# of Teams in each state

[jacob07]

Originally Posted by taylort

Michigan has 109 teams, and 1 team in about every 899 square miles. Thanks for pointing that out!

Michigan now has 111 teams

[laurenlacy]

I'm interested in seeing the percent growth in number of teams from year to year... does anyone know where to find this? Because one statistic that sticks in my mind is that Minnesota has gone from 2 teams last year to 17 this year, and I'm just wondering what the overall increase is from year to year

[Richard Wallace]

Someone linked earlier to the thread on teams-per-capita.

Using today's data, I've updated the list compiled for the earlier thread in which teams are sorted by TPMR (teams per million residents). I agree that teams per high school is probably a better measure; however, data on number of high schools is harder to get, and team affiliations with multiple schools change somewhat from year to year.

US average is now 4.1 TPMR, and every US state now has at least one FRC team.

There are 1315 FRC teams registered as of today, a 16% increase over last year's total 1133 teams that participated in FRC events. Actual figures for 2007 may differ slightly since fee payment deadlines are still pending. For overall growth in number of FRC teams refer to the 2006 FIRST Annual Report.

Rank / TPMR / State / Teams / Pop(000)
1 / 20.3 / NH / 26 / 1,281
2 / 13.2 / DC / 7 / 529
3 / 11.4 / MI / 111 / 9,763
4 / 9.9 / CT / 33 / 3,317
5 / 9.9 / MT / 10 / 1,006
6 / 9.4 / MA / 59 / 6,310
7 / 8.1 / VA / 59 / 7,324
8 / 7.9 / MO / 45 / 5,718
9 / 7.2 / KS / 20 / 2,761
10 / 6.9 / CO / 31 / 4,468
11 / 6.3 / NV / 13 / 2,070
12 / 6.1 / ID / 9 / 1,480
13 / 6.0 / SC / 24 / 4,033
14 / 5.9 / ND / 4 / 677
15 / 5.8 / NJ / 49 / 8,392
16 / 5.7 / AL / 4 / 700
17 / 5.6 / NY / 103 / 18,250
18 / 5.4 / AZ / 28 / 5,230
19 / 4.7 / OR / 17 / 3,613
20 / 4.7 / ME / 6 / 1,285
21 / 4.4 / MD / 24 / 5,467
22 / 4.4 / WI / 24 / 5,479
23 / 4.2 / IN / 26 / 6,215
24 / 3.9 / GA / 33 / 8,413
25 / 3.7 / LA / 17 / 4,535
26 / 3.7 / HI / 5 / 1,342
27 / 3.5 / CA / 122 / 34,441
28 / 3.4 / MS / 10 / 2,908
29 / 3.4/ OK / 12 / 3,491
30 / 3.4 / MN / 17 / 5,005
31 / 3.3 / PA / 40 / 12,281
32 / 3.0 / RI / 3 / 1,012
33 / 2.9 / WA / 18 / 6,258
34 / 2.8 / OH / 32 / 11,428
35 / 2.8 / FL / 45 / 16,279
36 / 2.5 / DE / 2 / 800
37 / 2.5 / SD / 2 / 810
38 / 2.4 / IL / 29 / 12,266
39 / 2.2 / WV / 4 / 1,849
40 / 2.0 / WY / 1 / 509
41 / 1.7 / TX / 36 / 21,487
42 / 1.6 / VT / 1 / 638
43 / 1.5 / NM / 3 / 2,016
44 / 1.2 / UT / 3 / 2,411
45 / 1.0 / IA / 3 / 2,941
46 / 0.9 / NC / 7 / 8,227
47 / 0.7 / TN / 4 / 5,966
48 / 0.6 / AK / 3 / 4,631
49 / 0.6 / NE / 1 / 1,761
50 / 0.5 / PR / 2 / 3,912
51 / 0.4 / AR / 1 / 2,750
52 / 0.2 / KY / 1 / 4,098

In other countries:

Ontario, Canada has 4.9 TPMR, 62 teams in a population of 12.6 million. There are another five teams in the rest of Canada.

Israel has 4.8 TPMR, 34 teams in a population of 7.05 million.

Brazil has 0.09 TPMR, 17 teams in a population of 187.6 million.

The UK has 0.08 TPMR, 5 teams in a population of 60.2 million.

Mexico, the Netherlands, and Ghana have one team each.

[ChuckDickerson]

Originally Posted by Richard

Rank / TPMR / State / Teams / Pop(000)
1 / 20.3 / NH / 26 / 1,281
2 / 13.2 / DC / 7 / 529
3 / 11.4 / MI / 111 / 9,763
4 / 9.9 / CT / 33 / 3,317
5 / 9.9 / MT / 10 / 1,006
6 / 9.4 / MA / 59 / 6,310
7 / 8.1 / VA / 59 / 7,324
8 / 7.9 / MO / 45 / 5,718
9 / 7.2 / KS / 20 / 2,761
10 / 6.9 / CO / 31 / 4,468
11 / 6.3 / NV / 13 / 2,070
12 / 6.1 / ID / 9 / 1,480
13 / 6.0 / SC / 24 / 4,033
14 / 5.9 / ND / 4 / 677
15 / 5.8 / NJ / 49 / 8,392
16 / 5.7 / AL / 4 / 700
17 / 5.6 / NY / 103 / 18,250
18 / 5.4 / AZ / 28 / 5,230
19 / 4.7 / OR / 17 / 3,613
20 / 4.7 / ME / 6 / 1,285
21 / 4.4 / MD / 24 / 5,467
22 / 4.4 / WI / 24 / 5,479
23 / 4.2 / IN / 26 / 6,215
24 / 3.9 / GA / 33 / 8,413
25 / 3.7 / LA / 17 / 4,535
26 / 3.7 / HI / 5 / 1,342
27 / 3.5 / CA / 122 / 34,441
28 / 3.4 / MS / 10 / 2,908
29 / 3.4/ OK / 12 / 3,491
30 / 3.4 / MN / 17 / 5,005
31 / 3.3 / PA / 40 / 12,281
32 / 3.0 / RI / 3 / 1,012
33 / 2.9 / WA / 18 / 6,258
34 / 2.8 / OH / 32 / 11,428
35 / 2.8 / FL / 45 / 16,279
36 / 2.5 / DE / 2 / 800
37 / 2.5 / SD / 2 / 810
38 / 2.4 / IL / 29 / 12,266
39 / 2.2 / WV / 4 / 1,849
40 / 2.0 / WY / 1 / 509
41 / 1.7 / TX / 36 / 21,487
42 / 1.6 / VT / 1 / 638
43 / 1.5 / NM / 3 / 2,016
44 / 1.2 / UT / 3 / 2,411
45 / 1.0 / IA / 3 / 2,941
46 / 0.9 / NC / 7 / 8,227
47 / 0.7 / TN / 4 / 5,966
48 / 0.6 / AK / 3 / 4,631
49 / 0.6 / NE / 1 / 1,761
50 / 0.5 / PR / 2 / 3,912
51 / 0.4 / AR / 1 / 2,750
52 / 0.2 / KY / 1 / 4,098

Cool! For once Mississippi isn't ranked near the bottom of a list having to do with education! Actually, we are pretty close to the median! Do you by chance still have a list of the number of teams competing by State last year or know where to get it? I would be interested in seeing a list of States ranked by % growth from year to year. For example, last year Mississippi had 6 teams but this year we have grown to 10 with 4 new rookie teams for a 50% growth in one year. Of course, with such a small number of teams to start with any growth looks big but I am wondering if the States with a lot of teams per capita are becoming "saturated" or is growth pretty steady. It would be cool to see this data over the last several years.

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by DeepWater

... It would be cool to see this data over the last several years.

I agree. Someone with a little free time might be able to reconstruct the data using the Wayback Machine.