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Average height by U.S. state (i.postimg.cc)
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Source, which has an interactive graph

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[–] Holodeck_Moriarty@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Caucasians in the US have the tallest average height, which means a map with a gradient by height is sort of just highlighting how white a state is: Utah, Montana, Alaska, most of the Midwest, etc.