Hometown Olympians

Leslie Pandey from Zillow wrote a post about the number of Olympians from each State. California has the highest number of Olympians that call it their hometown. I figured California would have a lot. After all, we are the largest state in population. I made the suggestion that a count might be a bit equalized if you were to look at it on a per-capita basis.

Since Leslie provided the stats for the Olympians in her post, I decided to do a bit of research. I went to www.census.gov and pulled the population numbers for 2007. I then did a quick comparison of Olympians per 1000 population.

The population of Croatia was mentioned by one of the commenter. I the figures provided as an example.

Olympians	Population / 1000	Ratio (Expressed as Percent)
27	200	13.5%

Using the same formula, I took the populations of the states and the number of Olympians that called that State as their hometown.

It turns out that the top five (5) states on a per capita basis are:

Rank	State	Ratio
5	Wyoming	0.38%
4	California	0.45%
3	Vermont	0.48%
2	Maine	0.53%
1	Hawaii	0.62%

Texas was the second highest count of Olympians with 43 after California which had 166. Texas came in at number 18 with 0.18%. I was surprised to see who the top 5 were. Not so surprised that California was in the list, but definitely did not see Hawaii being #1 or Vermont being on the list.

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With so many Olympians calling California home, I figured there must be some that are local. Of the 166 Olympians calling California their hometown, 9 are in the Inland Empire. There are quite a few from San Diego and Los Angeles too. Congratulations to the local Olympians. We look forward to seeing you compete

Sarah Hammer	Temecula, CA	Track & Field
Brenda Shinn	Riverside, CA	Shooting
Charlotte Craig	Riverside, CA	Taekwondo
Torri Edwards	Pomona, CA	Track & Field
Ryan Hall	Big Bear Lake, CA	Track & Field
Diana Taurasi	Chino, CA	Basketball
Marcie Van Dusen	Lake Arrowhead, CA	Wrestling
Chaunte Howard	Riverside, CA	Track & Field
Maurice Edu	Fontana, CA	Soccer

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