According to the data crunched by Lenny Bronner of The Washington Post, the state considered to be the "most normal" in the country is Illinois, owing to a wide variety of factors that includes a population well split between urban and rural residents, among a host of other factors. According to Bronner’s work, Illinois most closely resembles the United States as a whole when it comes to the racial makeup of its population when broken down to percentages of white, Latinx, Black, Asian and Native-American residents. It also most closely resembles the United States in another key area, and that’s the breakdown of income levels, according to the data. The Post dove into a whole host of data, but of the 30 variables were examined, Illinois came out on top in terms of its similarity to the country as a whole, edging out Florida, Pennsylvania and Connecticut. Coincidentally, the Post isn’t the first publication to dub Illinois as a representative of America as a whole.

Source: Washington Post May 14, 2024 21:43 UTC