The Most Interesting Maps From 2013

In 2013, Rhode Island, Delaware, Minnesota, New Jersey, Hawaii, and Illinois legalized same-sex marriage, and a Supreme Court ruling on Proposition 8 made same-sex marriage legal in California.

In the first month of the Affordable Care Act, 19 states enrolled less than 1,000 people. In North Dakota, only 42 people enrolled.

The federal government shutdown meant the temporary closure of the National Parks system. Arizona, Colorado, New York, South Dakota, and Utah spent state money to reopen some of the parks in their state, however.

Business Insider published a map in November of the best-selling vehicles in each state according to Kelley Blue Book. See the full data here.

North Carolina State University Ph.D. student Joshua Katz published a series of maps that showed how Americans pronounced words. See the full series here.

The Census Bureau published a series of maps in August that showed where large concentrations of people who speak languages other than English at home live. See the full series here.

In November, DISH announced it would close all its Blockbuster locations. There are, however, franchise locations that operate independent of DISH that won't necessarily close. See the full details here.

Over-the-counter hangover remedy Blowfish published a map in October of favorite beers by state, according to a survey of 5,249 Americans over the age of 21 who drink alcohol.

BuzzFeed mapped out the religion of all 435 members of the House. See the full breakdown here.

A recession-era increase passed by Congress in 2009 expired in November. Read more about what the cut in benefits means for the nearly 5 million Americans enrolled here.

This year, counties in northern California and northeastern Colorado voted to start their own state. They aren't the first to try. See a list of other would-be 51st states here.

BuzzFeed mapped out the most critically acclaimed popular musicians from each state in July, according to data from Acclaimed Music. See the full list here.

A map of what Google autosuggests when you type in a state was published by Matt Shirley in February.

The U.S. Census Bureau released statistics in November about how home ownership was affected by the recession. See more data here.

TopMastersInHealthCare.com published a series of maps in September of where bad things happen. Nevada was the top state, with 9.6% of residents unemployed. See the full series here.

Bitly introduced a real-time map of the most popular media organizations in each state according to users who share links using its service. This is what the map looks like on Dec. 3, 2013. See more real-time data here.

Flowing Data published a map in October of the nearest pizza chains in an area's 10-mile radius. See the full data here.

Marchex Institute published a map in December of which states swear the most according to more than 600,000 phone calls this year placed by consumers to businesses. See more data here.

There have been nearly 84,000 meth lab seizures since 2004, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration, but it's estimated as few as 5% of them are ever actually discovered by authorities. Read more about homes used as meth labs here.