Saturday, August 2, 2014

Saturday Stats: San Jose is the 2nd Best Swim City

Here is a fun stat for summer. San Jose is the 2nd best area for swimming in the US! We have the most swim members per 1,000 people and the largest multicultural make-up of any region. The SF metro was 5th on the list. The top 50 is below.

Source: USA Swimming, Hat tip to Barclay Livker for sending this in!


Rank Metropolitan AreaTotal Weighted IndexPopulation Age 6+ 
 1. Ann Arbor, Michigan 1,348 348,971
 2. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California 1,277 1,761,295
 3. Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina 1,235 1,476,825
 4. Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut 1,185 909,970
 5. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California 1,133 4,160,269
 6. Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado 1,088 280,068
 7. Madison, Wisconsin 1,077 550,312
 8. Austin-Round Rock, Texas 1,016 1,521,851
 9. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California 993 13,133,921
 10. Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana 989 1,682,815
 11. Washington, D.C. area 956 5,377,932
 12. San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California 925 258,624
 13. Boulder, Colorado 920 284,607
 14. Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey 905 372,123
 15. Colorado Springs, Colorado 879 607,312
 16. Anchorage, Alaska  866 363,582
 17. Minneapolis-St Paul, Minnesota/Wisconsin 844 3,211,584
 18. Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas 840 5,504,735
 19. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia 816 5,186,819
 20. Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, California 811 401,253
 21. Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky 810 435,465
 22. Lincoln, Nebraska 805 286,831
 23. Richmond, Virginia 793 1,202,109
 24. Denver-Aurora, Colorado 788 2,429,088
 25. Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, North Carolina/South Carolina 751 1,598,273
 26. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington 731 3,270,270
 27. Tallahassee, Florida 726 338,800
 28. Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California 718 468,963
 29. Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa/Illinois 717 376,817
 30. Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California 711 812,013
 31. Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin 704 1,519,871
 32. Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska/Iowa 692 828,741
 33. Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, Illinois 690 9,573,949
 34. Provo-Orem, Utah 688 483,990
 35. Reno-Sparks, Nevada 685 415,540
 36. Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, Oregon/Washington 684 2,161,753
 37. New Haven-Milford, Connecticut 674 855,447
 38. Albuquerque, New Mexico 669 825,179
 39. Columbus, Ohio 657 1,742,026
 40. Baltimore-Towson, Maryland 650 2,695,688
 41. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 631 2,369,879
 42. Tucson, Arizona 630 955,724
 43. Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, California 629 2,136,139
 44. Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio/Kentucky/Indiana 627 2,094,746
 45. Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice, Florida 625 706,173
 46. Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York 624 685,207
 47. Fort Wayne, Indiana 622 409,934
 48. South Bend-Mishawaka, Indiana/Michigan 621 318,850
 49. Rochester, New York 617 1,039,940
 50. Salt Lake City, Utah 615 1,059,659


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