Ever wonder where your neighbors are traveling? Are they headed to Italy for a pasta gorge-a-thon or to Portugal or Panama for gorgeous views? A new study looks at where people from each state are headed internationally, as reported by USA Today. You might find that your fellow state residents are going to the same place—and maybe that confirms your good choice, or you want to be a maverick and are now hastily adjusting your plans.
We’ll warn that the list is already somewhat biased, since it’s based on travel insurance data from Squaremouth, and many of us do not insure our trips. But for those 6,600 insured summer trips, planned by more than 15,000 US travelers, that the newspaper staff examined, information emerged about the most population international destination by state.
For instance, Italy, the United Kingdom and France top the list, perhaps no surprise, in that order (21 states chose Italy, 10 chose the U.K. and four chose France). A striking 43 percent of all travel insurance plans comprise trips to Europe. Fun takeaways: Vermont, Hawai’i and Mississippi are the only states whose top destination was not shared by any other state (Czech Republic, Japan and Canada, respectively). And three states did not have data—they must have devil-may-care residents who don’t bother with insurance. They are both Dakotas and Wyoming.
Here, listed by state, is the most popular international destination for those who purchased trip insurance:
Alabama: Bahamas
Alaska: Germany
Arizona: U.K.
Arkansas: Mexico
California: Italy
Colorado: France
Connecticut: Italy
Delaware: Italy
Florida: Italy
Georgia: U.K.
Hawai’i: Japan
Idaho: Italy
Illinois: Italy
Indiana: Italy
Iowa: Norway
Kansas: Italy
Kentucky: U.K.
Louisiana: Mexico
Maine: France
Maryland: U.K.
Massachusetts: U.K.
Michigan: Italy
Minnesota: Italy
Mississippi: Canada
Missouri: Italy
Montana: Ireland
Nebraska: Bahamas
Nevada: Italy
New Hampshire: Germany
New Jersey: Italy
New Mexico: U.K.
New York: Italy
North Carolina: U.K.
North Dakota: n/a
Ohio: U.K.
Oklahoma: Mexico
Oregon: Italy
Pennsylvania: Italy
Rhode Island: Mexico
South Carolina: Italy
South Dakota: n/a
Tennessee: Italy
Texas: Mexico
Utah: Mexico
Vermont: Czech Republic
Virginia: U.K.
Washington: Italy
Washington, D.C.: France
West Virginia: U.K.
Wisconsin: Germany
Wyoming: n/a