U.S. Census Maps That Reveal The True America

By John Kuroski | Edited By Savannah Cox

Published June 26, 2015

Updated October 24, 2019

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38 U.S. Census Maps That Reveal The True America

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John Kuroski is the editorial director of All That's Interesting. He graduated from New York University with a degree in history, earning a place in the Phi Alpha Theta honor society for history students. An editor at All That's Interesting since 2015, his areas of interest include modern history and true crime.

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Savannah Cox holds a Master's in International Affairs from The New School as well as a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, and now serves as an Assistant Professor at the University of Sheffield. Her work as a writer has also appeared on DNAinfo.

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Kuroski, John. "38 U.S. Census Maps That Reveal The True America." AllThatsInteresting.com, June 26, 2015, https://allthatsinteresting.com/us-census-maps. Accessed February 5, 2025.