Why Most of the US Lives East of the Mississippi River

If you look at the population density map you’ll see that most of the 330 million people in the United States live east of the Mississippi River. Now this is partly because that’s where the country started and where the oldest European settlements are located. However, in this video we learn that one of the reasons that has stayed true to the present is that the weather and the availability of water is more favorable on that side of North America as opposed to farther West where it is dryer.