Spells, muggles and wizards are staples of the world of Harry Potter, and how you interact with these elements and take on the Wizarding World determines which Harry Potter house you belong to.
Are you a Gryffindor, who is positive and full of energy, known for being brave at heart and daring? Or are you a Slytherin, sly and practical, always seeking your next achievement?
All you longtime Potterheads —devoted Harry Potter fans — out there who already know your Hogwarts house through and through (and perhaps enjoy fighting about why your crest is the best) might want to hold off on denouncing all other houses before you hear which one Delaware belongs to.
As the Sorting Ceremony goes: Let the sorting now begin.
Delaware is a state of Ravenclaws, according to a study done by TheToyZone, which analyzed 4.87 million tweets from 51,246 Twitter users to find the most prevalent house from each country and U.S. state.
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That information was then used to sort users into Hogwarts houses based on the Big Five personality traits (used in psychology) matched to each house, according to research conducted by the University of California.
The Big Five traits match up to each Hogwarts house as follows:
- Gryffindor is high on extraversion.
- Hufflepuff is high on conscientiousness and agreeableness.
- Ravenclaw is high on openness.
- Slytherin is high on neuroticism.
“Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw, if you’ve a ready mind, where those of wit and learning, will always find their kind,” says the Sorting Hat at the Sorting Ceremony in “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” by J. K. Rowling.
A state of intellectuals known for keeping people on their toes? We’ll take it.
The Sorting Hat also calls Ravenclaw the “cleverest” and the “best”, and as the First State, we can’t argue with that.
As for our neighbors? Maryland is a state of Slytherin while New Jersey and Pennsylvania are states of Ravenclaw.
Imitation is the highest form of flattery, after all, so we’re willing to share the house crest with our border-state friends just this once.
Ravenclaw and Slytherin are the most common houses in the U.S., with 15 states each, but Slytherin takes the crown as the most common house in the world with 69 countries pledging allegiance to its crest.
Despite general house denominations per state, the U.S. consists primarily of Gryffindors, coming at 40%. Our neighbor Canada has a majority of Ravenclaws at 28%.
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