The chart above shows miles of rail per thousand people in EU and US regions.  It's rare to see the EU and US regions be so similar to each other.  Usually, the regions of one superstate clump together but in this metric there is a weaving back and forth between EU and US regions.

The chart above shows miles of rail per thousand people in US regions.  The Midwest has more track per capita than any other region and has double the per capita track of every region except the South.

The chart above shows kilometers of rail per thousand people in EU regions.  Only the Northern EU has over one kilometer of track for every thousand people in its region.

The chart above shows miles of rail per thousand people in EU and US states.  Surprisingly it is US states that lead in this metric and US states are the only ones with over two miles of track for every thousand residents.

The chart above shows kilometers of rail per thousand people in EU states.  Estonia ekes out the top spot surpassing Sweden in kilometers of track per person.

The chart above shows miles of rail per thousand people in US states.  North Dakota has by far more miles of rail per person than any other state.

The chart above shows road lengths per thousand people in EU and US regions.  With the exception of the Northeastern US, every single US region bests every single EU region in this metric.  The Northern EU is the only EU region to rank higher than a US region.

The chart above shows road lengths per thousand people in EU regions.  The Northern EU has nearly double the length of roads per person that the Eastern EU has.

The chart above shows road lengths per thousand people in US regions.  The Midwest has more than triple the length of roads per person than the Northeast has.

The chart above shows road lengths per thousand people in EU and US states.  The top ten states are all from the US with the leading EU state in this metric showing up 12th.