US Population by State

[jixel]

Just for kicks, since we've all been kicking Alaska to the kurb..

I wanted to see really how each of the candidates and their Veeps ranked in statehood stats:

Klipt from wikip'dya:

Rank Among States
Rank Among All Territories
State
Population (2007 est.)
House seats
Elec. College votes
Pop. per House seat
Pop. per electoral vote
Percent of total pop
Cumulative percentage

05
05
Illinois
&0000000012852548.00000012,852,548
&0000000000000019.00000019
&0000000000000021.00000021
&0000000000676450.000000676,450
&0000000000612026.000000612,026
4.20%
36.24%

16
16
Arizona
&0000000006338755.0000006,338,755
&0000000000000008.0000008
&0000000000000010.00000010
&0000000000792344.000000792,344
&0000000000633876.000000633,876
2.07%
67.14%

45
46
Delaware
&0000000000864764.000000864,764
&0000000000000001.0000001
&0000000000000003.0000003
&0000000000864764.000000864,764
&0000000000288255.000000288,255
0.28%
98.62%

47
48
Alaska
&0000000000683478.000000683,478
&0000000000000001.0000001
&0000000000000003.0000003
&0000000000683478.000000683,478
&0000000000227826.000000227,826
0.22%
99.10%

Or just as I thought -- Obama's constituency/representation is larger than the other 3 states combined. -- and clearly 2x that of Arizona's.

Thought for the month:

“You know it just irks me how the republicans love to claim hegemony over fiscal dominance, yet when the fan has been overly shat upon, they all crawl into their shells and say "oh the government doesn't have that much sway over the economy" ... which way is it boys?”

- Me