Density Of Fencing Population

[Nospam]

Can someone tell me what is the fencer population per division? I remember reading it somewhere but cannot remember where I saw it.

The density of the fencing population is on the East Coast - ---Is that correct?

[Fencergrl]

You Americans are so cute... you ask questions on the World Wide Web without specifying which country you're inquiring about.

[KD5MDK]

At least he's not doing it on fencingforum.com

[whtouche]

You Americans are so cute... you ask questions on the World Wide Web without specifying which country you're inquiring about.

You pretentious people are so cute. You just assume the original poster is American. And if you haven't figured out that this forum is largely skewed towards an American audience, perhaps your nose is too far in the air to witness the ground you're walking on.

[Nospam]

You pretentious people are so cute. You just assume the original poster is American. And if you haven't figured out that this forum is largely skewed towards an American audience, perhaps your nose is too far in the air to witness the ground you're walking on.

I am talking about the good old USA here.

Anyone know where I can find stats/numbers on fencers per division? (I'll take east coast vs west coast, southeast, midwest etc., etc.)

[Codex]

In my experience, most fencers are quite dense.

[FusionWhite]

You can go to the USFA website and do a member search by division. That should give you a measurement of how many people are registered USFA members. Then divide that by total land area of a given state and theres your density of fencers/unit land area.

[Fencergrl]

You pretentious people are so cute. You just assume the original poster is American.

LOL... get your knickers in a knot all you want <shrug>... I'll still think it's funny it happens.

[Inquartata]

In my experience, most fencers are quite dense.

Quit hanging out with the epeeists.

[Moroseth]

From my observations, in the US the majority of fencers are from either coast, you get a lot from the NYC area and the SF area and generally less from the midwest

[KD5MDK]

Don't let JEC hear you say that.

[whtouche]

From my observations, in the US the majority of fencers are from either coast,

That's because in the US the majority of the people are from either coast.

[lindajdunn]

Looking at the density of fencers by state land area doesn't reveal much about fencing in the state. Fencers are not evenly distributed across a state by land mass; they are clustered around cities, colleges, and/or coaches.

[jjefferies]

From my observations, in the US the majority of fencers are from either coast, you get a lot from the NYC area and the SF area and generally less from the midwest

From SF?? I thought the Bay Area was only middling in the numbers game.

[KD5MDK]

Notice where he's located.

[fleshbroiler]

Division COUNT
ALABAMA 121
ALASKA 64
ARIZONA 229
ARK-LA-MISS 145
BORDER TEXAS 55
CAPITOL 239
CENTRAL CALIF. 412
CENTRAL FLORIDA 237
CENTRAL PENN 107
COLORADO 419
COLUMBUS, OHIO 193
CONNECTICUT 461
FRANCE 1
GATEWAY FLORIDA 189
GEORGIA 458
GOLD COAST FLORIDA 251
GREEN MOUNTAIN 123
GULF COAST TEXAS 493
HARRISBURG 72
HAWAII 79
HUDSON-BERKSHIRE 315
ILLINOIS 589
INDIANA 293
INLAND EMPIRE 87
IOWA 85
KANSAS 168
KENTUCKY 147
LONG ISLAND 573
LOUISIANA 95
MARYLAND 262
METROPOLITAN, NYC 600
MEXICO 10
MICHIGAN 402
MINNESOTA 172
MOUNTAIN VALLEY, CA 171
NATIONAL 32
NEBRASKA-S. DAKOTA 62
NEVADA 266
NEW ENGLAND 1300
NEW JERSEY 1769
NEW MEXICO 110
NORTH CAROLINA 454
NORTH COAST, CA 41
NORTH TEXAS 331
NORTHEAST 402
NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA 69
NORTHERN CALIF. 619
NORTHERN OHIO 260
NORWAY 1
OKLAHOMA 94
ORANGE COAST, CALIF. 137
OREGON 385
PHILADELPHIA 337
PLAINS, TEXAS 90
POLAND 1
PUERTO RICO 4
REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA 1
SAN BERNARDINO, CA 91
SAN DIEGO, CALIF. 281
SOUTH CAROLINA 179
SOUTH JERSEY 119
SOUTH TEXAS 326
SOUTHERN CALIF. 759
SOUTHWEST OHIO 93
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI 139
TENNESSEE 163
UKRAINE 1
UTAH - SOUTH IDAHO 189
VIRGINIA 563
WESTCHESTER-ROCKLAND 241
WESTERN NEW YORK 156
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA 259
WESTERN WASHINGTON 388
WISCONSIN 117
WYOMING 33

[theLuz]

In my experience, most fencers are quite dense.

oh, that's good! Fencers are least dense in the Inbread Empire in Southern California. I've been trying to find a closer club than 30 or 60 miles away, and I can't find any. We need more density here.

[KD5MDK]

Fleshbroiler, how would that list look sorted by membership instead of alphabetically? (I'm too busy at work to do it right now)

[dadofbag]

Based on that list, New Jersey should be a world power in fencing, as it probably has more licensed fencers than many countries...

...but it's not, because they use their weapons to hunt for mosquitoes.

[fleshbroiler]

Fleshbroiler, how would that list look sorted by membership instead of alphabetically? (I'm too busy at work to do it right now)

I don't know, I'm at work now as well. I'll order the list by membership and repost later. If someone wants to get region definitions from the USFA, I can build a thematic map of the US.