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Fargo Numbers Show Explosive Growth For Women's Wrestling

Fargo Numbers Show Explosive Growth For Women's Wrestling

USA Wrestling released its annual participation numbers. And women's wrestling continues to rise.

Sep 21, 2023 by Kyle Klingman

Good news for women’s high school wrestling. USA Wrestling provided historical data for female participation at Fargo, female wrestlers who are members of USA Wrestling, and female leaders who are members of USA Wrestling.

And the numbers look good. The following data shows how far women’s wrestling has come.

Fargo growth (16U and Junior Nationals)
2018: 792
2023: 1605

USA Wrestling female athlete membership growth
2008: 3003
2023: 35,838

USA Wrestling female leader membership growth
2019: 1665
2023: 4056

Below are full historical figures for each demographic.

Women's Fargo Numbers

	16U WM FS Nationals (Fargo)	Junior WM FS Nationals (Fargo)	Total WM FS Nationals (Fargo)
2018	261	531	792
2019	361	607	968
2021	350	673	1023
2022	523	953	1476
2023	747 **	858 **	1605 **

** 2023 in Fargo was the first time 16U and Junior had identical schedules, meaning essentially zero athletes eligible for 16U and Junior competed in both like previously. Unique female participants up from 1163 in 2022 to 1602 in 2023.

USA Wrestling Members: Female Athletes

State	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008
Alabama	69	46	42	23	33	37	24	19	22	23	20	8	5	2	3	0
Alaska	479	360	194	334	406	336	299	241	191	134	154	110	113	113	94	109
Arizona	691	485	316	269	305	195	132	126	105	72	62	70	87	55	48	43
Arkansas	272	209	86	75	75	58	36	38	21	10	10	9	6	9	1	4
California	3913	2904	833	2826	3679	3551	3006	2591	2247	1688	873	728	781	717	667	558
Colorado	1045	821	526	651	595	484	463	296	232	138	101	91	71	67	68	47
Connecticut	212	145	41	186	199	149	153	120	84	80	73	78	75	68	75	65
Delaware	47	24	7	12	6	6	5	5	2	2	3	0	0	3	8	0
Dist. of Columbia	14	8	1	17	15	13	11	10	4	7	1	3	0	0	0	0
Florida	548	359	253	178	234	170	195	227	164	160	87	54	83	90	74	69
Georgia	506	410	319	366	320	260	195	168	137	108	121	118	103	60	60	49
Hawaii	702	395	135	387	567	501	595	491	495	411	402	180	155	104	72	84
Idaho	524	405	295	286	219	184	169	131	103	78	71	64	39	47	56	52
Illinois	1917	1307	338	873	734	630	536	480	392	319	240	200	220	220	177	177
Indiana	998	715	362	534	445	344	278	211	205	185	144	146	118	145	146	111
Iowa	762	458	275	222	213	143	157	95	94	54	42	48	25	24	18	12
Kansas	2434	1814	840	1032	702	508	440	365	311	346	331	305	353	313	263	278
Kentucky	395	291	142	222	186	164	171	125	96	93	41	38	49	33	28	13
Louisiana	153	113	63	68	61	37	42	30	30	24	8	16	14	8	12	20
Maine	98	58	25	60	63	43	61	49	25	13	7	4	4	7	10	7
Maryland	357	249	122	163	189	155	142	123	76	68	49	37	32	39	29	24
Massachusetts	150	128	64	136	99	15	15	24	34	22	23	18	13	21	22	13
Michigan	698	544	196	402	377	319	302	293	310	213	98	95	42	66	75	78
Minnesota	430	342	219	291	235	189	146	130	99	80	74	70	59	52	39	21
Mississippi	15	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	3	1	2
Missouri	1768	1278	868	825	642	396	341	284	202	200	188	173	183	130	97	64
Montana	393	261	210	193	149	120	72	73	68	58	40	33	29	37	38	30
Nebraska	1145	589	269	197	186	158	156	87	69	63	48	18	7	5	4	3
Nevada	397	291	142	250	243	211	201	143	127	99	44	34	21	17	43	23
New Hampshire	17	14	13	17	21	9	4	4	5	2	3	4	6	3	4	12
New Jersey	541	365	228	293	262	101	73	72	92	69	56	49	57	19	35	20
New Mexico	159	131	78	277	213	183	109	104	72	61	60	81	72	33	35	30
New York	770	432	269	371	612	458	355	671	477	474	174	158	112	93	67	62
North Carolina	481	281	117	198	198	115	91	80	68	40	37	28	16	17	37	26
North Dakota	436	298	150	122	123	94	79	56	36	37	35	23	18	18	12	9
Ohio	946	594	279	289	290	239	152	144	122	111	93	98	67	73	69	53
Oklahoma	1097	858	604	424	320	263	220	172	65	62	44	53	45	56	61	72
Oregon	1425	1106	247	1065	974	766	662	516	373	269	237	221	188	165	151	116
Pennsylvania	1093	516	299	386	305	288	244	148	178	214	114	96	44	25	40	24
Rhode Island	115	145	44	106	88	54	56	26	23	16	14	23	14	17	13	14
South Carolina	121	101	60	31	67	57	41	18	25	42	40	12	7	12	9	2
South Dakota	122	73	20	13	16	16	15	13	7	9	6	3	4	4	2	2
Tennessee	268	225	162	117	109	62	35	26	19	29	31	33	30	19	5	3
Texas	1809	1392	1002	1020	1279	1130	931	957	845	679	366	292	227	232	212	185
Utah	854	654	399	387	316	242	221	137	87	45	43	29	14	11	9	14
Vermont	13	7	1	3	9	9	14	12	23	20	21	20	21	9	4	8
Virginia	643	453	227	405	334	287	255	237	179	148	90	39	30	36	39	27
Washington	1838	1233	532	1419	1365	1198	890	699	626	494	406	301	251	222	157	125
West Virginia	305	216	49	132	14	11	14	4	5	5	0	4	2	1	1	3
Wisconsin	1188	826	503	648	647	549	476	427	371	346	308	291	224	201	148	154
Wyoming	415	236	147	194	157	133	88	92	87	94	96	112	109	85	90	86
Canada	36	63	7	43	60	35	33	22	23	11	2	0	0	0	0	0
US Territory	14	3	2	0	0	3	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals:	35838	25236	12623	19038	18956	15678	13402	11616	9756	8025	5631	4720	4246	3806	3428	3003

USA Wrestling Members: Female Leaders

State	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
Alabama	9	7	2	4	9
Alaska	101	79	49	84	42
Arizona	27	26	23	16	12
Arkansas	37	28	19	19	7
California	208	156	68	178	103
Colorado	181	141	101	162	86
Connecticut	25	19	8	30	12
Delaware	0	1	0	2	0
Dist. of Columbia	1	0	1	1	0
Florida	33	19	15	12	13
Georgia	83	71	56	61	41
Hawaii	52	30	20	27	21
Idaho	60	57	53	57	31
Illinois	294	193	63	193	152
Indiana	78	82	62	85	40
Iowa	73	57	52	38	29
Kansas	248	189	146	146	98
Kentucky	58	26	16	20	14
Louisiana	28	21	14	16	18
Maine	3	3	2	3	3
Maryland	19	17	15	17	10
Massachusetts	7	7	2	12	8
Michigan	211	185	92	216	64
Minnesota	76	60	58	76	34
Mississippi	0	0	0	0	0
Missouri	284	247	181	172	102
Montana	46	38	31	39	12
Nebraska	132	97	79	61	39
Nevada	45	40	22	55	30
New Hampshire	0	1	1	3	2
New Jersey	108	65	49	69	37
New Mexico	9	8	7	48	15
New York	40	34	21	27	20
North Carolina	41	27	24	34	16
North Dakota	25	20	18	9	10
Ohio	90	64	39	57	49
Oklahoma	137	109	85	90	33
Oregon	193	121	47	97	47
Pennsylvania	57	41	28	33	13
Rhode Island	11	11	6	13	7
South Carolina	13	15	9	7	9
South Dakota	6	3	3	3	1
Tennessee	27	11	5	11	4
Texas	159	122	94	120	69
Utah	63	39	42	33	15
Vermont	3	2	1	2	3
Virginia	68	47	52	74	37
Washington	201	133	94	180	112
West Virginia	47	29	3	26	4
Wisconsin	131	107	97	126	56
Wyoming	203	191	129	138	73
Canada	4	2	1	2	2
US Territory	1	1	0	0	1
National	4056	3099	2105	3004	1665

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