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December 15, 2014

ALGEE-Ometer | 2014 State by State Snapshot

More than 280,000 First Aiders in the US Trained by more than 5,900 Instructors

ALGEE-OMETER 12 8 14

State Total Participants % Population Instructors
District of Columbia 2555 0.404% 75
Iowa 9498 0.309% 80
Missouri 18374 0.305% 221
Kansas 8612 0.298% 106
Alaska 2126 0.291% 40
Colorado 13751 0.265% 247
New Mexico 5230 0.251% 93
Pennsylvania 25325 0.198% 487
Maryland 11252 0.191% 491
South Dakota 1547 0.186% 17
Michigan 16196 0.164% 232
Connecticut 5149 0.143% 105
Vermont 842 0.135% 46
Arizona 8676 0.132% 141
Oregon 4577 0.117% 110
Montana 1142 0.114% 26
Mississippi 3046 0.102% 70
North Dakota 711 0.102% 17
Illinois 12789 0.099% 224
Virginia 7508 0.092% 264
California 33190 0.087% 655
Washington 5825 0.084% 130
Maine 1099 0.083% 15
North Carolina 7475 0.077% 207
Wyoming 435 0.075% 43
Minnesota 3650 0.068% 45
Texas 17195 0.066% 549
Oklahoma 2294 0.060% 61
Rhode Island 631 0.060% 11
Arkansas 1599 0.054% 15
Idaho 854 0.054% 18
Utah 1515 0.053% 38
Nebraska 982 0.053% 53
Georgia 4759 0.048% 89
New Jersey 3924 0.044% 144
Ohio 4740 0.041% 166
Nevada 1057 0.038% 39
Indiana 2504 0.038% 86
Alabama 1662 0.034% 52
Massachusetts 2058 0.031% 67
Florida 5782 0.030% 165
Tennessee 1866 0.029% 38
New York 5429 0.028% 239
Kentucky 1189 0.027% 46
Delaware 248 0.027% 18
Guam 37 0.020% 2
Wisconsin 1153 0.020% 44
New Hampshire 258 0.020% 39
South Carolina 478 0.010% 10
West Virginia 164 0.009% 12
Louisiana 404 0.009% 10
Puerto Rico 318 0.009% 2
Hawaii 89 0.007% 6

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