Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

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A map highlights gun ownership in the United States marked by shades of pink. Darker pink indicates higher ownership, with Alaska and states in the central and western U S. Lighter pink indicates lower ownership, primarily in the northeastern states.

Percent of the population that owns one or more firearms by state

US / CA States

North America

World Population Review

Gun Ownership (US)

Percent

Saskatchewan

Alberta

Manitoba

Ontario

A map highlights the regions of the world with areas affected by wind erosion highlighted in dark red and water erosion-affected areas highlighted in dark blue.

Areas of soil degradation where human activities result in high or very high levels of water and wind erosion

Soil Erosion

In North America, wind erosion significantly impacts the Great Plains in southern Canada and the adjacent northern Great Plains of the United States. This issue extends to the southern plains, affecting regions in Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico. Water erosion is prevalent in the eastern plains, the Midwest, parts of the Mississippi River Valley, Michigan, southern Ontario, and the mountainous areas of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia. In the western United States, water erosion affects parts of California and eastern Washington, while wind erosion is notable in the deserts of southern California, Arizona, and Nevada. Western Mexico faces water erosion along its length, which continues through Central America to Panama and includes major Caribbean islands like Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic. Wind erosion is also observed in northern Mexico. In South America, water erosion is prominent along the Andes mountains from Venezuela to Bolivia, in central Chile south of Santiago, and along Brazil's Atlantic coast from Recife southward to southeastern areas. The southern Andes of Bolivia and northern Chile experience wind erosion, as does east-central Brazil. Northwestern Europe sees minimal soil erosion, but water erosion does occur in Spain, southeastern and central Europe, and western Russia, extending into Siberia in Asia. Ukraine and southern Russia are susceptible to wind erosion. In North Africa, wind erosion affects the northern Sahara from Algeria to western Egypt and extends across the Sahel from Mauritania to Sudan. Sub-Saharan Africa has scattered water erosion patches in West Africa, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, southern Africa (notably South Africa), and Madagascar. Southwest Asia experiences widespread wind erosion on the Arabian Peninsula and in Iran, while water erosion impacts Turkey, northern Iran, Yemen, and southern Oman. Central Asia faces water erosion in northwestern Kazakhstan and Afghanistan. In South Asia, northwest India deals with wind erosion, whereas water erosion is widespread across India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and parts of Bangladesh. Southeast Asia encounters extensive water erosion in Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Indonesia (particularly Borneo and Java). East Asia experiences water erosion in large parts of eastern China and wind erosion in northern China, eastern Mongolia, and various areas in western China. In Oceania, small areas of water erosion are found in eastern and western Australia, Vanuatu, and New Zealand’s North Island.

World

ISRIC World Soil Information

Acid Rain

African Languages

Agricultural Regions

Anthropogenic Biomes

Approximate Form and Extent of Outcrop of Carbonate Rocks

Aquifers: Distribution and Recharge

Areas Affected by Acid Rain

Areas Affected by Trypanosomiasis

Areas at Risk of Soil Degradation

Average Annual Precipitation

Average Annual Snowfall

Average Distribution of Dew Point Temperatures, January

Average Distribution of Dew Point Temperatures, July

Average Number of Hail Storms

Average Number of Tornado Incidences per Year (U.S.)

Bantu Migrations

Barren or Sparsely Vegetated Areas

Biomes

British Conquest of India

British Empire, Early 1920s

Caribbean Languages

Chinese Empires

Climate Zones

Cold Front

Colonial Possessions, 1914

Continental Shelf

Core Diamond Mining Areas

Days with Heavy Fog

Deforestation: Net Loss, 2000-2015

Deserts and Desertification Risk

Distribution of Calcium Carbonate in Modern Surface Sediments

Distribution of Neritic (Nearshore) and Pelagic (Open Ocean) Sediments

Drought Risk

Drug Cultivation and Production Regions

Early Sub-Saharan States and Empires

Earthquake Hazard Areas (U.S.)

Ecological Regions: Level 1 Regions

Ethnic and Cultural Regions

Ethnic Diversity

Ethnic Groups (Iraq and Iran)

European Settlement Expansion

Forest Types, 1900

Former Soviet Republics

Former Warsaw Pact Members

General Area of Sedimentary Formations Favorable to Oil

Geographic Areas Under Dispute

Geology Rock Type

Global Mean Temperature, January

Global Mean Temperature, July

Global Surface Warming: Best-Case Projections

Global Surface Warming: Worst-Case Projections (IPCC)

Global Surface Warming: Worst-Case Projections (NASA)

Global Temperature Change

Groundwater Salinization

Habitat Fragmentation

Herder's Environment

Human Occupation

Indigenous Languages

Insolation

Lake Desiccation

Land Cover

Language Families

Languages - Russian Domain

Language Subfamilies

Large Chinese Communities

Latin America, 1650

Latin America, 1830

Lightning Frequency

Major Drainage Basins

Major Foreign Enclaves and Exclaves

Major Hearths

Major Iron-Producing Areas in North America

Major Karst Regions

Major Landforms

Major Manufacturing Regions

Major Soil Orders

Major Territorial Acquisitions (U.S.)

Malaria Risk Areas

Mangrove swamps

Marine Sediment Thickness

Mean Sea-Surface Temperature

Muslim Populations

National Parks

Native American Culture Areas

Natural Gas Supply Areas

Ocean Bathymetry

Ocean Circulation Sinks

Ocean Climate Zones

Oil Shale or Tar Sands

Oil Slicks (1990s)

Original Tillers' Environment

Peak Drought Record, 2016 (U.S.)

Peak Drought Record (U.S.)

Petroleum and Natural Gas Production

Political Units, 1914

Political Units, 1950

Populist Governments Since 2000

	Gun Ownership (US)			Soil Erosion
	Class	Rank	Percent	Wind erosion	Water erosion
Alaska		3	65%
Connecticut		45	24%
Delaware		41	34%
Florida		40	35%
Georgia		18	49%
Maine		22	47%
Massachusetts		49	15%
New Hampshire		36	41%
New Jersey		50	15%
New York		46	20%
North Carolina		26	46%
Rhode Island		48	15%
South Carolina		17	49%
Vermont		16	51%
Arizona		24	46%	4.22%
Utah		23	47%	0.308%
Idaho		4	60%		3.94%
Washington		35	42%		36.9%
Wyoming		2	66%	6.47%	2.84%
Montana		1	66%	17.8%
North Dakota		10	55%	95.1%	0.109%
Kentucky		12	55%		5.48%
Virginia		32	45%		7.05%
Saskatchewan				12.1%
Mississippi		7	56%		21.9%
West Virginia		5	59%		11.5%
Nebraska		29	45%	0.826%	52.2%
Texas		27	46%	23.3%	0.427%
Missouri		20	49%		60.6%
Louisiana		13	53%		1.69%
Hawaii		47	15%		57.1%
Oregon		15	51%		5.56%
Alabama		8	56%		7.26%
New Mexico		25	46%	67.8%
Kansas		19	49%	12.3%	62.5%
Wisconsin		28	45%		43.5%
Michigan		38	40%		1.12%
Alberta				4.93%
Pennsylvania		37	41%		25.9%
Colorado		30	45%	30.2%	6.74%
Nevada		21	47%	11.8%
Maryland		42	30%		5.23%
Manitoba				6.10%
Oklahoma		11	55%	29.4%	17.9%
Tennessee		14	52%		12.6%
Ontario					2.00%
California		43	28%	19.7%	24.3%
Arkansas		6	57%		4.12%
South Dakota		9	55%	48.9%	18.4%
Ohio		39	40%		4.56%
Indiana		31	45%		12.0%
Minnesota		34	43%	9.96%	35.6%
Iowa		33	44%		100%
Illinois		44	28%		84.6%

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Gun Ownership (US)