If you’ve ever looked around where you live and thought, “Man, there’s a lot of dudes here,” or “There’s women everywhere,” your eyes aren’t deceiving you.
While women make up 50.5% of the United States population, according to according to U.S. Census data, a new analysis of America’s gender divide shows the gap is “turning into a regional rivalry.”
According to Axios, there are more men in the West and more women in the East.
The analysis shows that on average, there’s 102 women for every 100 men in the country. But the pendulum swings depending on where you live.
Among metros with populations larger than 1.5 million, Axios found that women most heavily outnumbered adult men in Baltimore (107.2), Atlanta (105.6), Philadelphia (105.5) and New York (105).
On the other hand, men most heavily outnumber women in San Jose (103.9), Austin (103.1), San Diego (102.2) and Seattle (102.1).
The numbers align with data from the 2022 American Community …