Oil Shale or Tar Sands
North AmericaEconomicPhysical EnvironmentLocations of major sedimentary rock formations and loose sands containing petroleum in North America
natureA map of North America highlighting oil shale or tar sands areas shaded in red. The region along the boundary of Utah in the northeast along with Wyoming is shaded. The northern region of Alberta is also shaded.
Oil Shale or Tar Sands | Value | Amerindian and Indo-European | Eskimo-Aleut | Indo-European | Zinc Mines | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
District of Columbia | Obama (D) | 100% | ||||
Florida | Obama (D) | 98.8% | ||||
New Hampshire | Obama (D) | 100% | ||||
Rhode Island | Obama (D) | 94.9% | ||||
Vermont | Obama (D) | 100% | ||||
Wyoming | 9.99% | Romney (R) | 100% | |||
North Dakota | Romney (R) | 100% | ||||
Delaware | Obama (D) | 99.2% | ||||
Prince Edward Island | 94.3% | |||||
Saskatchewan | 12.5% | 87.5% | ||||
Mississippi | Romney (R) | 100% | ||||
West Virginia | Romney (R) | 100% | ||||
Nebraska | Romney (R) | 100% | ||||
Louisiana | Romney (R) | 0.147% | ||||
Hawaii | Obama (D) | 1.39% | ||||
Alabama | Romney (R) | 99.9% | ||||
Kansas | Romney (R) | 100% | ||||
New Jersey | Obama (D) | 99.1% | ||||
South Carolina | Romney (R) | 99.8% | ||||
Michigan | Obama (D) | 100% | ||||
Alberta | 10.6% | 55.4% | 0.298% | |||
Connecticut | Obama (D) | 99.9% | ||||
Pennsylvania | Obama (D) | 100% | ||||
Massachusetts | Obama (D) | 0.557% | ||||
Georgia | Romney (R) | 99.9% | ||||
Maryland | Obama (D) | 98.1% | ||||
Oklahoma | Romney (R) | 100% | ||||
Arkansas | Romney (R) | 100% | ||||
Indiana | Romney (R) | 100% | ||||
Minnesota | Obama (D) | 100% | ||||
Iowa | Obama (D) | 100% | ||||
Alaska | Romney (R) | 27.6% | 0.108% | 0.153% | 4 | |
Arizona | Romney (R) | 19.5% | 80.5% | 69 | ||
Utah | 17.2% | Romney (R) | 0.663% | 99.3% | 81 | |
Yukon | 88.3% | 11.6% | 0.107% | 5 | ||
Northwest Territories | 52.2% | 7.85% | 4.66% | 2 | ||
Idaho | Romney (R) | 100% | 65 | |||
Washington | Obama (D) | 0.121% | 11 | |||
Nunavut | 8.72% | 0.383% | 0.977% | 2 | ||
Montana | Romney (R) | 100% | 39 | |||
Maine | Obama (D) | 0.167% | 2 | |||
Kentucky | Romney (R) | 100% | 6 | |||
Nova Scotia | 18.3% | 3 | ||||
Virginia | Obama (D) | 99.7% | 2 | |||
Texas | Romney (R) | 99.8% | 2 | |||
Missouri | Romney (R) | 100% | 6 | |||
North Carolina | Romney (R) | 99.4% | 1 | |||
Oregon | Obama (D) | 99.9% | 14 | |||
New Brunswick | 99.2% | 5 | ||||
New Mexico | Obama (D) | 100% | 24 | |||
Wisconsin | Obama (D) | 100% | 3 | |||
British Columbia | 63.0% | 0.157% | 10 | |||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 34.1% | 14.7% | 24.7% | 1 | ||
Colorado | Obama (D) | 100% | 247 | |||
Nevada | Obama (D) | 100% | 16 | |||
New York | Obama (D) | 2.63% | 1 | |||
Québec | 24.9% | 34.9% | 0.469% | 13 | ||
Manitoba | 4.25% | 66.4% | 16 | |||
Tennessee | Romney (R) | 100% | 23 | |||
Ontario | 49.9% | 50.0% | 16 | |||
California | Obama (D) | 99.7% | 17 | |||
South Dakota | Romney (R) | 100% | 2 | |||
Ohio | Obama (D) | 100% | 1 | |||
Illinois | Obama (D) | 100% | 5 | |||
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