The Nertz Census

(The following is a re-post from October 06 2009 at Xanga)

Breakdown:

Out of 853 NNA facebook group members that we sent the Location Survey to, exactly 103 people responded. That is almost 12% of the group and was more than we expected to respond. By the way, we would like to thank everyone that represented their respective Nertz territories.

Of the 103 that responded, there were approximately 74 females and 29 males, give or take a few names that are common for both sexes. But the gals definitely represented harder than the guys.

The multiple territories that a few members listed in addition to their initial locations were not tallied but they were noted. Only the initial locations were counted. Of the 103 replies only one came from beyond the U.S., though not far. That reply stated that Nertz was being played in Mexico.

In this survey, 32 states were represented, which means 18 were not. Alabama, Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Vermont, and West Virginia had no NNA members represent them.

The state that had the most players represent was none other than TEXAS. They had 13 of the 103 members that responded. Coming closely in second was California with 11 members. Minnesota came in third with 6 members. Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, Ohio, and South Carolina tied for fourth each having 5 members.

It should be noted that of the 18 states not represented in this survey, we now know by looking at the listed networks on our NNA facebook member list, that at least 12 of those states have NNA members currently residing and playing Nertz in them.

The states still in question in our NNA member facebook group are West Virginia, Vermont, Alaska, Hawaii, New Jersey, and Maine.

In the past, the NNA has received emails from various Nertz players that play in all of these states, but our NNA facebook group members have yet to represent them. To prove that the NNA has blanketed the U.S. we still need to verify that there are members in the remaining 6 states.

The NNA and the game of Nertz have become international. We have found members and players from all over the world. Here are a few countries that have been reported to have some hardcore Nertz players in them. Ukraine, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Australia, Mexico, England, Denmark, Canada, Russia, Swaziland, Germany, France, Turkey, Botswana , China, Poland, New Zealand, Greenland, Switzerland, Kenya, Israel, Ghana, Czech Republic, and Brazil to name a few.

If all of our members would have replied, by our estimates, California, Tennessee, Florida, Texas, South Carolina, Minnesota, Georgia, and Utah would have the states with the highest NNA member counts. Also, the Ukraine would have a high percentage within the NNA member base as well. Feel free to continue to represent, if you think your state or country didn’t get enough love. You can continue to represent by posting on our wall, posting comments below, or by sending the NNA messages.


Here are the location tallies from this census:

ALABAMA

ALASKA

ARIZONA 1

ARKANSAS 2

CALIFORNIA 11

COLORADO

CONNECTICUT

DELAWARE

FLORIDA 3

GEORGIA 4

HAWAII

IDAHO 1

ILLINOIS 3

INDIANA 2

IOWA 1

KANSAS 5

KENTUCKY 5

LOUISIANA 1

MAINE

MARYLAND 4

MASSACHUSETTS 2

MICHIGAN 1

MINNESOTA 6

MISSISSIPPI

MISSOURI 3

MONTANA

NEBRASKA 5

NEVADA

NEW HAMPSHIRE

NEW JERSEY

NEW MEXICO

NEW YORK 1

NORTH CAROLINA 2

NORTH DAKOTA

OHIO 5

OKLAHOMA 2

OREGON 1

PENNSYLVANIA

RHODE ISLAND 1

SOUTH CAROLINA 5

SOUTH DAKOTA

TENNESSEE 4

TEXAS 13

UTAH 1

VERMONT

VIRGINIA 3

WASHINGTON 2

WEST VIRGINIA

WISCONSIN 1

WYOMING 1


The following were the replies recorded:

1. Kentucky
2. Massachusetts
3. South Carolina
4. Kansas – Gardner
5. Virginia – Richmond
6. California - San Diego
7. Florida
8. Maryland
9. Texas – Lubbock
10. North Carolina
11. Georgia - Atlanta, Lawrenceville, and Rome
12. Florida
13. Illinois – Chicago
14. Massachusetts
15. Minnesota
16. Rhode Island
17. Wisconsin
18. Texas – Frisco
19. Kansas
20. Tennessee
21. Minnesota
22. California - San Diego
23. Texas
24. Kentucky
25. California – Concord
26. Texas
27. Oklahoma
28. Minnesota
29. Tennessee - Johnson City
30. Maryland ---- also Pennsylvania
31. Nebraska
32. Texas
33. Michigan - Paw Paw and Kalamazoo
34. Minnesota – Cloquet
35. Kentucky
36. South Carolina – Clemson
37. Nebraska
38. Oklahoma – Norman
39. Nebraska
40. Texas
41. Ohio
42. Idaho
43. Indiana ---- also Texas
44. Maryland ---- also Virginia
45. New York
46. Nebraska – Fremont
47. Missouri – Florissant
48. Tennessee
49. Florida
50. Ohio – Cortland
51. Texas – Tyler
52. Oregon ---- also, now, France and Ghana
53. Texas
54. California – Lodi
55. Maryland - Silver Spring
56. Indiana
57. California – Yucaipa
58. Washington
59. Arizona
60. Georgia – Snellville
61. Minnesota ---- also Wisconsin
62. Ohio
63. Georgia – Snellville
64. South Carolina ---- also Ohio and Indiana
65. Kentucky
66. Missouri ---- also Ohio
67. Iowa
68. South Carolina – Columbia
69. Kentucky
70. Ohio
71. California
72. Kansas
73. Utah
74. Georgia – Kennesaw
75. Arkansas ---- also Missouri
76. Texas – Houston
77. Nebraska – Lincoln
78. Kansas
79. Tennessee – Memphis
80. South Carolina
81. California
82. California
83. Ohio
84. Kansas – Wichita
85. Arkansas
86. Illinois
87. Texas ---- also Massachusetts, Illinois, Czech Republic
88. Louisiana
89. Virginia
90. Missouri
91. Minnesota
92. Texas
93. Wyoming
94. North Carolina
95. California
96. Texas – Austin
97. Virginia ---- also Ukraine
98. Washington
99. California – San Diego
100. Texas – Houston
101. California – San Francisco
102. Mexico
103. Illinois ---- also Missouri