diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b4ad4cf..85f2e64 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "react-country-state-dropdown",
-  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "version": "1.1.1",
   "description": "A country, state, city, and language dropdown for React",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "module": "dist/esm/index.js",
diff --git a/src/dataManager.js b/src/dataManager.js
index 3d36999..a82c210 100644
--- a/src/dataManager.js
+++ b/src/dataManager.js
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
+import _ from 'underscore';
+
+/**
+ * Manages data fetching, caching and controls parallel execution
+ */
 export class DataManager {
   _log = false;
+  _operationQueue = [];
   _countries = [];
-  _states = {};
-  _cities = {};
+  _states = [];
+  _cities = [];
   _languages = [];
 
   constructor() {
@@ -14,13 +20,15 @@ export class DataManager {
   };
 
   async fetchCountries (options) {
-    if (this._countries.length === 0) {
+    const cachedData = this._countries;
+    if (!cachedData || !(cachedData?.length > 0)) {
       this.log('dataManager: fetching countries', options);
-      this._countries = await this.getData(options.src, options.files.countries);
-      return this._countries;
+      const countries = await this.getData('countries', options.src, options.files.countries);
+      this._countries = countries;
+      return countries;
     } else {
       this.log('dataManager: cached countries', options);
-      return this._countries;
+      return cachedData;
     }
   };
 
@@ -29,13 +37,15 @@ export class DataManager {
       console.error('fetchStates: error - Country value must be an object.');
       return [];
     }
-    if (!(country.iso2 in this._states) || this._states[country.iso2].length === 0) {
+    const cachedData = _.find(this._states, i => i.country === country.iso2);
+    if (!cachedData || !(cachedData?.states?.length > 0)) {
       this.log('dataManager: fetching states', country, options.files.states.replace('{country}', country.iso2), options);
-      this._states[country.iso2] = await this.getData(options.src, options.files.states.replace('{country}', country.iso2));
-      return this._states[country.iso2];
+      const states = await this.getData(`states-${country.iso2}`, options.src, options.files.states.replace('{country}', country.iso2));
+      this._states.push({ country: country.iso2, states });
+      return states;
     } else {
       this.log('dataManager: cached states', country, options);
-      return this._states[country.iso2];
+      return cachedData.states;
     }
   };
 
@@ -48,37 +58,65 @@ export class DataManager {
       console.error('fetchCities: error - State value must be an object.');
       return [];
     }
-    if (!(country.iso2 in this._cities) || !(state.state_code in this._cities[country.iso2]) || this._cities[country.iso2].length === 0) {
+    const cachedData = _.find(this._cities, i => i.country === country.iso2 && i.state === state.state_code);
+    if (!cachedData || !(cachedData?.cities?.length > 0)) {
       this.log('dataManager: fetching cities', country, state, options);
-      this._cities[country.iso2] = { [state.state_code]: await this.getData(options.src, options.files.cities.replace('{country}', country.iso2).replace('{state}', state.state_code)) };
-      return this._cities[country.iso2][state.state_code];
+      const cities = await this.getData(`cities-${country.iso2}-${state.state_code}`, options.src, options.files.cities.replace('{country}', country.iso2).replace('{state}', state.state_code));
+      this._cities.push({ country: country.iso2, state: state.state_code, cities });
+      return cities;
     } else {
       this.log('dataManager: cached cities', country, state, options);
-      return this._cities[country.iso2][state.state_code];
+      return cachedData.cities;
     }
   };
 
   async fetchLanguages(options) {
-    if (this._languages.length === 0) {
+    const cachedData = this._languages;
+    if (!cachedData || !(cachedData?.length > 0)) {
       this.log('dataManager: fetching languages', options);
-      this._languages = await this.getData(options.src, options.files.languages);
-      return this._languages;
+      const languages = await this.getData('languages', options.src, options.files.languages);
+      this._languages = languages;
+      return languages;
     } else {
       this.log('dataManager: cached languages', options);
-      return this._languages;
+      return cachedData;
     }
   };
 
-  async getData (src, filename) {
-    const data = await fetch(`${src}${filename}`).then(async (response) => {
-      if (response.ok) {
-        const data = await response.json();
-        return data;
-      } else {
-        console.error(`Failed to fetch geo data file '${filename}'`, response);
-      }
-    });
-    return data;
+  /**
+   * Fetch data from data file in a queue, to prevent concurrent executions for the same resource.
+   * @param {string} name A unique key for the type of operation being executed
+   * @param {string} src the base path of the fetch request
+   * @param {string} filename the name of the data file to fetch
+   * @returns 
+   */
+  async getData (name, src, filename) {
+    if (!src.endsWith('/')) src += '/';
+
+    let queueItem = _.find(this._operationQueue, i => i.key === name);
+    if (queueItem) {
+      // wait for operation to complete
+      const data = await queueItem.operation;
+      return data;
+    } else {
+      queueItem = { key: name, operation: null };
+      this._operationQueue.push(queueItem);
+      queueItem.operation = fetch(`${src}${filename}`).then(async (response) => {
+        if (response.ok) {
+          const data = await response.json();
+          return data;
+        } else {
+          console.error(`Failed to fetch geo data file '${filename}'`, response);
+          return [];
+        }
+      });
+
+      // return the promise
+      const data = await queueItem.operation;
+      // remove from queue
+      this._operationQueue = _.filter(this._operationQueue, i => i.key === name);
+      return data;
+    }
   };
 
 };