U.S. States with the Most NFL Players per Capita

Which 10 states were the birthplaces of the most active NFL players as a percentage of the population?

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per million	State
22.3	Mississippi
22.1	Louisiana
19.3	Georgia
17.1	Alabama
11.7	Hawaii
11.4	Florida
10.4	South Carolina
9.7	Maryland
9.6	North Carolina
9.1	Ohio

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11 Comments

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Jun 25, 2025

Five lowest:

Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island, New Mexico

Level 93

Jun 25, 2025

Football is kind of big in the south! ;) I was actually surprised Texas wasn't there, even though the state population is huge...

Level 78

Jun 25, 2025

Interesting to see the data. A country version would be interesting too

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Level 72

Jun 25, 2025

1. United States

2. ...

Level 78

Jun 25, 2025

Look at the data (and of course to make it interesting, the US would probably just be excluded from the quiz)

Level 94

Jun 25, 2025

American Samoa

Level 74

Jun 25, 2025

Most of these states are high in a particular demographic category.

Level 81

Jun 26, 2025

southern hospitality!

Level 94

Jun 26, 2025

British here, misread the question, was going for basketball players instead. Got 100%!

Level 77

Jul 2, 2025

Yeah, it is kinda silly that there's plenty of time to systematically go through all 50 states if you want. I understand that you need time to think but 1 minute would probably be plenty of time for 10 answers.

Level 73

Jul 6, 2025

With all those players, too bad the Honolulu Kamehamehas missed the playoffs this year.