How many???

[marc_54140]

1 California 52520
2 Texas 24822
3 Florida 15874
3 Washington 12811
4 Oregon 12125
5 North Carolina 11968
6 Pennsylvania 11773
7 Utah 11767
8 New York 11238
9 Ohio 11094
10 Michigan 9983
11 Tennessee 9253
12 Indiana 8832
13 Wisconsin 8815
14 Illinois 8346
15 Arizona 8270
16 Minnesota 7925
17 Colorado 7881
18 Virginia 6917
19 Idaho 6128
20 Georgia 5469
21 Nevada 5254
22 Iowa 5227
23 Kentucky 4952
24 Alabama 4923
25 Massachusetts 4756
26 New Jersey 4582

Interesting to compare the number of caches to the state size and population. You would think that on an average, the larger population would generate a corresponding number of cachers.

Well, maybe it does. I should specify the number of cachers who place caches.

MA had a million more population than WI, but a lot less space. Half the number of caches. ?? Where are all the skirt lifters?

And TN, the perennial oddball. Population a little over 6 million, but high on the number of caches. Lots of urban micros, especially in Nashville, I understand. Perhaps we should designate a WI city as “LPC City” and plant accordingly?

UT. Ranks 34th in population, but high on caches. I wonder if the LDS officially sanctions Caching as a hobby?

WI is doing okay for itself. Ranks 20th in population, but 13th in caches. Not too far behind NY, with 4 times the population.

GA, the largest land state East of the Mississippi, but low on the number of caches. Too many rednecks?

[MikeB]

Careful about what you say about the Utes — the state vegetable is Jell-O…Green Jell-O. Fear THAT!

[Team Black-Cat]

I used Jeremy’s numbers and did some more slicing and dicing. Sorry it’s not formatted better, but I can’t figure out how to post a table.
Excluding the small New England states, California still tops the list of cache density. Wisconsin comes in at number 20.

State Caches/Sq. Mile
District of Columbia 1.384364821
Rhode Island 0.83062201
Connecticut 0.705469556
New Jersey 0.617769988
Massachusetts 0.606632653
Delaware 0.483111566
New Hampshire 0.381132917
Maryland 0.357376714
California 0.336755173
Florida 0.294360895
Ohio 0.270928983
Pennsylvania 0.262690497
Indiana 0.246243065
North Carolina 0.245693991
New York 0.23802262
Tennessee 0.224494747
Washington 0.192519235
Michigan 0.175744666
Virginia 0.174698187
Wisconsin 0.162308967
Vermont 0.159135135
Illinois 0.150151123
Utah 0.143248442
Hawaii 0.131247081
Oregon 0.12630603
Kentucky 0.124647604
Minnesota 0.099547796
South Carolina 0.097445946
Texas 0.094813921
Georgia 0.094446171
Iowa 0.093558145
Maine 0.09072646
Arkansas 0.082238611
West Virginia 0.076335244
Colorado 0.075984882
Idaho 0.074057066
Arizona 0.072776873
Louisiana 0.064850099
Oklahoma 0.059548255
Missouri 0.054757135
Alaska 0.049069841
Nevada 0.047839309
Kansas 0.045052863
Nebraska 0.042915496
Mississippi 0.042381734
New Mexico 0.031106826
Wyoming 0.025056643
South Dakota 0.023403835
Montana 0.016337804
Alabama 0.008607381
North Dakota 0.008452215

[Team Black-Cat]

This one, by itself, is rather meaningless. The three cachers in Wyoming are pretty working hard.

State Caches/Person
Wyoming 0.004777201
Utah 0.004764768
Idaho 0.004288025
Alaska 0.003751916
Oregon 0.003330078
New Hampshire 0.00260928
Montana 0.002541494
Vermont 0.002362571
South Dakota 0.002288857
Nevada 0.002175743
Maine 0.002118796
Washington 0.002037451
New Mexico 0.001957598
Nebraska 0.001875725
Iowa 0.001762108
Colorado 0.001689325
Wisconsin 0.001592247
Tennessee 0.001551746
Minnesota 0.001543992
Arkansas 0.001540757
California 0.001453553
Indiana 0.001408169
Arizona 0.001392422
North Carolina 0.001378287
Kansas 0.001342958
Kentucky 0.001186561
Oklahoma 0.001152518
Delaware 0.001119115
Texas 0.001085828
Alabama 0.001080124
West Virginia 0.001011638
Michigan 0.000986379
Connecticut 0.000973707
Ohio 0.000967722
Pennsylvania 0.000947173
North Dakota 0.000915692
Virginia 0.000914045
Florida 0.000892306
Rhode Island 0.00080655
Massachusetts 0.000743271
South Carolina 0.000689528
Mississippi 0.000680568
Hawaii 0.000661076
Illinois 0.000653902
Missouri 0.00065031
Louisiana 0.000624499
Maryland 0.000623707
Georgia 0.000602806
New York 0.000583652
New Jersey 0.000525584
District of Columbia 0.000154399

[Team Black-Cat]

Last one, I promise…

Caches per Person Per Square Mile seems to favor bigger states with low population density.
You’re left to decide what any of this means, but keep in mind that the percentage of cachers may vary from state to state which kind of changes everything.
Can you sleep now?

State Caches/Person/Sq Mi.
Alabama 0.061061989
Montana 0.035724008
South Dakota 0.025756704
Wyoming 0.024891874
New Mexico 0.020075939
North Dakota 0.018267305
Mississippi 0.015344112
Nebraska 0.015236978
Kansas 0.014673338
Nevada 0.014226132
Alaska 0.014051977
Louisiana 0.013759514
Missouri 0.013573957
Oklahoma 0.013544474
West Virginia 0.012677257
Arizona 0.012559547
Colorado 0.012465286
Idaho 0.01236468
Arkansas 0.01184002
Minnesota 0.011577534
South Carolina 0.011484465
Texas 0.011452203
Georgia 0.011436403
Maine 0.010872006
Iowa 0.01081293
Oregon 0.010632574
Hawaii 0.010501468
Utah 0.009720328
Kentucky 0.009519325
Wisconsin 0.009492739
Illinois 0.009378347
Vermont 0.009134081
Virginia 0.008838053
Michigan 0.00882955
Washington 0.008270587
Indiana 0.007949859
Ohio 0.007820486
Pennsylvania 0.007756089
North Carolina 0.007634393
Tennessee 0.007525009
New York 0.00740311
Florida 0.007391414
California 0.0067968
New Hampshire 0.006668262
Maryland 0.006610871
Connecticut 0.006078257
New Jersey 0.006073321
Rhode Island 0.005736386
Massachusetts 0.005489447
Delaware 0.005400988
District of Columbia 0.003450825

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