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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