How the crowd draws
2,894 drawings of its land border and 3,209 drawings of its coast, from memory on Borderline’s US map, 24 September 2026 to 27 October 2026.
In numbers
| The real one | The crowd’s | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 94,000 km²36,000 sq mi | 91,000 km²35,000 sq mi↓2.7% smaller |
| Outline | 1,585 km985 mi | 1,490 km926 mi↓6.0% shorter |
| Centre | 86.28° W, 39.90° N86.3° W, 39.9° N | 86.24° W, 39.88° N86.2° W, 39.9° N↘4 km south-east2 mi south-east |
| Westernmost | 88.10° W, 37.90° N88.1° W, 37.9° N | 88.04° W, 37.88° N88.0° W, 37.9° N→5 km short3 mi short |
| Easternmost | 84.78° W, 38.87° N84.8° W, 38.9° N | 84.77° W, 39.39° N84.8° W, 39.4° N→2 km beyond1 mi beyond |
| Southernmost | 87.95° W, 37.77° N87.9° W, 37.8° N | 87.95° W, 37.79° N88.0° W, 37.8° N↑2 km short1 mi short |
| Northernmost | 85.73° W, 41.77° N85.7° W, 41.8° N | 86.35° W, 41.76° N86.3° W, 41.8° N↓1 km short0 mi short |
Near the land border, 59% of the crowd’s lines run inside Indiana. Near the coast, 29% run inland.
Borders and coast
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 545 km in the game | 480 km the crowd’s↓11.9% shorter |
| Illinois | 521 km in the game | 491 km the crowd’s↓5.8% shorter |
| Ohio | 288 km in the game | 289 km the crowd’s↑0.3% longer |
| Michigan | 175 km in the game | 165 km the crowd’s↓5.7% shorter |
| The coast | 69 km in the game | 66 km the crowd’s↓4.3% shorter |
Watch the drawings
See every line on The Drawn USA →How it is measured
The crowd’s Indiana: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Indiana 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 6,103 drawings that scored 10 or more on Borderline’s US 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 6,103.
Measuring how far the crowd moves the centre was Matt Forrest’s idea (forrest.nyc).
Draw Indiana yourself and add your line to the next update.