Most FIRST teams per capita

[artdutra04]

I while ago, I was curious about which state really has the most FRC teams per capita. We all know California, Michigan, and New York all have tons of teams, but who really has the most? Before we all go wild trying to create new teams for Dean's homework, we must first know where to create them. So, here is a list of all 50 states + Puerto Rico + Washington D.C. with the teams per capita. (I used 2004 U.S. Census data for state populations)

Ranked in order from most teams per capita to least:

Ranking / State / Teams Per Capita* (in thousands)

1. New Hampshire - 54.1
2. North Dakota - 105. 7
3. Michigan - 108.7
4. Connecticut - 125.1
5. Virginia - 135.6
6. Alaska - 163.9
7. Washington D.C. - 177.8
8. South Carolina - 182.5
9. Montana - 185.4
10. New Jersey - 189.1
11. Colorado - 209.2
12. New York - 216.0
13. Massachusetts - 221.3
14. Kansas - 248.7
15. Oregon - 256.8
16. South Dakota - 256.9
17. Nevada - 291.9
18. Indiana - 297.0
19. Pennsylvania - 302.6
20. Hawaii - 315.7
21. Maine - 329.3
22. Arizona - 337.9
23. Ohio - 347.2
24. Rhode Island - 360.2
25. California - 362.6
26. Wisconsin - 367.3
27. Georgia - 367.9
28. Maryland - 397.0
29. Florida - 404.6
30. Missouri - 411.0
31. Washington - 413.6
32. Delaware - 415.2
33. Wyoming - 506.5
34. Mississippi - 580.6
35. West Virginia - 605.2
36. Vermont - 621.4
37. Idaho - 696.6
38. Oklahoma - 704.7
39. Alabama - 755.0
NATIONAL AVERAGE: 770.7
40. Texas - 803.2
41. Louisiana - 903.2
42. New Mexico - 951.6
43. Illinois - 978.0
44. North Carolina - 1067.7
45. Arkansas - 1376.3
46. Iowa - 1477.2
47. Utah - 2389.0
48. Tennessee - 2950.5
49. Puerto Rico - 3894.9
50. Kentucky - 4145.9
51. Minnesota - 5101.0
52. Nebraska - has no teams

*The teams per capita represents the number of people in each state/area per each FIRST team.

What this data means:
The higher a particular state is on the list, the more teams is has, per its population. The lower a particular state is on this list, is the less teams per capita it has. These are the states where we should be trying hard to get new FIRST teams. Although it is great that states like California have almost a hundred teams, or New Hampshire to have to most teams per capita, it is states like Minnesota and Nebraska that need more teams.

FYI: If every state had as many teams per capita as New Hampshire does, then the number of FRC teams would jump five-fold; there would be 5497 teams in the United States!

Kudos to the top states on a job well done for spreading FIRST! For all the rest - what are ya waiting for? Let's do our homework and spread FIRST!

[IMDWalrus]

This is a very interesting list.

Someone needs to start a Nebraskan team. Maybe we need to start hunting down volunteers for that...

[BandChick]

Wow, someone needs to start a Nebraska team! And yay for NJ being #10. That's not too bad

[Billfred]

WOOHOO!! WE'RE NOT DEAD LAST IN SOMETHING!!!

(I'm sorry, I had to gloat for a minute. Usually when South Carolina isn't in dead last for something, it's because we're at the top of some bad list. So hearing that we're one of the top ten when it comes to FIRST teams per capita, I get the warm-fuzzies.)

[tiffany34990]

Florida is above average in something!! wow! weeeee yay for us and south carolina!!

well okies so we are good at somethings in this state still can't vote right and bad in education but that's okay!!

this is a cool listing of info though!! thanks for providing it...

[Andy A.]

New Hampshire.

Number one in more then just the national primary!

Live free or die,
Andy A.

[artdutra04]

Originally Posted by tckma

Anyone want to create a similar list for Canadian Provinces?

World Countries?

By request, here is the rest of the FIRST World:

Ranking / Providence/Country / Teams per Capita (in thousands)

CANADA:
1. Ontario - 203.8
Canada Average - 537.8
2. New Brunswick - 729.5
3. British Columbia - 2050.0
4. Alberta - 2974.8
5. Quebec - 7237.5
6. Newfoundland - zero teams
7. Prince Edward Island - zero teams
8. Nova Scotia - zero teams
9. Manitoba - zero teams
10. Saskatchewan - zero teams
11. Yukon* - zero teams
12. Northwest Territories* - zero teams
13. Nunavut* - zero teams

*Each of these providences have a population less than 40,000.

WORLD:
1. Israel - 523.1
2. Canada - 537.8
3. United States - 770.7
4. Ecuador - 6681.9
5. United Kingdom - 30,220.7
6. Brazil - 31,018.8
7. Mexico - 53,101.5

[tckma]

Wow, that was fast.

Thank you

[tckma]

Anyone want to create a similar list for Canadian Provinces?

World Countries?

[the_short1]

Originally Posted by tckma

Anyone want to create a similar list for Canadian Provinces?

World Countries?

uhh.. yea./.ontario has the most teams that i know of

but if someoen has all the data.. it would be nice if someone made a chart.. if someone does.. please pm me.. thank you..,

[Alaina]

I love how North Dakota only has 6 teams (according to the map on the FIRST site) yet they're #2 on the list...Tells ya something about the population of ND, doesn't it?

[Bill Moore]

Originally Posted by Alaina

I love how North Dakota only has 6 teams (according to the map on the FIRST site) yet they're #2 on the list...Tells ya something about the population of ND, doesn't it?

Ummm . . . They live so far apart you have to drive two days to borrow a cup of sugar from the neighbors?

[the_short1]

yea.. we looked at flying.. but when you figure adding in the bus transport to the airport.. then the bus rental on the other side to go from hotel to venue.. it got crzy.. . so we decided wed drive the 19hours

[KORN_lover_2007]

Kansas is number 14, not bad. Well, we boring Kansans have to find something to do with our time, lol. Why not dedicate it to FIRST? Hmm....I'm thinking I need to make some friends in Nebraska...Kansas is right under them geographically, so it's not that far...

[Tomasz Bania]

YAY MICHIGAN is #3 !