Mike Nudelman/Business Insider It's no secret that Business Insider loves maps. Over the past couple of years, our Graphics team has created maps showing unique points of pride for all 50 states.

In this episode of ‘Culturally Speaking’, 50 people from the 50 United States of America try to locate their states on a map. How many of them get it right? How many of them get it so wrong ...

The maps focus on the 50 states and (in most cases) Washington, DC. They're all based on data from the past few years and provide a snapshot of contemporary America and its people's lives and beliefs.

The population is spread out among 3.8 million square miles across 50 states, yet nearly one-third of Americans live in just three states: California, Texas and New York.

The fact that we've kept the number of U.S. states relatively static is nothing short a miracle—there have been hundreds of attempts at state secession ...