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·October 6, 2026·3 min read

Map: Communitarian vs Individualistic Regions

A new map categorizes American Nations according to the cultural emphasis placed on communitarianism or individualism, which has been shown to have massive extensive effects on policy, politics, and human outcomes

Colin Woodard·

Data Journalism Featured

·June 29, 2024·18 min read

Immigration and the American Nations

The United States is regions apart when it comes to attitudes about immigration, immigrants and immigration policies. The geography of immigration has shifted substantially since 1900, with political effects visible on the ground.

Colin Woodard·

Data Journalism Featured

·June 15, 2026·3 min read

Trump says America was founded not as an idea, but on the character of Anglo-Saxon settlers. Americans disagree by nearly 9 to 1.

Colin Woodard·

Data Journalism

·March 27, 2023·8 min read

Regional differences in perceptions of the threats to U.S. democracy

A Cornell-IOPGA poll examined Americans’ attitudes toward various alleged threats to the republic with special emphasis on two swing districts; here’s how the results broke down via the American Nations model

Colin Woodard·

Data Journalism Featured

·September 3, 2026·6 min read

Study finds prevalence of many types of OCD vary by American Nations region

The findings, published in Psychiatry Research, come from a Baylor College of Medicine-led team looking at sociocultural influences on identity-based obsessive-compulsive disorders

Colin Woodard·

Data Journalism Featured

·February 10, 2026·4 min read

Is Trump’s support faltering in every region save Greater Appalachia?

Colin Woodard·

Data Journalism Featured

·August 31, 2025·3 min read

The 2024 Presidential Election and the American Nations, updated

An updated regional breakdown of the last US election to include Alaska results and the final results for greater New York City and beyond

Colin Woodard·

Data Journalism Featured

·October 29, 2026·4 min read

Survey results: in many regions, most people say the U.S. is no longer a democracy

In the key swing regions, El Norte and the Midlands, majorities blame the collapse on Donald Trump, while people of color in two regions say we're already a dictatorship

Colin Woodard·

Data Journalism Featured

·May 30, 2026·4 min read

Trump’s support is in freefall in every American Nations region

Colin Woodard·

Data Journalism

·May 29, 2022·1 min read

Population Figures for the American Nations, 2020 Census Edition

For those with an interest in the regional model set forth in American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America, here are population figures for the U.S. portions of each of the nations as per the 2020 census and the rate of growth or loss for each since the 2010 census.

Colin Woodard·

Data Journalism

·December 11, 2023·2 min read

The Regional Geography of Disability in the United States

Researchers from Nationhood Lab, the University of Illinois-Chicago, and the HealthPartners Institute found significant differences in the prevalence of disabilities...

Colin Woodard·

Data Journalism Featured

·February 23, 2026·5 min read

Persistent poverty varies massively across U.S. regions

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