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Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 22:09:26 -0800 (PST)
From: Mark Livingood <Mark(AT)werlivingood.com>
Subject: [T(AT)H] TCA Membership - '04 At A Glance
Some of you may recall last year about this same time I shared a quick look
at the Tandem Club of America's (TCA) demographics with y'all as a way of
getting a feeling about how US States stacked-up against each other with
respect to TCA membership. The data was looked at both in terms of total
TCA members per state and TCA members per state as a percent of households.
That original posting (with a minor correction) is available here:
http://search.bikelist.org/getmsg.asp?Filename=tandem.10302.0425.eml
Well, I received the '04 Membership roster today and thought it might be
interesting to run this year's numbers against last years to see what, if
any, changes occurred. In summary, and based on what was published in this
year's '04 Membership List, TCA membership down about 9.5% (-104) compared
to '03. The unscientific results are provided in the table below.
Col. A = Total Number of TCA Members per US State
Col. B = Net Change in Membership from '02
Col. C = Percentage of net change in Membership from '02
Col. D = State Rank Based On Total # TCA Members
Col. E = State Rank Based On Total # TCA Members as % of Pop./Households
State Name A B C D E Comments
Alabama 22 +3 +16% 24 35
Alaska 5 -2 -29% 41 3
Arizona 16 -7 -30% 28 34
Arkansas 2 0 0% 49 51
- California 103 -8 -7% 1 41 No. 1 - Total TCA Members
- Colorado 45 +4 +10% 10 7 Up to 10 from 18 in '02
Connecticut 21 -2 -9% 25 16
Delaware 4 -1 -20% 44 19
Florida 64 -5 -7% 3 36
Georgia 40 -2 -5% 13 28
Hawaii 2 0 0% 50 47
- Idaho 8 +2 +33% 34 33 Up to 34 from 42 in '02
Illinois 56 -2 -3% 8 32
Indiana 36 -9 -20% 17 15
Iowa 35 -5 -13% 19 2
Kansas 18 +3 +20% 26 24
Kentucky 15 0 0% 29 38
Louisiana 13 -1 -7% 31 42
Maine 8 0 0% 35 20
Maryland 45 -7 -13% 11 5
Massachusetts 46 -8 -15% 9 12
Michigan 58 -4 -6% 7 21
Minnesota 40 -6 -13% 14 8
Mississippi 6 -1 -14% 39 45
Missouri 36 +8 +29% 18 29
Montana 5 -1 -17% 42 17
Nebraska 7 -3 -30% 37 22
Nevada 7 0 0% 38 40
New Hampshire 14 +2 +17% 30 6
New Jersey 37 -8 -18% 16 26
New Mexico 8 -1 -11% 36 30
New York 40 -7 -15% 15 43
North Carolina 35 -4 -10% 20 31
- No. Dakota 3 +2 +200% 46 48 Up to 46 from 51 in '02
Ohio 71 -3 -4% 2 18
Oklahoma 25 -1 -4% 23 14
Oregon 33 -4 -11% 21 4
Pennsylvania 63 -4 -6% 5 25
Rhode Island 6 0 0% 40 23
South Carolina 10 0 0% 33 44
- So. Dakota 0 -4 -100% 51 27 Down to 51 from 45 in '02
Tennessee 18 +6 +50% 27 46
Texas 64 -7 -10% 4 39
Utah 5 +2 +65% 43 49
- Vermont 11 +1 +10% 32 1 No.1 - TCA Mbrs Per Capita
- Virginia 45 -15 -25% 12 13 Down to 12 from 7 in '02
- Washington 59 +7 +13% 6 10 Up to 6 from 11 in '02
Washington, DC 4 -1 -20% 45 9
West Virginia 3 +1 +50% 47 50
- Wisconsin 33 -13 -28% 22 11 Down to 22 from 14 in '02
Wyoming 3 +1 +50% 48 37
For those who are curious, here are the top 15 US States ranked by
population ('02 US Census). As you would suspect, there is a correlation
between the US States with the largest populations and TCA membership.
Col. A = Total Number of TCA Members per US State
Col. D = State Rank Based On Total # TCA Members
Col. E = State Rank Based On Total # TCA Members as % of Pop./Households
A D E State Population
California 103 1 41 34,501,130
Texas 64 4 39 21,325,018
New York 40 15 43 19,011,378
Florida 64 3 36 16,396,515
Illinois 56 8 32 12,482,301
Pennsylvania 63 5 25 12,287,150
Ohio 71 2 18 11,373,541
Michigan 58 7 21 9,990,817
New Jersey 37 16 26 8,484,431
Georgia 40 13 28 8,383,915
North Carolina 35 20 31 8,186,268
Virginia 45 12 13 7,187,734
Massachusetts 46 9 12 6,379,304
Indiana 36 17 15 6,114,745
Washington 59 6 10 5,987,973
Regards,
Mark Livingood
Near Atlanta, GA (USA)
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