This map from the Washington Post’s GovBeat uses data from the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies to pinpoint the second-most practiced religion in each state. (Christianity is first in each state.) (Courtesy: Reid Wilson/Washington Post)

Slate’s Ben Blatt used data from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey. He created several other language maps, too, including each state’s top Native American, Scandinavian, and African language.

Steve Lovelace tried to determine the corporation or brand that best represents each state. (He sells a poster version of this map.)Related: Infographic: The Cheapest States for Gas, Just in Time for Your Pre-Winter Road Trip

Steve Lovelace tried to determine the corporation or brand that best represents each state. (He sells a poster version of this map.)The Most Popular TV Show Set in Each StateGeography professor Andrew Shears has made a couple versions of this map.

And this version, from Business Insider, cuts out most of the reality shows. (Courtesy: Mike Nudelman/Business Insider)

This map from Thrillist shows “the most noteworthy restaurant chain (with an emphasis on fast food where possible) associated with each state.”

One of many maps examining regional dialect variation created by Joshua Katz.

In December 1999, Sports Illustrated ranked the 50 all-time greatest sports figures from every state. Here’s a look at each state’s best.

Facebook released data on the most popular team in every county, based on the number of likes of team pages. (Courtesy: Facebook)

Over at Wonkblog, Roberto A. Ferdman and Christopher Ingraham set out to see where cats are more popular than dogs. The purplish states are dog country, while cats inhabit the greenish spaces.

The folks at social networking site MyLife created this map, which resizes the states based on their population. Look at poor Wyoming squeezed in there. (Courtesy: MyLife)

This map used Census data to determine that half the people in the United States live in these 146 shaded counties. You can see a list of those counties on the original Business Insider post.

Using Social Security Administration data on the top baby names of 2013. (Courtesy: Huffpost Parents)

The boy version. (Courtesy: Huffpost Parents)

Real estate site Movoto used data from Forbes to find the richest American in each state. (Courtesy: Movoto)

One more from Ben Blatt. (Here’s what the map looks like when you leave in heart disease and cancer, which lead to more deaths than the next eight causes of death combined.) (Courtesy: Ben Blatt/Slate)

In 1973, California State University geography professor George Etzel Pearcy suggested that the U.S. redraw its antiquated state boundaries and narrow the overall number of states to 38.

One more from Thrillist.

How far does $100 go? This map, which comes from the Tax Foundation and uses data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, answers that question state by state.