Bureau of Labor Statistics uses data to map Panem from 'The Hunger Games'

Feb. 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics put real data in a fictional context by using "location quotients" to map out the districts of Panem from The Hunger Games.

The bureau said in a blog post on its official website that it used data collected from around the country to determine likely locations of the 12 districts of Panem, which Suzanne Collins' novels describe as "the country that rose up out of the ashes of a place that was once called North America."

The project didn't result in a finalized Panem map, but rather used "location quotients" to determine areas in the United States where the districts, which each align with certain industries, would be likely to rise based on current industry.

District 1: Luxury goods

District 2: Rock quarrying

District 3: Electronic goods manufacturing

District 4: Fishing

District 5: Power generation

District 6: Transportation manufacturing

District 7: Lumber

District 8: Textiles

District 9: Grain

District 10: Livestock

District 11: Crops

District 12: Coal mining

The post defined "location quotient" as "a ratio of the percentage of workers in an industry or occupation in a certain area to the percentage of workers in that industry or occupation nationally."

"A location quotient greater than 1.0 indicates a higher-than-average concentration for an industry or occupation," the post said.

Mingo County, W.Va., was cited as a likely location of District 12, the coal mining district that was home to Hunger Games protagonist Katniss Everdeen. The county had a location quotient of 475.42.

The districts don't align perfectly to a map, as other potential District 12 counties were listed in Wyoming, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and Utah.

The bureau performed the same calculations to find probable locations for the other 11 districts.

"The data may provide clues, but results are open to interpretation. Using these data, create your own map of Panem," the blog post suggested.