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 | Petroleum and Natural Gas Production | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
District of Columbia | Obama (D) | 100% | ||||
Idaho | Romney (R) | 100% | ||||
New Hampshire | Obama (D) | 100% | ||||
Rhode Island | Obama (D) | 94.9% | ||||
Vermont | Obama (D) | 100% | ||||
Washington | Obama (D) | 0.121% | ||||
Maine | Obama (D) | 0.167% | ||||
Nova Scotia | 18.3% | |||||
Delaware | Obama (D) | 99.2% | ||||
Prince Edward Island | 94.3% | |||||
Hawaii | Obama (D) | 1.39% | ||||
North Carolina | Romney (R) | 99.4% | ||||
Oregon | Obama (D) | 99.9% | ||||
New Brunswick | 99.2% | |||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 34.1% | 14.7% | 24.7% | |||
South Carolina | Romney (R) | 99.8% | ||||
Connecticut | Obama (D) | 99.9% | ||||
Nevada | Obama (D) | 100% | ||||
Massachusetts | Obama (D) | 0.557% | ||||
Québec | 24.9% | 34.9% | 0.469% | |||
Ontario | 49.9% | 50.0% | ||||
Minnesota | Obama (D) | 100% | ||||
Alaska | Romney (R) | 27.6% | 0.108% | 0.153% | 14.1% | |
Arizona | Romney (R) | 19.5% | 80.5% | 0.974% | ||
Utah | 17.2% | Romney (R) | 0.663% | 99.3% | 29.8% | |
Yukon | 88.3% | 11.6% | 0.107% | 0.188% | ||
Northwest Territories | 52.2% | 7.85% | 4.66% | 6.00% | ||
Florida | Obama (D) | 98.8% | 2.20% | |||
Wyoming | 9.99% | Romney (R) | 100% | 31.5% | ||
Nunavut | 8.72% | 0.383% | 0.977% | 24.1% | ||
Montana | Romney (R) | 100% | 36.6% | |||
North Dakota | Romney (R) | 100% | 60.2% | |||
Kentucky | Romney (R) | 100% | 33.5% | |||
Virginia | Obama (D) | 99.7% | 0.136% | |||
Saskatchewan | 12.5% | 87.5% | 50.0% | |||
Mississippi | Romney (R) | 100% | 69.0% | |||
West Virginia | Romney (R) | 100% | 98.5% | |||
Nebraska | Romney (R) | 100% | 27.3% | |||
Texas | Romney (R) | 99.8% | 1.59% | |||
Missouri | Romney (R) | 100% | 4.65% | |||
Louisiana | Romney (R) | 0.147% | 100% | |||
Alabama | Romney (R) | 99.9% | 47.1% | |||
New Mexico | Obama (D) | 100% | 8.71% | |||
Kansas | Romney (R) | 100% | 3.83% | |||
Wisconsin | Obama (D) | 100% | 18.4% | |||
British Columbia | 63.0% | 0.157% | 18.6% | |||
New Jersey | Obama (D) | 99.1% | 6.99% | |||
Michigan | Obama (D) | 100% | 84.8% | |||
Alberta | 10.6% | 55.4% | 0.298% | 85.7% | ||
Pennsylvania | Obama (D) | 100% | 86.8% | |||
Colorado | Obama (D) | 100% | 27.5% | |||
Georgia | Romney (R) | 99.9% | 6.27% | |||
New York | Obama (D) | 2.63% | 58.7% | |||
Maryland | Obama (D) | 98.1% | 12.1% | |||
Manitoba | 4.25% | 66.4% | 6.87% | |||
Oklahoma | Romney (R) | 100% | 53.5% | |||
Tennessee | Romney (R) | 100% | 14.4% | |||
California | Obama (D) | 99.7% | 9.08% | |||
Arkansas | Romney (R) | 100% | 14.7% | |||
South Dakota | Romney (R) | 100% | 10.8% | |||
Ohio | Obama (D) | 100% | 8.11% | |||
Indiana | Romney (R) | 100% | 84.3% | |||
Iowa | Obama (D) | 100% | 39.4% | |||
Illinois | Obama (D) | 100% | 74.0% | |||
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