Hawaii. Then Oregon, Washington, and California. Hmm. The western bank, as it were. Perhaps because of proximity to Japan? Or having Japanese immigrants, aka latent ninjas-in-training, amongst us? Probably just because we’re cooler out here, sitting around thinking about ninja stuff and finding it on the google. But, you may wonder: how do I know this information to begin with?

StateStats. A nifty website that shows popularity of search queries by state, and then also correlates that popularity with other state statistics, demographic and otherwise. So, one can see that there is a a positive but weak correlation with ninja searches and states with violent crime. Searches for yoga, you might be surprised to discover, have a strong negative correlation with voting for Bush. It also rates fairly low in South Dakota, which, even more surprising, may be the horniest state in the union. Next to Mississipi.

– Josh Bearman