Mark Coker, a blogger at Smashwords, has just released some truly stunning and fascinating information about which states are consuming the most e-books.
His data is a riveting look at which states are not buying e-books, and which states are snatching them up.
And Mr. Coker's could have stopped there and called it a day, but he went on, taking the same data and compiling a state-by-state ranking according to per capita sales -- and this is where his data becomes stunning.
Wanna guess which state by far buys more e-books per capita than any other -- three books per person across the whole state! And you'll be floored to find out which state buys the fewest e-books in America. I'm proud to say my state came in third in per-capita e-book sales.
The answers are in the two data charts below, and you can see how your own state stacks up. -Caleb
Wanna guess which state by far buys more e-books per capita than any other -- three books per person across the whole state! And you'll be floored to find out which state buys the fewest e-books in America. I'm proud to say my state came in third in per-capita e-book sales.
The answers are in the two data charts below, and you can see how your own state stacks up. -Caleb
You can read Mr. Coker's great commentary on his research here:
Rank | State | Percentage of US Ebook Sales |
1 | TX | 8.57% |
2 | CA | 7.99% |
3 | NY | 5.99% |
4 | FL | 5.93% |
5 | PA | 4.13% |
6 | IL | 3.90% |
7 | VA | 3.62% |
8 | NC | 3.36% |
9 | OH | 3.16% |
10 | MI | 3.12% |
11 | GA | 2.88% |
12 | WA | 2.81% |
13 | NJ | 2.77% |
14 | IN | 2.46% |
15 | MO | 2.40% |
16 | AZ | 2.26% |
17 | CO | 2.09% |
18 | MN | 2.07% |
19 | MA | 2.04% |
20 | WI | 1.91% |
21 | MD | 1.91% |
22 | SC | 1.78% |
23 | TN | 1.63% |
24 | LA | 1.52% |
25 | AL | 1.45% |
26 | UT | 1.44% |
27 | OK | 1.38% |
28 | OR | 1.35% |
29 | IA | 1.33% |
30 | KY | 1.31% |
31 | CT | 1.13% |
32 | KS | 1.09% |
33 | AR | 0.98% |
34 | NV | 0.83% |
35 | MS | 0.72% |
36 | AK | 0.66% |
37 | NE | 0.66% |
38 | ID | 0.65% |
39 | NM | 0.65% |
40 | NH | 0.61% |
41 | ND | 0.48% |
42 | WV | 0.45% |
43 | MT | 0.42% |
44 | RI | 0.37% |
45 | HI | 0.32% |
46 | ME | 0.32% |
46 | SD | 0.29% |
48 | DE | 0.29% |
49 | WY | 0.26% |
50 | VT | 0.20% |
51 | DC | 0.09% |
Rank | State | Ebook Per Capita Sales Ratio | Percentage of US Ebook Sales | State Pop | US Pop | % US Pop |
1 | AK | 2.92 | 0.66% | 698,473 | 307,006,550 | 0.23% |
2 | ND | 2.29 | 0.48% | 646,844 | 307,006,550 | 0.21% |
3 | UT | 1.58 | 1.44% | 2,784,572 | 307,006,550 | 0.91% |
4 | WY | 1.44 | 0.26% | 544,270 | 307,006,550 | 0.18% |
5 | VA | 1.41 | 3.62% | 7,882,590 | 307,006,550 | 2.57% |
6 | NH | 1.41 | 0.61% | 1,324,575 | 307,006,550 | 0.43% |
7 | IA | 1.36 | 1.33% | 3,007,856 | 307,006,550 | 0.98% |
8 | MT | 1.32 | 0.42% | 974,989 | 307,006,550 | 0.32% |
9 | ID | 1.30 | 0.65% | 1,545,801 | 307,006,550 | 0.50% |
10 | WA | 1.29 | 2.81% | 6,664,195 | 307,006,550 | 2.17% |
11 | CO | 1.28 | 2.09% | 5,024,748 | 307,006,550 | 1.64% |
12 | MO | 1.23 | 2.40% | 5,987,580 | 307,006,550 | 1.95% |
13 | MN | 1.20 | 2.07% | 5,266,214 | 307,006,550 | 1.72% |
14 | SC | 1.20 | 1.78% | 4,561,242 | 307,006,550 | 1.49% |
15 | KS | 1.18 | 1.09% | 2,818,747 | 307,006,550 | 0.92% |
16 | IN | 1.18 | 2.46% | 6,423,113 | 307,006,550 | 2.09% |
17 | OK | 1.15 | 1.38% | 3,687,050 | 307,006,550 | 1.20% |
18 | NE | 1.12 | 0.66% | 1,796,619 | 307,006,550 | 0.59% |
19 | SD | 1.10 | 0.29% | 812,383 | 307,006,550 | 0.26% |
20 | NC | 1.10 | 3.36% | 9,380,884 | 307,006,550 | 3.06% |
21 | OR | 1.08 | 1.35% | 3,825,657 | 307,006,550 | 1.25% |
22 | RI | 1.07 | 0.37% | 1,053,209 | 307,006,550 | 0.34% |
23 | TX | 1.06 | 8.57% | 24,782,302 | 307,006,550 | 8.07% |
24 | AZ | 1.05 | 2.26% | 6,595,778 | 307,006,550 | 2.15% |
25 | AR | 1.04 | 0.98% | 2,889,450 | 307,006,550 | 0.94% |
26 | WI | 1.04 | 1.91% | 5,654,774 | 307,006,550 | 1.84% |
27 | LA | 1.04 | 1.52% | 4,492,076 | 307,006,550 | 1.46% |
28 | MD | 1.03 | 1.91% | 5,699,478 | 307,006,550 | 1.86% |
29 | PA | 1.01 | 4.13% | 12,604,767 | 307,006,550 | 4.11% |
30 | VT | 1.00 | 0.20% | 621,760 | 307,006,550 | 0.20% |
31 | DE | 0.99 | 0.29% | 885,122 | 307,006,550 | 0.29% |
32 | CT | 0.99 | 1.13% | 3,518,288 | 307,006,550 | 1.15% |
33 | NM | 0.99 | 0.65% | 2,009,671 | 307,006,550 | 0.65% |
34 | FL | 0.98 | 5.93% | 18,537,969 | 307,006,550 | 6.04% |
35 | NJ | 0.98 | 2.77% | 8,707,739 | 307,006,550 | 2.84% |
36 | NV | 0.96 | 0.83% | 2,643,085 | 307,006,550 | 0.86% |
37 | MI | 0.96 | 3.12% | 9,969,727 | 307,006,550 | 3.25% |
38 | MA | 0.95 | 2.04% | 6,593,587 | 307,006,550 | 2.15% |
39 | AL | 0.94 | 1.45% | 4,708,708 | 307,006,550 | 1.53% |
40 | NY | 0.94 | 5.99% | 19,541,453 | 307,006,550 | 6.37% |
41 | KY | 0.93 | 1.31% | 4,314,113 | 307,006,550 | 1.41% |
42 | IL | 0.93 | 3.90% | 12,910,409 | 307,006,550 | 4.21% |
43 | GA | 0.90 | 2.88% | 9,829,211 | 307,006,550 | 3.20% |
44 | OH | 0.84 | 3.16% | 11,542,645 | 307,006,550 | 3.76% |
45 | TN | 0.80 | 1.63% | 6,296,254 | 307,006,550 | 2.05% |
46 | HI | 0.77 | 0.32% | 1,295,178 | 307,006,550 | 0.42% |
46 | WV | 0.76 | 0.45% | 1,819,777 | 307,006,550 | 0.59% |
48 | ME | 0.75 | 0.32% | 1,318,301 | 307,006,550 | 0.43% |
49 | MS | 0.75 | 0.72% | 2,951,996 | 307,006,550 | 0.96% |
50 | CA | 0.66 | 7.99% | 36,961,664 | 307,006,550 | 12.04% |
51 | DC | 0.46 | 0.09% | 599,657 | 307,006,550 | 0.20% |
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So helpful thank you
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