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Do You Live in a Pickleball Hotbed?

by Stacie Townsend 4 Comments

Do You Live in a Pickleball Hotbed? | Pickler Pickleball

According to the Sports & Fitness Industry Association (SFIA) 2019 Pickleball Participant Report, there are four regions in the United States that are popular for the most passionate pickleball players (also known as core pickleball players, which are defined as pickleball players that play pickleball 8 or more times per year). These four regions, which account for almost 75% of all core pickleball players in the United States, are:

  1. South Atlantic (FL, GA, SC, NC, VA, WV, DC) = 276,000 core pickleball players
  2. East North Central (WI, MI, IL, OH, IN) = 268,000 core pickleball players
  3. Pacific (CA, OR, WA) = 260,000 core pickleball players
  4. Mountain (AZ, NV, NM, UT, CO, ID, WY, MT) = 164,000 core pickleball players

Do you live in one of these pickleball hotbeds? Where do you think the best pickleball players come from? Share in the comments below!



Stacie Townsend
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Federico
Federico

February 25, 2020

I live in South Orange County where you can find 100 or so places to play pickleball 15-20 miles of each other. Florida, it being the tennis capital of the world, has really brought out some of the best pickleball players in the professional realm.

Dan Erickson
Dan Erickson

February 24, 2020

I live in Minneapolis and we have a great group of players, we have a lot of up & coming players. Many 4.5 players who were 3.5 level one year ago. I assume the rest of the country will know many of the members in our groups names in the next few years. Many younger players who are very committed and playing all the time and improving extremely fast. Minneapolis used to have just a few 4.5 plus players and now there are many and most of these up and coming players have tons more potential. Minneapolis is a hotbed of great players.

Kathleen Lipe
Kathleen Lipe

February 24, 2020

Alton, IL, has a great group that is really growing quickly! Yay for Pickleball of the Riverbend!

Mary Elston
Mary Elston

February 24, 2020

I live in OKC and Pickleball has really become popular here.(indoor). I LOVE playing and often go from one place to another during the day to play.

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