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jaytea86 t1_iu8lbfu wrote

Total births per capita would be more interesting. Is this not just showing population per state?

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Lie2gether t1_iu8ohmh wrote

You think Florida has a smaller population than Wisconsin?

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jaytea86 t1_iu8ooas wrote

No but they sure are younger, haha.

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Lie2gether t1_iu8p7ac wrote

Wisconsin average age 40. Florida average age 42.

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threaddew t1_iu8u03o wrote

This may be skewed though as Florida has so many retirees, thy could still have more young people in their child bearing years than Wisconsin.

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Lie2gether t1_iu8wi9c wrote

Instead of just guessing you can look all this up in one Google search. Percent of population aged 20-34 is 18.8% in Florida 19.7% in Wisconsin

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threaddew t1_iu9guc5 wrote

So roughly 4.09 million in Florida vs 1.16 million in Wisconsin, based on current googled populations. I think this is a better comparison given that the OP’s chart is not births per capita but births total, though obviously current population is different than the OP’s post.

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Historic_Owl t1_iu8sef7 wrote

How many people from 1850 are still around? This is more showing the area under a moving population curve over 172 year period. Some of the states came up late in population, some peaked early and declined, etc.

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Senor_legbone t1_iu8xuc8 wrote

Obviously not as California is by far most populated followed by Texas and Florida which aren’t not too 3

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back-that-sass-up t1_iub48zw wrote

Two main reasons: 1) this is over 172 years, meaning changes over time are considerable, and 2) this is tracking births, specifically excluding people who immigrate and those who move between states from the tally. My first instinct would be to think that Florida is lower than expected for both of those reasons, but especially number 2.

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Oboener1 t1_iuberjo wrote

Population per state would be different to track. Births is different due to emigration patterns. If I lived in 10 different states throughout my lifetime, would I count towards the population of each state?

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