Soft Drink Dialects
North AmericaCulturalThe distribution of generic names given to soft drinks in North America
PopVsSoda.com; Alan McConchieA map showing soft drink dialects in North America. "Soda" is used (light green) mainly in California and Nevada. "Pop" (light yellow) in Canada. "Coke" (light purple) in the Southern U S. "Other" (orange) is used mainly in Quebec and northern Canada.
Value | African American, Protestant | Hispanic, Catholic | Hispanic, Evangelical Protestant | Native American, Catholic | Non-Hispanic White, Catholic | Non-Hispanic White, Evangelical Protestant | Non-Hispanic White, Mainline Protestant | Non-Hispanic White, Mormon | Other | |
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Alberta | Pop | |||||||||
British Columbia | Pop | |||||||||
Manitoba | Pop | |||||||||
New Brunswick | Pop | |||||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | Pop | |||||||||
Northwest Territories | Pop | |||||||||
Nova Scotia | Pop | |||||||||
Nunavut | Other | |||||||||
Ontario | Pop | |||||||||
Prince Edward Island | Pop | |||||||||
Québec | Other | |||||||||
Saskatchewan | Pop | |||||||||
Yukon | Pop | |||||||||
Alaska | Soda | 2.89% | 4.07% | 1.15% | 27.0% | |||||
Arizona | Soda | 4.74% | 9.93% | 11.9% | 7.14% | 8.87% | ||||
Utah | Soda | 2.76% | 9.08% | |||||||
District of Columbia | Soda | 92.6% | 7.35% | |||||||
Florida | Soda | 3.30% | 2.06% | 3.46% | 1.18% | |||||
Idaho | Pop | 10.4% | 3.11% | 3.14% | ||||||
New Hampshire | Soda | 10.2% | ||||||||
Rhode Island | Soda | 30.9% | ||||||||
Vermont | Soda | 10.4% | 7.07% | |||||||
Washington | Pop | 1.85% | 2.82% | 2.62% | 3.50% | 2.85% | ||||
Wyoming | Pop | 2.66% | 9.42% | 4.36% | 10.5% | |||||
Montana | Pop | 1.65% | 1.27% | 2.22% | 3.31% | 1.16% | ||||
Maine | Soda | 12.8% | 2.21% | |||||||
North Dakota | Pop | 1.54% | 2.00% | 1.59% | 1.43% | |||||
Kentucky | Coke | 1.13% | ||||||||
Virginia | Soda | 1.23% | 1.33% | 1.11% | 1.20% | |||||
Delaware | Soda | 21.0% | ||||||||
Mississippi | Coke | 1.38% | 1.04% | |||||||
West Virginia | Pop | 2.31% | 1.67% | |||||||
Nebraska | Pop | 3.31% | 1.02% | 1.09% | ||||||
Texas | Coke | 1.71% | 2.27% | |||||||
Missouri | Soda | 1.23% | ||||||||
Louisiana | Coke | 1.34% | 1.26% | 1.66% | ||||||
Hawaii | Soda | 8.75% | 8.50% | |||||||
North Carolina | Soda | 1.09% | 1.15% | 1.35% | 1.86% | |||||
Oregon | Pop | 10.1% | 5.13% | 1.28% | ||||||
Alabama | Coke | 1.38% | 1.31% | |||||||
New Mexico | Coke | 2.37% | 4.93% | 4.54% | 5.33% | 1.14% | ||||
Kansas | Pop | 1.59% | 1.06% | 1.11% | 1.13% | |||||
Wisconsin | Soda | 1.13% | 1.01% | 1.01% | ||||||
New Jersey | Soda | 1.33% | 4.27% | 1.78% | ||||||
South Carolina | Coke | 1.61% | 3.92% | 2.12% | 1.29% | |||||
Michigan | Pop | 1.98% | 1.38% | 1.18% | ||||||
Connecticut | Soda | 11.4% | ||||||||
Pennsylvania | Pop | 1.25% | 2.14% | 1.14% | ||||||
Colorado | Pop | 1.14% | 1.23% | 2.13% | 2.47% | 3.13% | ||||
Nevada | Pop | 1.83% | 5.03% | 9.36% | ||||||
Massachusetts | Soda | 6.37% | ||||||||
Georgia | Coke | 1.41% | 1.08% | |||||||
New York | Soda | 2.66% | 2.10% | 1.83% | ||||||
Maryland | Soda | 4.85% | 4.56% | 3.79% | 4.66% | |||||
Oklahoma | Pop | 1.57% | 1.28% | |||||||
Tennessee | Coke | 1.79% | 1.64% | |||||||
California | Soda | 12.3% | 1.15% | 2.11% | ||||||
Arkansas | Coke | 1.24% | 1.70% | |||||||
South Dakota | Pop | 3.35% | 1.35% | 2.05% | 2.19% | 3.25% | ||||
Ohio | Pop | 1.12% | 1.02% | 1.00% | ||||||
Indiana | Pop | 1.07% | 1.32% | 1.13% | ||||||
Minnesota | Pop | 3.74% | 1.16% | 1.86% | ||||||
Iowa | Pop | 1.78% | 1.29% | 1.02% | ||||||
Illinois | Pop | 1.74% | 1.35% | 1.43% | ||||||
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