Not done yet. Expect a burst of teams to show up the last week, but I'd guess that we're down to the last 80 or so (mostly rookie) teams to register. To keep up the average growth rate we'd need twice that (~170 more teams). Typically, more teams will register than will actually play. Last year we dropped back 27 teams from the high point, reached a week after registration closed.
A summary to date:
- 2481 teams (~10% over last year at this time)
- 92% team retention (tied for best ever with 2003)
- 208 veteran teams gone missing
- 331 new teams (rookies + new vets)
- 21 defunct teams resurrected (two thirds of these teams sat out just one year)
Growth > 20%
800.0% ----- Australia
750.0% ----- Canada-AB
157.1% ----- AR
100.0% ----- Bosnia
100.0% ----- Canada-BC
100.0% ----- Canada-SK
100.0% ----- Dominican Republic
100.0% ----- Netherlands
100.0% ----- SD
61.9% ------ Mexico
46.2% ------ TN
30.0% ------ ME
25.0% ------ IA
Most Teams > 100:
216 ----- CA
192 ----- MI
180 ----- MN
138 ----- NY
130 ----- TX
112 ----- WA
Missing (by %)
33.3% ----- WY
33.3% ----- MT
31.8% ----- Israel
30.0% ----- NV
27.8% ----- HI
24.3% ----- TX
21.8% ----- Canada-ON
20.0% ----- Turkey
20.0% ----- MS
19.6% ----- GA
16.7% ----- KY
16.7% ----- NM
15.0% ----- CO
13.3% ----- DC
12.9% ----- LA
12.5% ----- Canada-QC
12.5% ----- ID
11.1% ----- UT
10.5% ----- FL
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A summary of the data is attached.