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WOMAN Challenge: Women and girls Out Moving Across the Nation

Challenge Participant Statistics

Fast Facts

  • There are currently 16,015 people and 1,081 teams participating in the 2008 WOMAN Challenge!
  • The average age of all WOMAN Challenge participants is 41.
  • The state with the most participants is Ohio with 1035 participants.

Challenge Participants by State

Participants by State
State Participants
Armed Forces around the world 19
Alabama 241
Alaska 128
Arizona 260
Arkansas 150
California 780
Colorado 262
Connecticut 152
Delaware 56
District of Columbia 64
Federated States of Micronesia 2
Florida 691
Georgia 481
Guam 2
Hawaii 30
Idaho 115
Illinois 945
Indiana 345
Iowa 330
Kansas 169
Kentucky 181
Louisiana 133
Maine 86
Maryland 396
Massachusetts 297
Michigan 713
Minnesota 265
Mississippi 84
Participants by State, continued
State Participants
Missouri 659
Montana 46
Nebraska 396
Nevada 184
New Hampshire 79
New Jersey 292
New Mexico 115
New York 695
North Carolina 434
North Dakota 131
Ohio 1,035
Oklahoma 158
Oregon 185
Pennsylvania 620
Puerto Rico 10
Rhode Island 39
South Carolina 168
South Dakota 82
Tennessee 273
Texas 750
Utah 183
Vermont 30
Virgin Islands 4
Virginia 542
Washington 429
West Virginia 116
Wisconsin 491
Wyoming 67

Challenge Participants by Country

Country Participants
Argentina 2
Australia 4
Brazil 1
Canada 55
China 1
Ethiopia 1
France 1
Germany 4
Honduras 1
Ireland 4
Lithuania 1
Norway 20
Oman 1
Puerto Rico 4
Russian Federation 2
Spain 1
Ukraine 1
United Kingdom 20
United States 15,883
United States Minor Outlying Islands 2
Uruguay 2
Uzbekistan 1
Vanuatu 1
Vietnam 1
Virgin Islands, U.S. 1

Challenge Participants by DHHS Region

Region Participants
Region 1 683
Region 2 996
Region 3 1,793
Region 4 2,553
Region 5 3,791
Region 6 1,306
Region 7 1,553
Region 8 771
Region 9 1,258
Region 10 857

Content last updated May 11, 2008.

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