Maryland State Wire

Just 1 percent of all college track & field athletes compete for schools in Maryland, federal data shows.

The analysis includes colleges and universities that participate in federal financial aid programs report athletics data to the U.S. Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education. The latest data includes more than 2,000 schools reporting participation numbers for 2016.

Maryland schools reported having 279 college outdoor track & field players. In all, there are 20,436 competing for schools in the U.S., Puerto Rico, and District of Columbia.

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Most popular states for college outdoor track & field

	State	Men	Women	Total Players
1	California	2,159	1,739	3,898
2	New York	1,030	876	1,906
3	Iowa	618	499	1,117
4	Pennsylvania	620	482	1,102
5	Wisconsin	437	461	898
6	Ohio	436	385	821
7	Massachusetts	455	353	808
8	Illinois	444	304	748
9	Oregon	380	318	698
10	Texas	326	271	597
11	Minnesota	232	311	543
12	Indiana	279	226	505
13	Michigan	242	257	499
14	New Jersey	263	217	480
15	Georgia	157	236	393
16	Tennessee	192	158	350
17	Virginia	177	147	324
18	Maryland	154	125	279
19	Washington	143	134	277
20	Missouri	118	130	248
21	Kansas	139	106	245
22	Kentucky	119	114	233
23	Arizona	156	76	232
24	Oklahoma	99	132	231
25	Maine	113	101	214
26	Florida	116	95	211
27	Vermont	110	101	211
28	Puerto Rico	123	83	206
29	Mississippi	120	80	200
30	North Carolina	91	105	196
31	West Virginia	113	74	187
32	Nebraska	103	83	186
33	South Carolina	98	85	183
34	Alabama	62	105	167
35	Washington D.C.	66	73	139
36	Rhode Island	50	78	128
37	Louisiana	57	62	119
38	New Hampshire	58	51	109
39	Colorado	23	54	77
40	Utah	0	67	67
41	Connecticut	27	39	66
42	Montana	28	29	57
43	Idaho	32	21	53
44	South Dakota	30	21	51
45	Alaska	28	20	48
46	North Dakota	26	20	46
47	Arkansas	28	17	45
48	Nevada	0	38	38
49	Delaware	0	0	0
50	Hawaii	0	0	0
51	New Mexico	0	0	0
52	Wyoming	0	0	0

Source: U.S. Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education