How the crowd draws the
1,245 drawings of its land border and 1,003 drawings of its coast, from memory on Borderline’s World map, 16 September 2026 to 27 October 2026.
In numbers
| The real one | The crowd’s | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 7,923,000 km²3,059,000 sq mi | 7,597,000 km²2,933,000 sq mi↓4.1% smaller |
| Outline | 23,199 km14,415 mi | 18,761 km11,658 mi↓19.1% shorter |
| Centre | 98.85° W, 39.99° N98.8° W, 40.0° N | 98.18° W, 39.61° N98.2° W, 39.6° N↘71 km south-east44 mi south-east |
| Westernmost | 124.73° W, 48.16° N124.7° W, 48.2° N | 124.46° W, 48.09° N124.5° W, 48.1° N→20 km short12 mi short |
| Easternmost | 66.98° W, 44.82° N67.0° W, 44.8° N | 67.14° W, 44.93° N67.1° W, 44.9° N←13 km short8 mi short |
| Southernmost | 81.11° W, 25.13° N81.1° W, 25.1° N | 80.55° W, 25.30° N80.5° W, 25.3° N↑19 km short12 mi short |
| Northernmost | 95.09° W, 49.35° N95.1° W, 49.4° N | 122.75° W, 48.98° N122.7° W, 49.0° N↓41 km short26 mi short |
Near the land border, 55% of the crowd’s lines run inside the United States. Near the coast, 52% run inland.
Borders and coast
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 7,599 km in the game8,891 km officially | 7,258 km the crowd’s↓4.5% shorter |
| Mexico | 2,389 km in the game3,111 km officially | 2,304 km the crowd’s↓3.6% shorter |
| The coast | 22,447 km in the game19,924 km officially | 15,878 km the crowd’s↓29.3% shorter |
States of the United States
50 states, 50 with a page- Draw
Alabama0.1% smaller · 5,159 drawings - Draw
Alaska5.6% bigger · 3,976 drawings - Draw
Arizona4.2% smaller · 1,843 drawings - Draw
Arkansas3.5% smaller · 1,739 drawings - Draw
California0.3% smaller · 5,919 drawings - Draw
Colorado5.5% smaller · 1,626 drawings - Draw
Connecticut1.3% bigger · 4,253 drawings - Draw
Delaware3.1% smaller · 3,707 drawings - Draw
Florida3.3% bigger · 5,599 drawings - Draw
Georgia5.9% smaller · 5,468 drawings - Draw
Hawaii10.7% smaller · 2,257 drawings - Draw
Idaho8.3% smaller · 1,902 drawings - Draw
Illinois0.1% smaller · 6,372 drawings - Draw
Indiana2.7% smaller · 6,103 drawings - Draw
Iowa0.8% bigger · 1,882 drawings - Draw
Kansas3.6% smaller · 1,518 drawings - Draw
Kentucky10.4% smaller · 2,173 drawings - Draw
Louisiana4.4% smaller · 4,378 drawings - Draw
Maine4.1% smaller · 4,205 drawings - Draw
Maryland2.0% smaller · 2,788 drawings - Draw
Massachusetts5.6% smaller · 3,666 drawings - Draw
Michigan4.6% bigger · 3,415 drawings - Draw
Minnesota0.6% bigger · 5,023 drawings - Draw
Mississippi4.6% smaller · 5,125 drawings - Draw
Missouri4.3% smaller · 1,744 drawings - Draw
Montana5.8% smaller · 1,298 drawings - Draw
Nebraska3.1% smaller · 1,488 drawings - Draw
Nevada7.1% smaller · 2,270 drawings - Draw
New Hampshire4.5% smaller · 1,052 drawings - Draw
New Jersey9.8% smaller · 3,929 drawings - Draw
New Mexico4.1% smaller · 1,291 drawings - Draw
New York0.6% bigger · 4,735 drawings - Draw
North Carolina8.4% smaller · 4,671 drawings - Draw
North Dakota4.2% smaller · 1,017 drawings - Draw
Ohio1.4% smaller · 5,583 drawings - Draw
Oklahoma2.9% smaller · 2,403 drawings - Draw
Oregon4.7% smaller · 4,885 drawings - Draw
Pennsylvania4.2% smaller · 5,328 drawings - Draw
Rhode Island3.2% smaller · 2,804 drawings - Draw
South Carolina4.2% smaller · 5,026 drawings - Draw
South Dakota1.0% smaller · 1,188 drawings - Draw
Tennessee3.5% bigger · 2,218 drawings - Draw
Texas0.5% smaller · 6,148 drawings - Draw
Utah0.9% bigger · 1,787 drawings - Draw
Vermont2.8% smaller · 1,287 drawings - Draw
Virginia1.4% smaller · 4,375 drawings - Draw
Washington3.0% smaller · 5,007 drawings - Draw
West Virginia6.5% smaller · 1,465 drawings - Draw
Wisconsin0.9% smaller · 4,355 drawings - Draw
Wyoming1.1% smaller · 1,334 drawings
How it is measured
The crowd’s United States: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside the United States or outside it; the median over a short stretch is where the crowd puts the line there, and the real outline moved by it is the crowd’s. Where the move folds a narrow inlet over itself, the loop is cut.
The 2,248 drawings that scored 10 or more on Borderline’s World map, scribbles left out, the real line the game’s own. Area true to scale; the outline copies the real line’s detail, so its length changes only where the shape moves or a loop is cut. The map lays the 1,000 most recent; the heat map, the crowd’s shape and every figure use all 2,248.
150 small pieces of the United States, 11,000 km² in all, keep their real shape, shown flat: islands no round asks players to draw, or too small to measure. They count in no figure.
Pieces the World map does not ask for are measured from the rounds that do: Alaska (761 drawings), Hawaii (175 drawings).
Draw the United States yourself and add your line to the next update.