2015 GIRLS TOTALS BY STATE

2015 BOYS & GIRLS TOTALS BY STATE

RNK	STATE	TOTAL
01	Texas	359
02	California	291
03	Florida	184
04	Georgia	135
05	Pennsylvania	82
06	Ohio	78
07	Virginia	74
08	North Carolina	71
09	Illinois	70
10	New York	65
11	New Jersey	49
12	Washington	48
13	Colorado	46
14	Michigan	43
15	Missouri	37
16	Indiana	33
17	Louisiana	26
17	Maryland	26
19	Minnesota	25
20	Arizona	24
21	Utah	20
22	Alabama	19
22	Tennessee	19
24	South Carolina	18
25	Nevada	17
25	Wisconsin	17
27	Kentucky	16
28	Iowa	15
29	Oregon	12
30	Rhode Island	10
31	Connecticut	9
31	Massachusetts	9
33	Idaho	8
33	Montana	8
33	Oklahoma	8
36	Alaska	7
36	Nebraska	7
36	New Hampshire	7
39	Delaware	5
40	Kansas	4
40	South Dakota	4
42	Maine	3
42	North Dakota	3
42	Wyoming	3
45	Arkansas	2
45	Mississippi	2
45	Vermont	2
48	New Mexico	1
49	Hawaii	0
49	West Virginia	0

As expected, the states with the larger populations tend to have more athletes ranked in the U.S. top 100, thus it's important to also take into consideration state popualtions as well.
 

KARSTEN'S NUMBER

The chart below ranks the states relative to their size. “Karsten’s Number” shows whether or not the state performed up to it’s potential in size. The higher the number, the higher the ranking.

For example, Indiana has a score of 0.8. Indiana makes up 2.03% of the high school population, yet only accounts for 1.63% of the total athletes represented in top 100 (across all events). 1.63 / 2.03 = 0.8

Another way to interpret the number is this: "Based on the number of it's ranked athletes compared to the size of the state, Georgia is performing at the size of a state 1.89 times greater than itself."

RNK	STATE	KARSTEN'S NUMBER	TOP 100 TOTALS	% TOTAL TOP 100s	HIGH SCHOOL POPULATION	% TOTAL H.S.
1	Georgia	1.90	135	6.68%	1,335,570	3.52%
2	Texas	1.78	359	17.76%	3,794,070	10.00%
3	Rhode Island	1.71	10	0.49%	109,860	0.29%
4	Florida	1.57	184	9.10%	2,202,340	5.81%
5	Montana	1.52	8	0.40%	97,669	0.26%
6	Virginia	1.44	74	3.66%	961,237	2.54%
7	Alaska	1.33	7	0.35%	99,489	0.26%
8	Colorado	1.29	46	2.28%	664,442	1.76%
9	California	1.20	291	14.40%	4,536,880	11.98%
10	Washington	1.18	48	2.38%	765,322	2.02%
11	Pennsylvania	1.14	82	4.06%	1,346,260	3.55%
12	North Carolina	1.14	71	3.51%	1,170,440	3.09%
13	Ohio	1.10	78	3.86%	1,329,770	3.51%
14	Missouri	1.00	37	1.83%	695,529	1.83%
15	Nevada	0.96	17	0.84%	333,610	0.88%
16	New Hampshire	0.94	7	0.35%	141,775	0.37%
17	Utah	0.92	20	0.99%	410,229	1.08%
18	New Jersey	0.86	49	2.42%	1,068,100	2.82%
19	Delaware	0.85	5	0.25%	109,581	0.29%
20	North Dakota	0.82	3	0.15%	70,910	0.18%
21	Illinois	0.82	70	3.46%	1,604,820	4.22%
22	Indiana	0.80	33	1.63%	770,658	2.03%
23	Louisiana	0.80	26	1.29%	609,124	1.61%
24	Iowa	0.77	15	0.74%	367,821	0.97%
25	South Dakota	0.76	4	0.20%	100,038	0.26%
26	Minnesota	0.74	25	1.24%	633,983	1.67%
27	Idaho	0.73	8	0.40%	203,796	0.54%
28	Michigan	0.73	43	2.13%	1,105,430	2.92%
29	Maryland	0.69	26	1.29%	709,592	1.87%
30	Alabama	0.60	19	0.94%	592,192	1.56%
31	South Carolina	0.59	18	0.89%	575,261	1.52%
32	Vermont	0.58	2	0.10%	62,816	0.17%
33	Nebraska	0.58	7	0.35%	226,063	0.60%
34	Arizona	0.57	24	1.19%	784,551	2.07%
35	Wyoming	0.57	3	0.15%	62,326	0.26%
36	Kentucky	0.56	16	0.79%	534,627	1.41%
37	New York	0.55	65	3.22%	2,208,300	5.84%
38	Oregon	0.53	12	0.59%	420,259	1.11%
39	Wisconsin	0.45	17	0.84%	704,192	1.86%
40	Tennessee	0.45	19	0.94%	791,860	2.09%
41	Maine	0.42	3	0.15%	132,231	0.35%
42	Connecticut	0.42	9	0.45%	408,099	1.07%
43	Oklahoma	0.30	8	0.40%	500,150	1.32%
44	Massachusetts	0.23	9	0.45%	738,188	1.95%
45	Kansas	0.21	4	0.20%	350,856	0.93%
46	Arkansas	0.11	2	0.10%	338,099	0.89%
47	Mississippi	0.10	2	0.10%	388,123	1.02%
48	New Mexico	0.08	1	0.05%	236,095	0.62%
49	Hawaii	0.00	0	0.00%	158,182	0.42%
50	West Virginia	0.00	0	0.00%	218,189	0.58%

*State population numbers are courtesy of high-schools.com
 

Based on the information only 13 states meet or exceed their expections (Karsten's Number > 1) with Georgia officially being the most successful track state in 2015!