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2008 Challenge Participant Statistics

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Fast Facts

  • There were 19,406 people and 1,263 teams participating in the 2008 WOMAN Challenge!
  • The average age of all 2008 WOMAN Challenge participants was 41.
  • The state with the most participants was Illinois with 1,264 participants.

Challenge Participants by State

State Participants   State Participants
Armed Forces around the world 22 Mississippi 91
AF Pacific (AP) 4 Missouri 755
Alabama 302 Montana 60
Alaska 169 Nebraska 468
Arizona 324 Nevada 226
Arkansas 200 New Hampshire 96
California 923 New Jersey 361
Colorado 333 New Mexico 142
Connecticut 173 New York 820
Delaware 64 North Carolina 500
District of Columbia 83 North Dakota 165
Federated States of Micronesia 3 Ohio 1,197
Florida 836 Oklahoma 177
Georgia 570 Oregon 230
Guam 2 Pennsylvania 697
Hawaii 32 Puerto Rico 10
Idaho 135 Rhode Island 58
Illinois 1,264 South Carolina 212
Indiana 401 South Dakota 114
Iowa 382 Tennessee 329
Kansas 216 Texas 921
Kentucky 223 Utah 222
Louisiana 160 Vermont 34
Maine 98 Virgin Islands 5
Maryland 506 Virginia 673
Massachusetts 377 Washington 505
Michigan 865 West Virginia 159
Minnesota 318 Wisconsin 555
Wyoming 73

Challenge Participants by Country

Country Participants   Country Participants
Afghanistan 9 New Zealand 1
Argentina 2 Nigeria 1
Australia 4 Norway 28
Bahamas 1 Oman 1
Bermuda 1 Puerto Rico 4
Brazil 4 Russian Federation 3
Canada 61 Sweden 1
China 1 Ukraine 1
Ethiopia 1 United Kingdom 24
Europe 1 United States 19,231
France 1 United States Minor Outlying Islands 4
Germany 4 Uruguay 2
Guam 1 Uzbekistan 2
Honduras 1 Vanuatu 1
Iraq 1 Vietnam 1
Ireland 5 Virgin Islands, U.S. 1
Lithuania 1 Zambia 1

Challenge Participants by DHHS Region

Region Participants
Region 1 836
Region 2 1,191
Region 3 2,179
Region 4 3,061
Region 5 4,597
Region 6 1,598
Region 7 1,820
Region 8 967
Region 9 1,506
Region 10 1,038

Content last updated July 3, 2008.

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