
|
| 13 | Florida | 36.36 | 6731 | 18,511,620
|
| 14 | Rhode Island | 35.97 | 380 | 1,056,389
|
| 15 | Maryland | 35.34 | 2013 | 5,696,423
|
| 16 | Maine | 34.65 | 460 | 1,327,665
|
| 17 | Alaska | 32.99 | 228 | 691,189
|
| 18 | Arizona | 32.77 | 2047 | 6,246,816
|
| 19 | Missouri | 32.30 | 1913 | 5,922,314
|
| 20 | New Mexico | 30.45 | 613 | 2,013,122
|
| 21 | Texas | 30.45 | 7402 | 24,311,891
|
| 22 | Pennsylvania | 30.11 | 3798 | 12,612,705
|
| 23 | Minnesota | 30.05 | 1575 | 5,241,914
|
| 24 | Michigan | 29.95 | 2981 | 9,952,687
|
| 25 | Tennessee | 29.25 | 1824 | 6,234,968
|
| 26 | Utah | 28.79 | 765 | 2,657,236
|
| 27 | Ohio | 28.73 | 3308 | 11,512,431
|
| 28 | Iowa | 28.55 | 861 | 3,016,267
|
| 29 | Connecticut | 26.43 | 937 | 3,545,837
|
| 30 | Wyoming | 25.84 | 141 | 545,579
|
| 31 | North Carolina | 25.36 | 2351 | 9,271,178
|
| 32 | Wisconsin | 25.13 | 1417 | 5,637,947
|
| 33 | Indiana | 25.10 | 1611 | 6,417,398
|
| 34 | Hawaii | 24.60 | 328 | 1,333,591
|
| 35 | Montana | 23.41 | 228 | 973,739
|
| 36 | Nebraska | 22.23 | 400 | 1,799,125
|
| 37 | New Hampshire | 22.22 | 292 | 1,313,939
|
| 38 | Delaware | 21.11 | 186 | 881,278
|
| 39 | Kentucky | 20.98 | 899 | 4,285,828
|
| 40 | Virginia | 19.48 | 1526 | 7,835,577
|
| 41 | Idaho | 19.39 | 296 | 1,526,797
|
| 42 | South Carolina | 18.93 | 854 | 4,511,428
|
| 43 | Georgia | 18.38 | 1740 | 9,468,815
|
| 44 | Oklahoma | 17.88 | 657 | 3,675,339
|
| 45 | North Dakota | 16.97 | 112 | 659,858
|
| 46 | Alabama | 16.23 | 765 | 4,712,651
|
| 47 | Arkansas | 14.83 | 426 | 2,872,684
|
| 48 | Louisiana | 14.38 | 637 | 4,429,940
|
| 49 | Kansas | 14.35 | 403 | 2,809,329
|
| 50 | South Dakota | 14.01 | 112 | 799,462
|
| 51 | Mississippi | 8.57 | 252 | 2,941,991
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