Soft Drink Dialects
North AmericaCulturalThe distribution of generic names given to soft drinks in North America
A 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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