Texas 7856
New York 6994
S. California 4538
N. California 4510
Illinois 4455
Florida 4426
Pennsylvania 3468
New Jersey 3240
Virginia 2797
Ohio 2493
Arizona 2334
Michigan 2182
Maryland 2161
North Carolina 2075
Massachusetts 1854
Indiana 1761
Kentucky 1736
Georgia 1641
Tennessee 1620
Wisconsin 1271
Washington 1221
Connecticut 1241
Missouri 1163
Colorado 1158
Minnesota 1060
Oklahoma 888
Louisiana 823
Nevada 805
Oregon 750
New Mexico 743
Alabama 733
Iowa 645
Utah 554
Kansas 518
Maine 500
South Carolina 487
New Hampshire 483
Foreign (ex Mex/Can) 394
Canada 359
West Virginia 339
Nebraska 319
Vermont 316
Mississippi 301
Rhode Island 296
Arkansas 270
District of Columbia 245
Idaho 229
Hawaii 201
South Dakota 190
Delaware 159
US Territories 147
Alaska 139
Military 94
Montana 90
North Dakota 90
Mexico 58
Wyoming 58
why is california split in two in the statistics?
curious
claudia
womancandidatemaster.blogspot.com
1. Because they can’t behave properly?
2. Because they don’t like each other?
3. Because they want to be different?
4. All of the above?
Splitting California makes sense. It’s done in any number of sports. The reasons are found in the demographic differences between the northern and southern populations as well as the physical distance from North to South. It’s a very long state. Driving to meetings from top to bottom is a very long drive.
But texas is wide as well, I once from El paso to Dallas, it took 12 hours and texarkana is still anouther few hours.
claudia
womancandidatemaster.blogspot.com
That’s because of the demographics involved with California in addition to the geographical distances.
California has been split since the 1980s, mostly for political reasons. As far as the USCF goes, they are independent states. Only a handful of players travel across the state line, usually Bay Area folks who play in LA tournaments.
I think it would be more interesting to see the number of non-scholastic members who are active (played a rated game in past 3 years)for each state. Including scholastic members who play for just a year or two, and non-active members doesn’t make these numbers very meaningful.