Saturday Stats: San Jose is the 2nd Best Swim City

Here is a fun stat for summer. San Jose is the 2nd best area for swimming in the US! We have the most swim members per 1,000 people and the largest multicultural make-up of any region. The SF metro was 5th on the list. The top 50 is below.

Source: USA Swimming, Hat tip to Barclay Livker for sending this in!

Rank	Metropolitan Area	Total Weighted Index	Population Age 6+
1.	Ann Arbor, Michigan	1,348	348,971
2.	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	1,277	1,761,295
3.	Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina	1,235	1,476,825
4.	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	1,185	909,970
5.	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	1,133	4,160,269
6.	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	1,088	280,068
7.	Madison, Wisconsin	1,077	550,312
8.	Austin-Round Rock, Texas	1,016	1,521,851
9.	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	993	13,133,921
10.	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	989	1,682,815
11.	Washington, D.C. area	956	5,377,932
12.	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	925	258,624
13.	Boulder, Colorado	920	284,607
14.	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	905	372,123
15.	Colorado Springs, Colorado	879	607,312
16.	Anchorage, Alaska	866	363,582
17.	Minneapolis-St Paul, Minnesota/Wisconsin	844	3,211,584
18.	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	840	5,504,735
19.	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	816	5,186,819
20.	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, California	811	401,253
21.	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	810	435,465
22.	Lincoln, Nebraska	805	286,831
23.	Richmond, Virginia	793	1,202,109
24.	Denver-Aurora, Colorado	788	2,429,088
25.	Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, North Carolina/South Carolina	751	1,598,273
26.	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	731	3,270,270
27.	Tallahassee, Florida	726	338,800
28.	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	718	468,963
29.	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa/Illinois	717	376,817
30.	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	711	812,013
31.	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	704	1,519,871
32.	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska/Iowa	692	828,741
33.	Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, Illinois	690	9,573,949
34.	Provo-Orem, Utah	688	483,990
35.	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	685	415,540
36.	Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, Oregon/Washington	684	2,161,753
37.	New Haven-Milford, Connecticut	674	855,447
38.	Albuquerque, New Mexico	669	825,179
39.	Columbus, Ohio	657	1,742,026
40.	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	650	2,695,688
41.	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	631	2,369,879
42.	Tucson, Arizona	630	955,724
43.	Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, California	629	2,136,139
44.	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio/Kentucky/Indiana	627	2,094,746
45.	Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice, Florida	625	706,173
46.	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York	624	685,207
47.	Fort Wayne, Indiana	622	409,934
48.	South Bend-Mishawaka, Indiana/Michigan	621	318,850
49.	Rochester, New York	617	1,039,940
50.	Salt Lake City, Utah	615	1,059,659