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In football players, no one comes close to Texas (Ohio’s third)
When discussing the best high school football nationally, the first states often thrown around are California, Texas, Florida and Ohio.
Would you believe this: Ohio has 15,997 more high school football players than Florida.
How about this: Ohio has only 32 percent of the players Texas has.
Last one: With three fewer high schools playing the sport, Texas has 53,341 more players then California.
Ohio, for its part, ranks third nationally in both number of schools sponsoring football (727) and players participating (52,098), according to the 2007-08 participation survey compiled by the National Federation of State High School Associations.
Top 10 states, by players:
Texas (161,503)
California (108,162)
Ohio (52,098)
Illinois (51,334)
Michigan (46,395)
New York (38,354)
Florida (36,101)
Georgia (32,209)
North Carolina (29,569)
New Jersey (27,626)
Bottom 10 states, by players*:
Vermont (1,346)
Alaska (2,018)
Wyoming (2,822)
North Dakota (3,167)
Delaware (3,224)
New Hampshire (3,537)
South Dakota (3,831)
Maine (3,974)
Louisiana (4,260)
Montana (4,796)
*Note: Not including the District of Columbia, which has 727 players from 12 schools.
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