[Mark McLeod]

We seem to have passed the peak and are slowly subsiding.

First attached chart is a graph of area gains ranked by percentage of total 2016 teams.
Second chart is by total gain (loss) -teams with zero gain/loss were left off to declutter.

New Areas this year (# teams)
Guam --------- 2
Malaysia ------ 1
Morocco ------ 1
Switzerland --- 1
Vietnam ------ 1
Canada-YT --- 1


Established areas Gain/Loss as a % (so low team areas have the opportunity to make the greatest gain as a percentage, e.g., British Columbia had 1 team last year and gained 10 more for a 1000% gain.
Gain/Loss ---- State ---- 2017 Total

1000.0%------ Canada-BC - 11
100.0%------- France ----- 2
100.0%------- India ------- 2
100.0%------- MT --------- 2
100.0%------- NE --------- 2
83.3% ------- IA --------- 22
50.0% ------- Turkey ----- 30
50.0% ------- Canada-SK -- 3
37.1% ------- China ------ 48
28.2% ------- Australia --- 50
27.8% ------- Mexico ---- 69
23.5% ------- AR -------- 21
20.0% ------- NM --------- 6
18.8% ------- WI -------- 57
18.0% ------- AZ -------- 59
16.7% ------- Brazil ------- 7
16.3% ------- OR -------- 50
15.4% ------- GA -------- 75
14.3% ------- UT -------- 24
12.5% ------- NH -------- 36
10.2% ------- MI ------- 454
9.4%- ------- NC -------- 58
8.6%- ------- FL -------- 76
8.3%- ------- ME -------- 26
8.1%- ------- CA ------- 279
7.7%- ------- TX ------- 154
7.7%- ------- DC -------- 14
7.3%- ------- Canada-ON - 147
7.0%- ------- SC -------- 46
5.3%- ------- NY ------- 158
4.8%- ------- Canada-AB - 22
4.5%- ------- KS -------- 23
4.3%- ------- MA -------- 72
4.2%- ------- CT -------- 50
3.8%- ------- HI --------- 27
3.2%- ------- Israel ------ 64
2.9%- ------- TN -------- 35
1.7%- ------- OH -------- 60
0.5%- ------- MN ------- 208
0.0%- ------- OK -------- 51
0.0%- ------- LA -------- 34
0.0%- ------- ID -------- 15
0.0%- ------- AL -------- 11
0.0%- ------- MS -------- 9
0.0%- ------- NV --------- 9
0.0%- ------- RI ---------- 6
0.0%- ------- DE --------- 4
0.0%- ------- VT --------- 4
0.0%- ------- WY -------- 4
0.0%- ------- ND --------- 3
0.0%- ------- Taiwan ----- 3
0.0%- ------- United Kingdom - 3
0.0%- ------- Chile ------- 2
0.0%- ------- Dominican Republic -- 2
0.0%- ------- Netherlands - 2
0.0%- ------- SD --------- 2
0.0%- ------- AK --------- 1
0.0%- ------- Colombia --- 1
0.0%- ------- Czech Republic - 1
0.0%- ------- Denmark ---- 1
0.0%- ------- Ecuador ---- 1
0.0%- ------- Germany --- 1
0.0%- ------- Poland ----- 1
0.0%- ------- PR --------- 1
0.0%- ------- Singapore -- 1
-1.4% ------- MO -------- 72
-1.7% ------- IL --------- 57
-2.0% ------- IN -------- 48
-2.6% ------- VA -------- 76
-2.6% ------- NJ -------- 74
-2.8% ------- CO -------- 35
-2.9% ------- PA -------- 67
-4.4% ------- Canada-QC - 43
-4.9% ------- MD -------- 39
-7.0% ------- WA ------- 106
-7.7% ------- KY -------- 12
-25.0%------- WV -------- 3
-50.0%------- Japan ------ 1
-100.0%------ Bosnia-Herzegovina - 0



Total Gain/Loss by area (areas left off had a zero net gain).
Gain/Loss ----- State/Country
42 ---- MI
21 ---- CA
15 ---- Mexico
13 ---- China
11 ---- Australia
11 ---- TX
10 ---- Canada-BC
10 ---- IA
10 ---- Turkey
10 ---- GA
10 ---- Canada-ON
9 ----- WI
9 ----- AZ
8 ----- NY
7 ----- OR
6 ----- FL
5 ----- NC
4 ----- AR
4 ----- NH
3 ----- UT
3 ----- SC
3 ----- MA
2 ----- Guam
2 ----- ME
2 ----- CT
2 ----- Israel
1 ----- Malaysia
1 ----- Morocco
1 ----- Switzerland
1 ----- Vietnam
1 ----- Canada-YT
1 ----- France
1 ----- India
1 ----- MT
1 ----- NE
1 ----- Canada-SK
1 ----- NM
1 ----- Brazil
1 ----- DC
1 ----- Canada-AB
1 ----- KS
1 ----- HI
1 ----- TN
1 ----- OH
1 ----- MN
-1 ---- MO
-1 ---- IL
-1 ---- IN
-1 ---- CO
-1 ---- KY
-1 ---- WV
-1 ---- Japan
-1 ---- Bosnia-Herzegovina
-2 ---- VA
-2 ---- NJ
-2 ---- PA
-2 ---- Canada-QC
-2 ---- MD
-8 ---- WA


Zero gain areas:
AK, AL, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, DE, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Germany, ID, LA, MS, ND, Netherlands, NV, OK, Poland, PR, RI, SD, Singapore, Taiwan, United Kingdom, VT, WY