Skip navigation

U S Department of Health and Human Services www.hhs.govOffice of Public Health and Science
WomensHealth.gov - The Federal Source for Women's Health Information Sponsored by the H H S Office on Women's Health
1-800-994-9662. TDD: 1-888-220-5446 image used for spacing
WOMAN Challenge: Women and girls Out Moving Across the Nation

Challenge Participant Statistics

Fast Facts

  • There are currently 17,549 people and 1,172 teams participating in the 2008 WOMAN Challenge!
  • The average age of all WOMAN Challenge participants is 41.
  • The state with the most participants is Ohio with 1122 participants.

Challenge Participants by State

Participants by State
State Participants
Armed Forces around the world 20
Alabama 254
Alaska 145
Arizona 285
Arkansas 158
California 851
Colorado 296
Connecticut 159
Delaware 57
District of Columbia 75
Federated States of Micronesia 2
Florida 740
Georgia 513
Guam 2
Hawaii 32
Idaho 128
Illinois 1,118
Indiana 375
Iowa 360
Kansas 190
Kentucky 206
Louisiana 151
Maine 91
Maryland 437
Massachusetts 317
Michigan 787
Minnesota 294
Mississippi 86
Participants by State, continued
State Participants
Missouri 717
Montana 54
Nebraska 436
Nevada 201
New Hampshire 85
New Jersey 322
New Mexico 135
New York 738
North Carolina 457
North Dakota 146
Ohio 1,122
Oklahoma 163
Oregon 210
Pennsylvania 641
Puerto Rico 10
Rhode Island 52
South Carolina 187
South Dakota 104
Tennessee 300
Texas 833
Utah 204
Vermont 31
Virgin Islands 4
Virginia 589
Washington 481
West Virginia 124
Wisconsin 528
Wyoming 71

Challenge Participants by Country

Country Participants
Argentina 2
Australia 4
Brazil 1
Canada 59
China 1
Ethiopia 1
Europe 1
France 1
Germany 4
Honduras 1
Ireland 5
Lithuania 1
Norway 21
Oman 1
Puerto Rico 4
Russian Federation 2
Spain 1
Ukraine 1
United Kingdom 21
United States 17,406
United States Minor Outlying Islands 4
Uruguay 2
Uzbekistan 1
Vanuatu 1
Vietnam 1
Virgin Islands, U.S. 1
Zambia 1

Challenge Participants by DHHS Region

Region Participants
Region 1 735
Region 2 1,069
Region 3 1,921
Region 4 2,743
Region 5 4,221
Region 6 1,439
Region 7 1,702
Region 8 875
Region 9 1,372
Region 10 964

Content last updated May 13, 2008.

Skip navigation

This site is owned and maintained by the Office on Women's Health
in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Icon for portable document format (Acrobat) files You may need to download a free PDF reader to view files marked with this icon.


Home | Site index | Contact us

Health Topics | Tools | Organizations | Publications | Statistics | News | Calendar | Campaigns | Funding Opportunities
For the Media | For Health Professionals | For Spanish Speakers (Recursos en Español)

About Us | Disclaimer | Freedom of Information Act Requests | Accessibility | Privacy

U S A dot Gov: The U.S. Government's Official Web Portal HONcode accreditation seal.