Do you hate mosquitoes? I'm sure you said yes the only people that like those blood suckers are
Freaks and researchers I can't imagine anyone ever going hey I'm heading down to the pond there's a
bunch of mosquitoes I love that sting oh so much the rest of us would be on board if we got rid of
every single mosquito on the planet side note there's only two known places on Earth with no
mosquitoes Antarctica and Iceland today we're looking at what places have the biggest problem
with mosquitoes now I say problem with mosquitoes instead of the most mosquitoes because it's hard
to figure out how many there actually are those little air mobile vampires refused to line up
and be counted which is just rude so we looked at what places have the most species of mosquitoes
and how many mosquito related Google searches there are for every 100 000 residents we added
the Google search one because if you have a lot of searches for something it's safe to assume it
is on the mind of the locals for a reason we also took reputation into consideration for this video
is it perfect science no is it entertaining yes got it get it good let's take a look
number 10 South Carolina this should be no shock this is another tour of the South
almost there's some other places on here but all your southern states are showing up South
Carolina is definitely a Southern state in both geography and summer weather Summer's in South
Carolina are hot and muggy and they get a lot of rain they got a lot of swamps they
got a lot of Pawns perfect breeding ground for mosquitoes now all this information comes from
the U.S Census Bureau the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Center for
Disease Control and prevention South Carolina is one of those states that has a good reputation
for mosquitoes besides all the statistics there's another way you could tell if a place has a lot
of mosquitoes walk down the street if all you could smell is that off stuff and hear people
saying the f word sporadically through a crowd you know it's got some mosquitoes South Carolina
sees about 13 inches of rain every summer their summer temperatures right around 80
degrees and they have over 60 species of mosquito one other indicator is west Nile
viruses carried by mosquitoes and they had 10 cases in 2022 and they average about 975
mosquito related Google searches for every 100 000 residents during the summer months
number nine Alabama and Mississippi you get a twofer on this one because they're very similar
their summer rain is about 13 inches like both of them their summer temperatures are right around 80
degrees 79.2 to be exact that's their average and they both have 63 species of mosquitoes if you've
ever been to either of these States during the summer you're well aware of what's going
on mosquito wise when it comes to reputation both of these are ranked always in the top ten
for whatever study you're looking at or whatever survey you're looking at for mosquitoes mosquitoes
are horrible especially in Mississippi I've spent a good amount of time in Mississippi and it was
horrible every time I went there during the summer now this is the big difference between
the two for mosquito related Google searches in the summer Alabama sees about 912 for every 100
000 residents and Mississippi only sees about 514. I don't think there's less of a problem in
Mississippi I just think there's less access to Internet both states spend about 13 dollars per
capita annually on mosquito control and prevention or eradication whatever you want to call it
number eight Georgia this is where I really learned mosquitoes are bad I also learned
gnats are pretty bad too Growing Up in Southern California I really didn't have to deal with
either that Ocean Breeze kind of keeps both of them away sure we had them but it wasn't
a terrible problem then I went to basic training in the summer in Georgia and I learned how bad it
can get I heard this joke about other states but that was the first time I heard it was a drill
sergeant said that the mosquito is the state bird of Georgia we also had a guy struggling to keep
up on runs and the drill sergeant said he sucked and he yelled out Blake sucks almost as much as
a Georgia mosquito which when you're stressed out that's hysterical Georgia sees about 13 inches of
rain every summer Georgia temperatures during the summer hover around 80 degrees and trust
me it gets a lot hotter than that that's just the average they have 63 species of
mosquito and they get about 921 mosquito related Google searches during the summer for every 100
000 residents Georgia spends 18 dollars per capita and really on mosquito control
number seven Alaska Alaska you know they got on this list almost by reputation alone I've
been there during the summer and it's horrible Alaska has a lot of water all year round it's just
hanging around I mean the snow the bad weather in the winters it never gets warm enough to really
evaporate the water so there's ponds Creeks rivers lakes everywhere in Alaska now obviously up in the
northern part it's a little bit different it might not get as hot it might not get as many mosquitoes
but you're talking Anchorage down to Juneau in that whole area Ketchikan and Soldotna that's
where I was recently well a few years back Soldotna and we were fishing mosquitoes were
horrible and when you ask people Alaska is always on the list for the worst mosquitoes but their
summer rain is only around 11 inches I've seen another report where it was closer to 13 but the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has them at 11. and their summer temperatures
average around 63 degrees Alaska has 35 species of mosquito and in the summer they see about
1100 mosquito related searches on Google for every 100 000 residents they're per capita spending on
mosquito control is four dollars by the way that is the absolute lowest in the country thank you
number six Michigan Michigan gets on here almost on reputation alone The Wolverine state is known
for Summers and mosquitoes they haven't had zika virus which is spread by mosquitoes or the West
Nile Virus in a few years they haven't had any cases so they almost don't make the list but a
couple things put them on here they don't get a terrible amount of rain during the summer it's
actually nine inches that's their average their summer temperatures only around 69.2 degrees
that's not terrible and they only have five species of mosquito what gets them on here is all
the water throughout that state so they may only have five species but there's a lot of those five
species so much so they get 1204 mosquito related Google searches during the summer months perk 100
000 residents that's the absolute highest on this list so that tells you this is something that
people in Michigan are thinking about because they're dealing with it every single summer in
my personal experience the two worst places I've ever experienced mosquitoes was probably Georgia
Street Georgia Mississippi or Michigan Michigan spends 15 dollars per capita on mosquito control
number five Texas throughout Texas you got to deal with some mosquitoes I mean it's pretty bad
in some spots and it's really bad in the Houston area get over near Beaumont you might want to cry
you might want to but you won't because you probably already lost so much fluid from the
mosquitoes you don't want to lose any more and have heat stroke or something like that honestly
if you visit Beaumont during the summer it's like being in a sauna with like 12 sumo wrestlers and
it's a two-person sauna but the entire state of Texas does get some mosquitoes obviously on the
east side towards Louisiana it's gonna get worse that whole area is like a flood plain and when
it starts getting hot the mosquitoes come out and people start losing blood that's all there is to
it gets so bad it looks like you got track marks on your legs arms back neck it's horrible Texas
overall only sees about seven inches of rain during the summer that's not terrible their
summer temperature though gets around 84 degrees on average that's how bad it gets now keep in mind
if it's 84 degrees that's the average means a lot of days you're gonna have they're like 95
99 and on up Texas has 36 species of mosquito and they see about 1090 mosquito related Google
searches per 100 000 residents Texas spends about 17 dollars per capita for mosquito control
number four New York this one I promise, is going to surprise a lot of you everyone thinks New York
City when they think about New York unless you're from New York New Jersey Pennsylvania something
like that everyone just seems to think the entire state is New York City it is not Upstate New York
and some of the other parts it's very rural you know I mean you got Buffalo and Rochester
a couple places like that but most the state is very rural they've got a lot of lakes tons of
ponds and Italian Lebanese girls that try and run you over when you break up with them New York sees
11 inches of Summer Rain their summer temperature is around 66 degrees which isn't terribly high
but they have 70 species of mosquito and during the summer months they see about
1123 mosquito related Google searches per 100 000 residents and they spend 21 dollars per capita on
mosquito control and eradication annually New York spends 21 dollars per capita on mosquito control
number three South Dakota now this one does seem strange and a lot of you are probably scratching
your head about now but when I start telling you the numbers it's gonna make more sense South
Dakota has more surface water than most people realize besides the fact they got the Mississippi
river flowing straight through the middle of the state they have tons of lakes rivers ponds it's
like everywhere around here and stop typing it's not the Mississippi River it's the Missouri river
that flows through South Dakota the Mississippi River is over a state to the east it runs between
Minnesota and Wisconsin Illinois and Iowa Missouri and Illinois and keeps on going down till it drops
off into the Gulf of Mexico but South Dakota like I said does have a lot of water they get a lot of
mosquito problems they had almost 70 West Nile cases in 2022 and that's a lot I didn't mention
it but New York actually had 80. but 70 is pretty high actually New York and South Dakota had the
absolute highest on the list South Dakota sees about nine inches of rain every summer putting
more water on the ground and making it better for mosquitoes to grow now their summer temperature
doesn't get too high I mean they do have those 90 degree days and all that but on average they're
about 68 degrees they have 43 species of mosquito and get this they're mosquito related searches are
insane I think I earlier I said Michigan had the most searches not even close during the summer
months South Dakota will see 2245 mosquito related Google searches for every 100 000 residents I
think a lot of those searches stem from the news talking about how many West Nile viruses they had
South Dakota only spends nine dollars per capita on mosquito control
number two Florida yes close your mouth Florida's number two not number one a lot of you I believe
were under the impression Florida would be number one I asked that in the community tab
the other day what state do you think it is I had a lot of responses saying it's got to
be Florida over the years Florida's had some good cases of West Nile and the zika virus and
when you're known as the Sunshine State and almost the entire state is at sea level you
know you're gonna have some mosquitoes Florida sees about 19 inches of rain during the summer
months yeah some states don't see that in two years their average summer temperature is 89
degrees so it gets pretty toasty it gets wet and it's open season on tourists for the mosquitoes
Florida has 81 species of mosquito that's 50 more species than Baskin Robbins has flavors
during the summer months Florida sees about 931 mosquito related Google searches for every 100
000 residents Florida spends a whopping 27 dollars per capita on mosquito control imagine
they weren't spending that much how bad it would be
all right before we get to number one if you're looking to move to another state maybe you like
mosquitoes and you want to move to one of these states there is a link for home and money in the
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to move to in the United States they got a nice website check it out all right on to number one
and number one Louisiana that's right Louisiana comes in strong with mosquitoes the Pelican State
could actually change its name to Mosquito State and people would agree with it it's also known as
The Bayou State and if you know anything about bayous you know they got some mosquitoes they
got some water they got some humidity they got some mosquitoes and they got some dudes named
Jed that are missing most of their teeth last time I was in Louisiana I was in New Orleans
that was just this last January I didn't see a lot of mosquitoes maybe they were hiding from
me I don't know but they got a lot of them Louisiana is always in the top five when it
comes to mosquitoes it's in the top five when it comes to a lot of things poverty is one of
them but mosquitoes they're definitely in the top five they got pushed up to number one on
reputation alone everyone knows and everyone thinks they have a ton of mosquitoes most the
state smells like a swamp so it's kind of got to be a swamp right swamps have a lot of mosquitoes
in the summer Louisiana averages about 14 inches of rain and their summer temperature
averages around 82 degrees they have 68 different species of of mosquito and they see about 798
mosquito related Google searches every single summer for every 100 000 residents mosquitoes
thrive in this state Louisiana spends 15 dollars per capita on mosquito control
all right that's today's video hope you guys enjoyed it hope you got some information of
it now go out have a great day don't get hit by mosquito and be nice to each other