Why These States Have More Men Than Women

[@EarthSurfer]

Summit county, Colorado may be the most male dominated county in the USA. My female friends say, “The odds are good, but the goods are odd.” 😆

[@tonysheerness2427]

All gay?

[@mtadams2009]

@@tonysheerness2427Skiers. It’s the same in Jackson Hole or most ski towns. Summit has lots of ski resorts.

[@tonysheerness2427]

@@mtadams2009 If you are gay and .like men, where would you go?

[@jpmgeo6549]

​@@johnnycajon4858The whole country is ~9% gay. Colorado is not much different

[@KliggLasser]

@@jpmgeo6549 And the general population of the USA is 10% gay. So summit county is 1% less gay than the rest of the country.

[@SixtyNice420]

Utah indeed has "Mormon" than women.

[@thegreypath1777]

LOL

[@vincentyoung8472]

You sob 🤌

[@jeremiahallyn4603]

Hahahaha😂😂 that's a good one!!

[@SlapStyleAnims]

Kek

[@SassyyjuicyMaria]

lol

[@larzlarz1140]

Why didn’t you include Brolaska? They have more men than women than any other state. The saying for women of dating age there is: “the odds are good, but the goods are odd”.

[@benparrish9547]

😂😂😂 The Hawaii point made me wonder how much more Alaska’s ratio gets changed because of military bases

[@larzlarz1140]

@@benparrish9547 when it comes to mining, oil extraction, deep sea fishing and other hazardous jobs, Alaska is like the dakotas on steroids.

[@outofhere7623]

The women of dating age want rich pretty boys.

[@derekrequiem4359]

Yeah, I was really surprised he excluded Alaska from this vid considering they have the highest male:female gender ratio in the entire country.....

[@Dizarama]

I live in Utah, and the reason why there are so many men here is because of the construction and mining industries. EVERYTHING is under construction in the Salt Lake area. On top of that, there’s lots of mines in this area. Sausage city there.

[@katrags3603]

The irony is, the Great salt lake is dying and will soon be a source of arsenic poisoning. SLC will be uninhabitable when this happens.

[@oSamiSrzo]

...sausage city is a neat new nickname I never considered for SLC

[@Anthony-42090]

@Dizarama plus more men will move to that area too once they start the construction of that Amtrak that'll run from LV to SLC...

[@kammore6209]

There's a running joke that Women who go through a breakup cut/dye their hair while Men move to Denver lol

[@Steve-318]

You left out Alaska. 110 males to 100 females there.

[@trapmuzik6708]

boy that SUCKS

[@87alock]

Sounds depressing

[@SassyyjuicyMaria]

I'd heard about that one, I thought it had changed

[@averychilco]

They lie and say there's women in Alaska, but there's only 1 woman and 100 beaver pelts with a whole tide to a tree.LOL

[@kalebwieland4938]

For some reason, I thought more females lived there

[@RRKohutek]

Utah: You would need to look at a county by county economic breakdown to understand the gender distribution. There are a number military installations with Hill Airforce Base being the largest. Excluding the predominately male military, Utah has a close to normal gender distribution.

[@ekgrulez1]

As a Fountain, CO resident, which is in the Colorado Springs area, I can say that our demographics has slightly more men than women that skew younger due to the military presence that we have. Additionally, the defense industry out here is male dominated from my experience in working with several defense industry companies.

[@scorpioguy94]

Ehhhh I really disliked Colorado Springs

[@hearmyselfthink]

Exactly

[@hylobateslar4151]

I'm assuming it's because of oil, mining, forestry, and other traditionally male jobs.

[@vincentyoung8472]

Yes, less woke.

[@SlapStyleAnims]

⁠@@vincentyoung8472More traditionally male jobs doesn’t necessarily mean less woke

[@JoshJones-37334]

@@vincentyoung8472I bet you sit at a desk all day

[@vincentyoung8472]

@@SlapStyleAnims it does.

[@vincentyoung8472]

@@JoshJones-37334 what does that have to do with the price of tea in China?

[@scottkirkness8002]

40 seconds in I'm guessing men move to the region for mining, ranching, and oil sector jobs, while women leave for better universities

[@evanr1940]

same happens in Europe where women leave fishing/farming areas because of lack of career opportunities

[@enhancedutility266]

Exactly those states are known for their blue collar type of jobs like logging mining farming ranching oil and gas and trucking It's the perfect environment for meant to thrive

[@andrej2375]

@@enhancedutility266 but not blue collar jobs in Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, new Mexico, Iowa, and Missouri?

[@enhancedutility266]

@@andrej2375 It's not as much as compared to those states those state that you mentioned a bulk of their job market is retail and services and warehousing in transportation that's about it

[@mariyamwaniki]

Women leave because of health care too

[@Jesusfreak-m3x]

My drill instructors in USMC bootcamp had something to say about everywhere. To highlight your video, "Wyoming, where men are men and sheep are scared."

[@runningfromabear8354]

That's an old joke about the Welsh. The sheep shaggers. Not sure how that rumor started but its been around for centuries.

[@wilburnh]

I've seen many of your videos, but this was the most light-hearted fun one yet. I especially liked the new state names

[@brianarbenz1329]

The nicknames? Let me guess: Guy-daho, Man-tana, North and South Dude-kota, Y-chromosome-ing, Male-orado.

[@ballkans]

Dang bro, those names you gave make sense, lol

[@Yagamylights]

@@brianarbenz1329 😂👏🏼👏🏼

[@AngelicDemon-nv9yg]

Chadsper, Boyzie, Brosman, sp3rm lake city

[@brianarbenz1329]

@@AngelicDemon-nv9yg Ya lost me with that last one.

[@LuisCunha-xn9vx]

Bro forgot the obvious Menver and Brodorado springs

[@Pr0jectIGI]

Coincidence or not exactly this states have longest and harshest winters in USA,together with Alaska which is actually the coldest and also has more men..I am pretty sure just this factor alone contribute to great extent

[@Demetri450]

😂

[@SunshineTheLover]

that's enough for me to never step foot there yes

[@jodali11]

White men (north European descent) prefer cold climate.

[@rtist9281]

As a woman who grew up in Utah, and then moved away, I might have AN answer as to why there might be more men than women in Utah: marriage. I met my husband (who was from out of state) in Utah while in college, and after we graduated he got job in California, so we moved. This is also true of my mother-in-law, and a few other women I’ve known throughout the years

[@stdiosus]

There was a severe shortage of women when I was attending salsa dance classes in SLC; boxing/Muay Thai gyms have some ... lesbians. Ski resorts are full of gold diggers. Expectations on dating sites were also unrealistic. Got 0 dates in 5 years. LOL Had to travel overseas to meet women, since "I'm not even American". Later turned out not to be true in other states.

[@jeanlanz2344]

Didn't a lot of young men move to CO years ago when cannabis was legalized?

[@DaleStLouis-xb5mx]

Same is true for Alaska, where the women say "The odds are good, but the goods are odd."

[@anthonyewolf]

Ngl, but the ability to say "idk but here are some ideas" for Utah earned my subscription. That is the humble confidence symbolic of research experience.

[@elizabethmcbride222]

Im in Colorado and its raining men? I didnt notice.

[@ornei2615]

I suspect Utah can be explained by 1. having a smaller life expectancy gap between men and women than any other state and 2. Having a younger population than any other state.

[@jasonreid585]

Utah has a ton of kids, so if boys being born outnumber girls, that could be a reason

[@jasonreid585]

CO also has a lot of military and prison jobs

[@averychilco]

All those pseudo stats have nothing to do with it, in all white countries and states the men outnumber women because they are not anxious to lock them up, send them to war, have a poisonous environment or tolerate illicit drugs. Not to mention the further you go north to the end of the world, women simply don't want to live there.

[@brucealanwilson4121]

@@jasonreid585 But from birth on, boys are more likely to die than girls.

[@KamBar2020]

Utah has a ton of plural marriages, though😮

[@BobTheBanana1]

Epic Mormon birthrates

[@justinturetsky2811]

Thanks!

[@peterrichins3275]

Noteworthy: Hill Air Force Base in Utah is a major military installation. This may help explain Utah.

[@evaj558]

@@peterrichins3275 CO springs has an air force base too

[@kalebwieland4938]

Utah's probably a technicality. The difference isn't too far off, where there's only 50.3% men and 49.7% women, although it's tough seeing that the state has been evenly 50% and 50% in the past several years.

[@milom7865]

Trying my best not to think about brokeback mountain

[@JoshJones-37334]

Cowboys are frequently secretly fond of each other

[@xulapostasy7132]

They need to remake that but a female version

[@whatevervideos542635]

this comment killed me

[@bluebox2000]

The last great unspoken taboo...

[@catseyes2334]

I'm sure this is a frequent struggle you encounter.

[@doncasto8520]

North Dakota also had a sex trafficking problem

[@lupitaolson7837]

Have 4 grandsons in Colorado, 2 in Montana and 3 great grandsons in Montana 😂😂

[@ballkans]

You`re very rich man, sir.

[@saulalvarez220]

Are they married or gay or bi? Lol

[@cathycharron-folsom4504]

Lifestyle is rural and tuff. Jobs that attract women are fewer. The mentality of the men in these areas are very conservative and they don’t appreciate liberal women.

[@punchfreneticallydot]

The exception is Colorado the state is very liberal it’s been voting Democrat for years.

[@wastelandwanderer2693]

I live in California, a state with more women, yet I still can't get a date. Dating apps don't work and when I meet a woman IRL, they're always taken. 😓

[@BigDaddyLongdick-n4f]

@@wastelandwanderer2693 haha women are always a contradiction no matter what

[@Cyrus992]

Gender ratio isn’t the main issue. Go overseas

[@rb012b]

As a former resident of Denver, I proudly called the dudes, "Colorabros"

[@JustinJames-n8c]

As a resident of Montana the name “Mantana” suits us very well it’s a sausage fest here way too many dudes.

[@doublenickel1000]

Ah...Montana. Where men are men...and so are the women!😄

[@vincentyoung8472]

Forever and ever amen!

[@SlapStyleAnims]

Sounds great! I prefer stronger women

[@ballkans]

Montana, one of the last places where you can see horse riding tobacco chewing/spitting,, jeans wearing Man AKA Cowboys.

[@nickyt3269]

Colorado has ~ 40k military members there. I know the point was to find a geographic reason behind this, but it's probably more socio-economic. Women in these conservative states are not always treated as equals, that has to be tiring.

[@TaraAtPlay]

Fair point about women moving from red states. Colorado has been voting blue, supporting women’s rights. It’s the military, as you said.

[@nantuckettorrance1664]

Good work here. You should also do a video about states, metros, and/or cities that have an unusually over-abundant amount of women. Where the women to men ratio is particularly out of balance.

[@ranchomega966]

the nicknames were clever lol

[@derekrequiem4359]

You forgot Alaska! They have the highest ratio of men to women - 110 Men : 100 Women. 2nd place is North Dakota at 103 Men : 100 Women.

[@lattetown]

Most these state also have the highest gender pay gaps between men and women...which is why educated women leave for higher paying jobs in other State.

[@Twotone-ld1fb]

Ehhh not really. Of course a male dominated job is going to pay men more since its often heavy labor which a women can't compete with a man on. There are reasons you don't see many women firefighters for instance. They need to have the strength to carry another firefighter (big man sized) with gear from a building if they had to. Very very few women can do that, biology at work. So when you have a chunk of a states higher paying jobs that are heavy labor intensive then yeah its going to make the states statistics look like there might be a pay gap. But with any job if the women can do it just as well or better they will get paid appropriately. There is already national proof of women making more then men in many cases in jobs they can excel at where physical labor isn't a core aspect of the job. If im running a business im going to pay more to the people that contribute more to the job regardless of gender because i want to keep those employees. Women also historically tend to bring things to the workplace more often than men, like drama and lost productivity due to pregnancy. Don't get me wrong, pregnancy is a blessed thing and we have an issue in this nation with declining birth rates. But it still impacts someones productivity. If im running a business and I have 2 employees and 1 is always there when I need them and the other is gone half the time due to pregnancy or other female issues, which employee is the smarter investment from a purely making money viewpoint? I am of course exaggerating, but its to make a point why in many cases there has been a pay gap. Women typically bring more baggage to the workplace that interferes with work then men. That is not to say men don't also have baggage of course. But if you're a business trying to squeak out a profit you're going to weigh every loss and gain. Once again even considering what I said above, there are many jobs I would hire a women for before a man, or would consider them equal. Just because there are things women on average excel at. People too often though in their quest for equality forget that there are things that will never change that make us different. At the end of the day it comes down to who can do the job well or better then their peers, whether man or women. The big cities tend to have more jobs that a women can excel at.

[@abhishantshetty6962]

Good thing

[@hearmyselfthink]

You did forget the 5 military installations just in Colorado Springs alone. Not to mention, our entire state is a huge Military state and houses nuclear warhead silos

[@LeonaNeighbour]

Utah, dating here is a big if, just because there are more men here does not mean it's a great dating place, unless your Mormon, or convert eligible guys stats change. Also, since it's a younger population, if your middle age there are not a lot of senior citizen men here. It is starting to change slowly here due to the California influx.

[@Yormsane]

Welcome to the Log Cabin time zone. 🤣

[@stacysolitude]

Hill Air Force Base is the second largest AFB by population and is located in Utah. There's approximately a 3-to-1 male-to-female active duty demographic in the air force. That's likely a huge influence for why Utah has more men than women.

[@CortexNewsService]

I just thought of a book set in Antarctica, mostly in the scientific outposts there. And men did way outnumber women to the point the women had a saying: "The odds are good, but the goods are odd."

[@ViolinViolaMasterclass]

This great-thank you for discussing this! Fascinating!

[@KliggLasser]

Haven't watched the video yet, but growing up in one of those states that is highlighted in the thumbnail, that's where all the smally equipped men from mostly Texas and California with big hats like to go to play cowboy after they've made some money in a suburb somewhere.

[@Ted655687653]

Men like the company of men. You do the math.

[@notlisteningwhocares8877]

I need to travel there soon, I’ve been to 41 states already , need to get the rest out the way asap USA 🇺🇸

[@synaestesia-bg3ew]

Are you a woman?

[@JeffL-d9o]

Highly praise Geoff

[@umazon4132]

Can you a make a video on which states specifically have more women than men.

[@vantarinitel]

@@umazon4132 My ungoogled guesstimate would be states like Florida where there are statistically more women, but in the 80-100 geriatric demographic. Could be wrong tho

[@MycoA]

missed opportunity w the DICKotas

[@tyronewalker5764]

Ouch!

[@spartanz7088]

I’m surprised Alaska isn’t in there.

[@GigaChad-hu3de]

It's volcanos. Something about them. Think about it. Hawaii is basically all volcano. Yellowstone is in wyoming, dead center of the man zone. It's the volcanos.

[@barbarabrooks4747]

This information is very useful for single women!

[@Dinolobe376]

That explains Brokeback mountain

[@Robespierre-lI]

Uh. Fairly sure cowboys were always doing that and acting like it didn't happen. Basic laws of human nature.

[@sebbvell3426]

In the dating world, you took out the elder population but you didn't take out how many gay men could be in those states so maybe it evens out.

[@jnyerere]

Gay men don't traditionally flock to areas that are hostile towards them. Maybe you can make the case for Colorado.

[@juglansdependent]

solid episode man-bro-male-xy, but yes I did enjoy your lighter hearted episode. Do you have an episode of least inhabited areas within each US States?

[@Stpcjit]

Very good video keep it up from PDX 💪💪💪💪👑👑👑

[@robertb6889]

Utah - what about age distribution and higher birth rates?

[@bricks-mortar]

Video caused me to search for location of "BROKE BACK MOUNTAIN"

[@gusloader123]

To: Geography Geoff ---> I do not know where you got your figures / stats about Utah, but they do not match with what I saw. I lived for six years (2012 to 2018) in southern Utah County (The County where Provo City is) before I retired, and it seemed to me to be more like 49% male and 51% females. At least upon the I-15 corridor, which starts around St. George in the southwest corner of the state and goes up to the Idaho border. About the only place that there might be more males than females are in the coal mining areas such as Carbon County, or the turkey farms/ranches in San Pete County and the other rural mining areas.

[@ballkans]

Thank you for the video and explanation. Greetings

[@benparrish9547]

Utah also has a lotttttt of industrial blue collar jobs , I’m guessing that impacts the numbers

[@dviator86]

Utah has a younger population and younger people tend to be men

[@naomisasse9484]

Same dynamic in Alaska. For ladies "the odds are good, but the goods are odd." 😂

[@phillgirard8610]

Funny stuff boss. 😆 Also good information to know. 👍

[@mbathroom1]

super interesting video. I have never seen a video like this before.!

[@anthonydolio8118]

Awesome as always. Thank you.

[@leviwalpole7288]

Air Force and ICBM bases, National Park employees?

[@michaellutes1057]

Utah could be the moremen state

[@saagisharon8595]

it is, that's what it's known for oh wait, you made a pun, didn't you

[@joebehrdenver]

I grew up in Rapid City in the 1970s when the coal boom around Gillette WY started. The (semi-clean) joke about Wyoming was "Where the men are men, and the sheep are afraid". There's another joke about why Wyoming men have their name on the backside of their belts that I won't elaborate on here. :) (Also: Geoff, your straightness is showing. :) Denver has a hopping gay scene for a reason.)

[@danrhone9756]

I thought that part of the country was a morman territory because it’s surrounding Utah so that’s probably the reason for more men than women supposedly of course the birth rate in Utah is so much higher on a flip side

[@Coolguyjason]

I love Menver Fellarado!

[@JeffL-d9o]

So fun presentation

[@jonathanscheitlin3346]

Thanks Geoff, love your content keep it up!

[@caseclosed9342]

I have a feeling this also affects politics in those states due to women being more liberal and men being more conservative…

[@TheAureliac]

Not a single mention of the deep-seated misogyny in so many of those states. Despite saying they love women, those states are full of men who equate control with love where women are concerned.

[@petersguazzato8291]

Mate that’s fascinating and as you say too bad if you’re a Bloke looking for a Shiela 😂😂

[@petersguazzato8291]

Bit of Aussie slang 😂👍

[@Vadderax]

Two of the many factors that play into this are resources and the environment. just like the weather for instance. If you don't learn to adapt and learn. You lose it. It's not like the weather stays the same throughout the year there. It can dramatically shift from 40 to -30 on the same day in the winter months. Things tend to break dramatically when this occurs. It can be shining and warm, and the next moment, it can be hyperthermia type of weather in the spring and fall when caught outside. Men have to fix, maintain, work, and adapt as men to the situation all the time for infrastructure purposes to maintain society or have nothing. It's not an easier task by any means when farther from the equator, the ocean, and the weather for resources to live. And proves why more people tend to live. Down south, or to the west and east coast. It's more beneficial.

[@fhjordanshorts3670]

12:21 - 12:35: but what if I'm not heterosexual

[@tsackerman4139]

Love your new state names!!!!

[@trevornewkirk3224]

Will we get an episode soon, saying which states have the most women?

[@shariwitt1977]

Fun and interesting, enjoyed the jokes at the end!

[@anthonybird546]

That explains a lot 🤣🤣🤣

[@asdconservative]

Like what? It doesn't make a difference what gender is dominant

[@donnyramay2635]

Austin, Texas is a babefest. I lived in an apartment complex where I and two other guys were the only men. The rest of the tenants were women and they were young and attractive. Unfortunately Austin is the most expensive city in Texas.

[@alexanderk.3177]

Bravo! 😎🥂

[@jstar1000]

You left off Alaska but the big reason really is its freaking cold AF in those states.

[@jstar1000]

There was a saying in Alaska when I lived up there years ago. "what's the difference between a girl from Alaska and a walrus" about 100lbs and a flannel shirt. lol

[@JustinJames-n8c]

It being so freaking cold is why it’s a wasteland Alaska is by far the least densely populated state.

[@janah.8471]

Lol, I'd love to see the "rugged mountains" in ND

[@masterimbecile]

Man Jose, California

[@SARWSiddiqui]

Cos they jobs there are mainly agricultural or natural resource extraction.

[@jodali11]

Female here who loves the outdoors! Guess I'll start planning soon to check out these states 😉

[@MrTruehoustonian]

This states are basically a huge sausage party 😅

[@asdconservative]

Broke back mountain

[@Robespierre-lI]

What's wrong with sausage?

[@MrTruehoustonian]

@@Robespierre-lI just not for me mate

[@markrichards6863]

The ladies left to "get their hair did", and ran out on you all. It must have been the Prarie oysters you requested for dinner.

[@veganvanguard8273]

And the whole most of those state governments despising women and wanting them to be submissive second-class citizens

[@Robespierre-lI]

Good riddance

[@tyronelorenzovalentio3414]

@ shut up

[@outofhere7623]

Love the nicknames

[@pineberry212]

I live in utah, and I met quite a few men who've moved to the area to work in tec and manufacturing. There is a lot of manufacturing in the area. And im a welder.

[@Eevcee]

Packing my bags!

[@michaelchen8643]

Let’s look at very specifically north and South Dakota, Wyoming in Montana and Idaho. There are not many cities that are very large. Certainly there are no cities where there’s over 1 million people a lot of industries that are there mining animal, husbandry, industrial lager, culture and outdoors heavy physical activity women are either gonna be able to adapt that by being born and raised or they gonna go elsewhere. The state of Utah and especially state of Colorado have more population than the others that I’ve mentioned but for instance Denver has maybe 700,000 residents and Salt Lake City has about 250,000 residence not exactly large metropolitan areas On top of that, only Colorado has a progressive set of policies and laws that would make it tolerable for women to live there. The other states have restrictions on abortion or some of them are leaning to things very aggressively like trying to monitor women to see if they might be ovulating or not, and trying to hold them accountable for leaving the state for abortions, not every woman is into that that might scare certain women off, making a life there and to leave to other places like a state that are not as overbearing The left coast is not far same with Nevada and Arizona with policies that are more in line with women’s rights and their freedom of choice

[@MrDrakkus]

One potential explanation for Utah: polygamy. It's one of the few states where it's permitted, even if it is technically illegal. This tends to draw in men who want multiple wives from many outside states. While I'm sure there are more women in the polygamist towns, that's because they have so many men (either as children or immigrants from other states) that they actually have to kick some out in order to keep the ratios where they want them. Those men then tend to stay in the nearby towns.

[@brandonguild1666]

that doesn't even make sense

[@MrDrakkus]

@brandonguild1666 Which part? I thought I wrote it pretty well. I live in Utah and have known a few ex-polygamist men so I know a bit about it.

[@jeremyhelquist]

Several people have commented on this, jokingly, but could easily skew the numbers is the gay population. Denver and SLC, especially, have quite large gay populations, for some reason.

[@ballroomscott]

I was thinking about that too. Pride month is a big deal here in Salt Lake with a large festival downtown and a parade. I don’t think enough people understand how LGBTQ+ friendly Utah really is.

[@notlisteningwhocares8877]

Denver is the Austin of Colorado. I love it there, it’s a bear city !

[@happybee0622]

I subscribed your channel. I like it!

[@CarstenMoreno]

I got some funny nicknames for the more women dominated states. Instead of Florida, how about Feminida (get it, lol), Maine is Dame, Massachusetts is Massatutus, New Jersey is New Girly, South Carolina is Sweet Carolina, California is Califeminia, and Illinois is Womanois. 😅

[@scotagamelyn]

I’m moving to one of these states! Woohoo!