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The Geography of Desire
Looking for your perfect match? Here are a few inside tips. Radar presents a state-by-state guide to love and sex in America

Lewis and Clark never quite found the Northwest "Passage" they were lusting after, despite years of risky exploration. But thanks to Radar's sex map, you'll never have to endure the frustration of our forbearers. Our intrepid scouts pored over mountains of exclusive statistics provided to Radar by Match.com, "the world's largest online dating, relationship, singles, and personals service."

To add some extra spice, we also sought out a few other revealing sources, including anonymous DVD-rental records from Wantedlist.com ("The Netflix of porn") and sex-aid sales figures from Babeland.com and Mypleasure.com. Meet America in the flesh; we hope you click.



CALIFORNIA
1. Gold Rush
No wonder they call it the Gold Coast: San Jose stakes claim to the highest concentration of women digging men who make more than $150,000 per year.
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Source:match.com

2. Cougar COUNTRY
Madera hosts the highest percentage of men under 25 seeking women over 50. They say you can smell the Chanel N°5 for miles.
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Source:match.com

3. Fat Chance
Packing on some pounds? Make a run for the border: El Centro weighs in with the highest percentage of men seeking "big and beautiful" women—and the highest percentage of women seeking "big and beautiful" men.
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Source:match.com

4. Boys Town
El Centro also has the highest percentage of men seeking men in the country.
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Source:match.com

5. No Hairs-Ville
No, Captain Picard, this isn't the Holo-deck. Women in Napa are the most likely to be turned on by bald men.
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Source:match.com

COLORADO
6. Mountains of Bush
Fast-clicking Coloradoans rent more porn online per capita than any other state.
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Source:wantedlist.com

FLORIDA
7. Desperately Seeking Sunni
Miami has the highest percentage of Jewish singles seeking Muslims in the country.
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Source:match.com

GEORGIA
8. Eat a Peach
The greater Hinesville metro area has the highest concentration of women seeking women in the country.
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Source:match.com

IDAHO
9. GUNS AND AMORE
Lewiston (on the Washington border) has the highest percentage of women seeking partners interested in hunting and fishing.
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Source:match.com

10. GIRTHQUAKE
Idaho buys the most vibrating erection rings per capita of any state in the continental U.S.
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Source:mypleasure.com

ILLINOIS
11. A Romantic Dip
The gentlemen of Danville top the list of those open to women who use smokeless tobacco—pucker up.
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Source:match.com

INDIANA
12. Hoosier Daddy
Note to Jeffrey Epstein: Forget Palm Beach. Columbus, Indiana, has the highest concentration of women under 25 seeking men over 50.
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Source:match.com

IOWA
13. Little Man on the Prairie
Dubuque is home to the highest concentration of women looking for men their height or shorter.
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Source:match.com

14. If There's Hay on the Field ...
Iowa and South Carolina are tied for the lowest Age of Consent in the United States (14 years old).
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Source:avert.org

KANSAS
15. Bored of Ed
Kansas rents the most educational porn of any state in the country.
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Source:wantedlist.com

NEVADA
16. CAESAR'S PHALLUS
Sin City has the highest percentage of singles turned on by erotica in the country, thanks mostly to the Adult Video News Awards and godlessness.
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Source:match.com

NEW JERSEY
17. Tunnel Traffic
Garden State residents rent more heterosexual, anal-centric porn than any other state in the union.
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Source:wantedlist.com

NEW YORK
18. NO PORK on the first date
Albany has the highest percentage of Muslim singles seeking Jews in the country.
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Source:match.com

19. City Slickers
New York buys more lube than any other city in the country.
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Source:babeland.com

North Carolina
20. Tit for Tat
Fayetteville has the highest percentage of singles turned on by tattoos.
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Source:match.com

NORTH DAKOTA
21. Butte Is Skin Deep
Perhaps due only to its proximity to Canada, the state is home to America's ugliest men.
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Source:beautifulpeople.net

OHIO
22. Holy Toledo
Ohio rents the least porn per capita in the U.S.
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Source:wantedlist.com

OREGON
23. The Beaver State
Oregon rents the highest percentage of Hentai, or pornographic cartoons, of any state in the union.
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Source:wantedlist.com

PENNSYLVANIA
24. The Pelt Belt
Transcending the nationwide scope of the Radar map of love, Pittsburgh proudly lays claim to Anthrocon—at 2,500 strong, the largest convention of animal-suit-wearing fetishists the world over.
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Source:anthrocon.org

SOUTH CAROLINA
25. Down in Dixie
South Carolina has the highest percentage of female porn enthusiasts in the country.
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Source:wantedlist.com

26. Sugar TOOTH
Sumter has the highest percentage of men seeking women who make over $150,000 per year.
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Source:match.com

27. If There's Hay on the Field ...
South Carolina and Iowa and are tied for the lowest Age of Consent in the United States (14 years old).
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Source:avert.org

TEXAS
28. The Coming Rapture
The randy singles of Sherman-Denison are most likely to name Left Behind,a novel about the apocalypse, as their favorite book.
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Source:match.com

29.Wrongview
The citizens of Longview are the most likely to be turned on by public displays of affection.
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Source:match.com

WASHINGTON
30. Small Wonder
Washington rents more midget porn per capita than any other state in the union.
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Source:wantedlist.com

31. Wimps Up, Hos Down
Bremerton-Silverdale has the highest percentage of women seeking "slender" men.
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Source:match.com

Washington, D.C.
32. Closed-Door Sessions
Washington, D.C., buys the most discreet vibrators (i.e., sex toys disguised as lipstick, nail polish, or rubber ducks) of any other state.
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Source:mypleasure.com

WYOMING
33. Ride 'em Cowboys
Ang Lee was right. Wyoming rents the highest per capita percentage of gay porn in the country.
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Source:wantedlist.com

34. Jolly Ranchers
Casper is home to the highest percentage of singles turned on by skinny-dipping.
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Source:match.com