The chart above shows the miles of waterways per thousand people in EU and US regions.  Although the Southern US has almost twice as many miles of waterways per capita as the third highest ranked region, the Northern EU has six times as many waterways per capita as the Southern US does.

The chart above shows the miles of waterways per thousand people in US regions.  The South has almost twice as many miles of waterways per capita as the region just below it.

The chart above shows the kilometers of waterways per thousand people in EU regions.  Since the only country in the Northern EU to have data is also the leading state in this metric, the Northern EU dominates the remaining regions of the Union.

The chart above shows the miles of waterways per thousand people in EU and US states.  Finland is in a class all its own, but Arkansas and Louisiana also outperform other states in this metric.

The chart above shows the kilometers of waterways per thousand people in EU states.  Finland has by far the most waterways per person in the EU and is the only EU state to have more than one kilometer of waterways for every thousand inhabitants.

The chart above shows the miles of waterways per thousand people in US states.  The top six states in this metric are all from the South.

The chart above shows the miles of waterways per square mile of land in EU and US regions.  Two EU regions lead in waterway coverage and the leading EU region has more than double the waterway coverage of the leading US region.

The chart above shows the miles of waterways per square mile of land in US regions.  The South has some of the states with the greatest waterway coverage so it is no surprise that it leads other regions in this metric.

The chart above shows the kilometers of waterways per square kilometer of land in EU regions.  Even though the states with the greatest waterway coverage are from the Western EU, the Northern EU as a region comes out on top.

The chart above shows the miles of waterways per square mile of land in EU and US states.  The Netherlands has the greatest waterway coverage in the EU and the US by so much that it takes the sum of the next five states to rival the Netherlands' waterway coverage.