What’s the Biggest Stereotype of Every State In America?

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Huffington Post has this article on stereotypes of states, including Hawaii. Excerpt:

Thanks to the Twitter account @Amazing_Maps, we now have an idea of how the Internet stereotypes all 50 U.S. states. When a search phrase like “Why is Illinois so…” is typed into Google, the search engine autocompletes the sentence with the word that people most commonly write in the search bar next. In this way, Google autocomplete may reveal the deeply held assumptions the public holds about a state.

In the case of Illinois, the result was “corrupt.” Clearly, the Rod Blagojevich scandal clearly has made an impact. @Amazing_Maps found the autocompleted phrases for all 50 states. …

You can probably guess what the “stereotype” of Hawaii is.

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Photo: Screen shot, Jan. 27, 2014. (@Amazing_Maps)

—Chad Blair

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