Participation in highschool sports activities had declined lately, with a lot of the blame forged towards the pandemic’s grip that suffocated the normalcy in American tradition.
However the numbers from 2023 are displaying optimistic developments, an increase that has not been seen in highschool sports activities since 1995.
In line with a research carried out by Lending Tree, the numbers obtained from the Nationwide Federation of State Excessive College Associations (NFHS) present that just about 6 million college students participated in sports activities throughout the 2022-23 calendar, a 3.1% improve from 2021-22.
And whereas that general bump is decrease than the record-high of 2017-18, the place some 6.1 million college students performed highschool sports activities, the rise is a welcomed development within the grand scheme of the “New Normal.”
Nevertheless, essentially the most fascinating information from the research goes past the macro and spotlights a micro-focused breakdown of every state’s participation numbers, which incorporates boys’ and women’ percentages towards the general complete.
Which states have the very best participation charges?
The bottom?
Though a few of rankings throughout the nation weren’t stunning, the reply to each questions got here with a heavy dose of astonishment.
Have a look …
(USA TODAY Community)
Boys’ participation: 21.8%
Women’ participation: 17%
General: 19.4%
(USA TODAY Community)
Boys’ participation: 23.9%
Women’ participation: 20.2%
General: 22.2%
(USA TODAY Community)
Boys’ participation: 28.2%
Women’ participation: 20.2%
General: 24.3%
(USA TODAY Community)
Boys’ participation: 28.6%
Women’ participation: 21.5%
General: 25.1%
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Boys’ participation: 30.3%
Women’ participation: 19.6%
General: 25.1%
(BRIAN JENKINS/for the Free Press-Burlington)
Boys’ participation: 25.1%
Women’ participation: 26.4%
General: 25.7%
(USA TODAY Community)
Boys’ participation: 32.5%
Women’ participation: 18.8%
General: 25.9%
(USA TODAY)
Boys’ participation: 29.6%
Women’ participation: 24.2%
General: 27%
(USA TODAY Community)
Boys’ participation: 34.7%
Women’ participation: 21.1%
General: 28.2%
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Boys’ participation: 31.5%
Women’ participation: 24.9%
General: 28.3%
(USA TODAY Community)
Boys’ participation: 31.7%
Women’ participation: 25.4%
General: 28.6%
(Wendell Cruz-USA TODAY Sports)
Boys’ participation: 30.9%
Women’ participation: 26.7%
General: 28.9%
(Anchorage Every day Information)
Boys’ participation: 31.7%
Women’ participation: 27.1%
General: 29.4%
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Boys’ participation: 33.9%
Women’ participation: 26.2%
General: 30.2%
(USA TODAY Community)
Boys’ participation: 35.5%
Women’ participation: 26.9%
General: 31.4%
(USA TODAY Community)
Boys’ participation: 41.9%
Women’ participation: 25.2%
General: 33.6%
(USA TODAY)
Boys’ participation: 38.7%
Women’ participation: 28.9%
General: 33.9%
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Boys’ participation: 38%
Women’ participation: 31.5%
General: 34.9%
(Picture: Sean Anthony, La Cueva Softball).
Boys’ participation: 38.3%
Women’ participation: 32%
General: 35.2%
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Boys’ participation: 40.3%
Women’ participation: 30.1%
General: 35.4%
(USA TODAY Community)
Boys’ participation: 39%
Women’ participation: 32.7%
General: 35.9%
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Boys’ participation: 38.1%
Women’ participation: 33.8%
General: 36%
(USA TODAY Community)
Boys’ participation: 42.2%
Women’ participation: 29.6%
General: 36%
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Boys’ participation: 39.2%
Women’ participation: 33.7%
General: 36.5%
(USA TODAY)
Boys’ participation: 43.4%
Women’ participation: 33.1%
General: 38.4%
(USA TODAY Community)
Boys’ participation: 39.9%
Women’ participation: 37.7%
General: 38.8%
(USA TODAY Community)
Boys’ participation: 39.5%
Women’ participation: 39.7%
General: 39.6%
(USA TODAY)
Boys’ participation: 46.2%
Women’ participation: 33.2%
General: 39.9%
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Boys’ participation: 44.1%
Women’ participation: 35.4%
General: 40%
(USA TODAY Community)
Boys’ participation: 45.6%
Women’ participation: 34.1%
General: 40%
(USA TODAY Community)
Boys’ participation: 45.6%
Women’ participation: 34.4%
General: 40.1%
(Picture: Glenn Gilley)
Boys’ participation: 44.4%
Women’ participation: 37.5%
General: 41.2%
(USA TODAY Community)
Boys’ participation: 45.9%
Women’ participation: 38%
General: 42.1%
(Picture: Sherry Saccoliti)
Boys’ participation: 49%
Women’ participation: 36.3%
General: 42.7%
(Wm. Glasheen USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin)
Boys’ participation: 49.3%
Women’ participation: 36.9%
General: 43.4%
(USA TODAY Community)
Boys’ participation: 47%
Women’ participation: 41.4%
General: 44.3%
(USA TODAY Community)
Boys’ participation: 50.6%
Women’ participation: 41.7%
General: 46.2%
(USA TODAY Community)
Boys’ participation: 52.1%
Women’ participation: 41.1%
General: 46.7%
(USA TODAY Community)
Boys’ participation: 50.4%
Women’ participation: 44.8%
General: 47.8%
(USA TODAY Community)
Boys’ participation: 53.7%
Women’ participation: 42.8%
General: 48.4%
(USA TODAY Community)
Boys’ participation: 50.1%
Women’ participation: 47.1%
General: 48.7%
(USA TODAY Community)
Boys’ participation: 56.1%
Women’ participation: 41.4%
General: 48.9%
(USA TODAY Community)
Boys’ participation: 59.2%
Women’ participation: 44.6%
General: 52.3%
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Boys’ participation: 57.9%
Women’ participation: 46.1%
General: 52.3%
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Boys’ participation: 64.1%
Women’ participation: 42.7%
General: 53.6%
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Boys’ participation: 58.6%
Women’ participation: 49.6%
General: 54.1%
(USA TODAY)
Boys’ participation: 55.6%
Women’ participation: 53.2%
General: 54.5%
(USA TODAY Community)
Boys’ participation: 65%
Women’ participation: 47.6%
General: 56.1%
(USA TODAY Community)
Boys’ participation: 64.9%
Women’ participation: 51.5%
General: 58.6%
(USA TODAY Community)
Boys’ participation: 66.7%
Women’ participation: 57.3%
General: 62.1%
