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Originally Posted by mb7015a
Doing some quick and dirty calculations, it seems the Southern states had 300,000 more folks in 2007, according to Wikipedia, though fewer per state.
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Don't know where you get that. Here's the math from the 2007 numbers listed on Wikipedia:
SEC States
State (Conference schools therein) - Population
Florida (UF) - 18,251,243
Georgia (UGA) - 9,544,750
Tennessee (Tenn, Vandy) - 6,156,719
Alabama (Alabama, Auburn) - 4,627,851
South Carolina (USC) - 4,407,709
Louisiana (LSU) - 4,293,204
Kentucky (UK) - 4,241,474
Mississippi (Miss, Miss St) - 2,918,785
Arkansas (Arkansas) - 2,834,797
Total - 57,276,532
Big Ten States
State (Conference schools therein) - Population
Illinois (Illinois, Northwestern) - 12,852,548
Pennsylvania (PSU) - 12,432,792
Ohio (
OSU) - 11,466,917
Michigan (scUM, MSU) - 10,071,822
Indiana (Indiana, Purdue) - 6,345,289
Wisconsin (Wisconsin) - 5,601,640
Minnesota (The 'U') - 5,197,621
Iowa (Iowa) - 2,988,046
Total - 66,956,675
Source:
List of U.S. states by population - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Big Ten states have nearly 10,000,000 more people, despite being represented by one fewer state. Maybe you forgot to include PA since it is not traditionally considered part of the Midwest? Or maybe you included southern states that don't actually represent the SEC, like North Carolina? These numbers all makes sense, of course, since the Midwest is much more urbanized than the Southeast.