Australia

Australia & Oceania

Trinidad and Tobago

Caribbean

Kazakhstan

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Central Asia

China

East Asia

Azerbaijan

Russia

Eurasia

Denmark

Germany

Italy

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Romania

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Europe

Argentina

Bolivia

Brazil

Colombia

Peru

Venezuela

Latin America

Canada

Mexico

United States

North America

Bangladesh

India

Pakistan

South Asia

Brunei

Indonesia

Malaysia

Myanmar

Thailand

Vietnam

Southeast Asia

Algeria

Bahrain

Egypt

Iran

Iraq

Kuwait

Libya

Oman

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Syria

United Arab Emirates

Yemen

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Nigeria

Sub-Saharan Africa

Countries based on natural gas produced. Highest producers, U S A and Russia, are shaded dark blue. Moderate producers, China, Australia, and Canada, are shaded moderate blue. Least producers, South America, and India are shaded light blue.

Natural gas production as a percentage of global production by country

Countries

World

Natural Gas Production (%)

Percent of world production

The map shows striking regional differences in the percentage of change in the population of counties in the United States between 2000 and 2010. In the Northeast and Midwest, most counties either had small gains of between 0 and 4.9 percent or lost between 0 and –5 percent. In a few counties in upstate New York, western Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio, and parts of northern Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, losses exceeded 5 percent. Western Ohio, northern Indiana, much of Illinois, and eastern Iowa experienced modest declines of between 0 and –5 percent. At the same time, population increased by 5 to 14.9 percent in southern Minnesota, Wisconsin, Missouri, and parts of Indiana and Ohio. In the South, many areas showed strong growth—from 5 to 14.9 percent and higher—including Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Tennessee. Counties lost population (between 0 and –5 percent, with significant numbers of counties less than –5 percent) in West Virginia, eastern Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, and northern Louisiana. From the Northern Plains to Texas, a vast area of rural counties lost significant numbers of residents—declines of more than –5 percent in many counties. This population loss is most evident in eastern Montana, North and South Dakota, Nebraska, western Iowa, Kansas, southeastern Wyoming, Colorado, and West Texas. In contrast, counties in the Rocky Mountains, Great Basin, and Southwest often experienced strong growth—from 5 to 14.9 percent and higher—as exemplified by western Montana, southern Idaho, most of Wyoming and Colorado, parts of New Mexico, much of Nevada, and virtually all of Utah and Arizona. The Pacific coast states of Washington, Oregon, and California also grew, except for eastern Oregon, which saw declines from 0 to –5 percent and less. Hawaii’s population grew by more than 14.9 percent. In Alaska, the counties around Anchorage and Fairbanks also made strong gains, whereas other counties declined or grew slightly.

Percentage change in U.S. population by county, 2000–2010

US Counties

U.S. Census Bureau

Population Change 2000–2010 (U.S.)

Abbeville

Acadia

Accomack

Adair

Adams

Addison

Aiken

Aitkin

Alachua

Alamance

Alameda

Alamosa

Albany

Albemarle

Alcona

Alcorn

Aleutians East Borough

Alexander

Alfalfa

Alger

Allamakee

Allegan

Allegany

Alleghany

Allegheny

Allen

Allendale

Alpena

Amador

Amelia

Amherst

Amite

Anchorage Municipality

Anderson

Andrew

Andrews

Androscoggin

Angelina

Anne Arundel

Anoka

Anson

Antelope

Antrim

Apache

Appanoose

Appling

Appomattox

Aransas

Arapahoe

Archer

Archuleta

Arenac

Arkansas

Arlington

Armstrong

Aroostook

Arthur

Ascension

Ashe

Ashland

Ashley

Ashtabula

Asotin

Assumption

Atascosa

Atchison

Athens

Atkinson

Atlantic

Atoka

None

Dark green areas like parts of Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado, indicate largest increase. Dark purple areas like parts of Kansas, and South Dakota, indicate largest decrease. Smaller changes seen in regions like Idaho, Utah, and Arizona.

Increase or decrease in the amount of land in farms by county, 2007-2012

USDA

Change in Acreage of Farmland (U.S.)

Acres

American Samoa (U.S.)

Fiji

French Polynesia (France)

Guam (U.S.)

Kiribati

Marshall Is.

Micronesia

Nauru

New Zealand

Northern Mariana Is. (U.S.)

Palau

Papua New Guinea

Samoa

Solomon Is.

Tuvalu

Antigua and Barbuda

Aruba (Neth.)

Bahamas

Barbados

British Virgin Is. (U.K.)

Cayman Is. (U.K.)

Cuba

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Grenada

Haiti

Jamaica

Seychelles

St. Kitts and Nevis

St. Lucia

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Turks and Caicos Is. (U.K.)

U.S. Virgin Is. (U.S.)

Afghanistan

Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan

Hong Kong S.A.R. (China)

Japan

Nepal

North Korea

South Korea

Armenia

Georgia

Albania

Austria

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czechia

Estonia

Natural Gas Production (%)			Countries	Change in Acreage of Farmland (U.S.)			Ocean Fishing
Class	Rank	Percent of world production	Population Change 2000–2010 (U.S.)	Class	Rank	Acres	Class	Rank	Percent