Thread by @david_perell

THE STATE OF AMERICA 🇺🇸

The 48 contiguous states alone are a 1.9 billion-acre jigsaw puzzle of cities, farms, forests and pastures that Americans use to feed themselves, power their economy and extract value for business and pleasure.

The 10 most productive metropolitan areas alone contributed to about 40 percent of U.S. GDP in 2016.

Source: bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-…

Half of all Americans live in the red counties, half live in the orange counties

Marriage is evolving

Percent of never married 21-36 year olds

1965: 17%
2017: 57%

Homes are getting bigger.

As @morganhousel wrote: "The average new American home now has more bathrooms than occupants. Nearly half have four or more bedrooms, up from 18% in 1983."

Unemployment rates are low and falling.

U.S Real GDP has grown over 2,200x since 1800.

Source: @dollarsanddata

The United States is now the world’s largest crude oil producer.

10% of all Americans lack access to 25/mbps download speeds and 3/mbps download speeds.

39% of rural Americans (23 million people) lack access to 25/mbps download speeds and 3/mbps download speeds.

fcc.gov/reports-resear…

Religion in America...

Red is high percentage of local population with faith. Blue is low.

Here's how Americans define "Making It."

1. Income in excess of $147,000
2. 31 hours of work a week
3. 10 minute commute
4. 5.3 weeks of time off
5. A home worth $461,000
6. Vehicle worth $41,986.

visualcapitalist.com/quantifying-su…