{"id":63887,"date":"2026-02-05T14:44:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T14:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/these-states-and-hometowns-have-the-most-team-usa-athletes-going-to-the-2026-winter-olympics\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T14:44:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T14:44:51","slug":"these-states-and-hometowns-have-the-most-team-usa-athletes-going-to-the-2026-winter-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/these-states-and-hometowns-have-the-most-team-usa-athletes-going-to-the-2026-winter-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"These states and hometowns have the most Team USA athletes going to the 2026 Winter Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usopc.org\/news\/2026\/january\/26\/u-s-olympic-paralympic-committee-names-232-member-2026-u-s-olympic-team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">is sending<\/a> its biggest <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/milan-winter-olympics-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Winter Olympics<\/a><\/span> team ever to the 2026 Games in Italy \u2014 <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/team-usa-names-winter-olympics-roster-abby-winterberger-rich-ruohonen\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">232<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/2026-winter-olympics-athletes-to-watch\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">athletes<\/a><\/span> representing 32 home states.<\/p>\n<p>The CBS News data team mapped the home states of the athletes to identify which states had the most representation.<\/p>\n<p>Colorado leads with 30 athletes, followed by Minnesota, which is home to 24, and California, with 19.<\/p>\n<p>States with the fewest competitors include Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, North Dakota and Washington, D.C., each with just one, while 18 states have no athletes on the team.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"min-height:576px\" id=\"datawrapper-vis-1RPVx\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/1RPVx\/full.png\" alt=\"Where is Team USA from? (Choropleth map)\"\/><\/div>\n<p><amp-iframe width=\"100\" height=\"100\" layout=\"responsive\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin\" resizable=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/1RPVx\/1\/\"><br \/>\n<\/amp-iframe><\/div>\n<p>Three team members listed hometowns in other countries, hailing from New Zealand, Canada and Ukraine. Also, three alternate athletes are not included in the official count.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation inject-freepress \">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The team will include 98 returning Olympians who have won a combined 22 gold medals, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usopc.org\/news\/2026\/january\/26\/u-s-olympic-paralympic-committee-names-232-member-2026-u-s-olympic-team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according to the committee<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Thirty-two athletes previously competed at the Youth Olympic Games, with 20 of them making their Olympic debut this week.<\/p>\n<p>This roster surpasses the 228 American athletes who competed at PyeongChang in the 2018 Winter Games \u2014 though Summer Olympic teams are even bigger.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Number of athletes from each state<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Alaska, 6<\/li>\n<li>Arizona, 2<\/li>\n<li>California, 19<\/li>\n<li>Colorado, 30<\/li>\n<li>Connecticut, 3<\/li>\n<li>Florida, 5<\/li>\n<li>Georgia, 1<\/li>\n<li>Idaho, 5<\/li>\n<li>Illinois, 9<\/li>\n<li>Indiana, 1<\/li>\n<li>Iowa, 1<\/li>\n<li>Maine, 3<\/li>\n<li>Maryland, 2<\/li>\n<li>Massachusetts, 12<\/li>\n<li>Michigan, 15<\/li>\n<li>Minnesota, 24<\/li>\n<li>Missouri, 4<\/li>\n<li>Montana, 2<\/li>\n<li>New Hampshire, 3<\/li>\n<li>New Jersey, 4<\/li>\n<li>New York, 14<\/li>\n<li>North Dakota, 1<\/li>\n<li>Ohio, 7<\/li>\n<li>Oregon, 4<\/li>\n<li>Pennsylvania, 7<\/li>\n<li>Texas, 4<\/li>\n<li>Utah, 17<\/li>\n<li>Vermont, 4<\/li>\n<li>Virginia, 3<\/li>\n<li>Washington, 7<\/li>\n<li>Washington, D.C., 1<\/li>\n<li>Wisconsin, 6<\/li>\n<li>Wyoming, 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Searchable database of Team USA&#8217;s hometowns<\/h2>\n<p>The map and chart below show the communities where Team USA&#8217;s athletes hail from. Park City, Utah, a renowned ski destination, stands out with the most at 11, followed by Steamboat Springs, Colorado; Lake Placid, New York; and Anchorage, Alaska. Search to see if any of this year&#8217;s Olympians share your hometown.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"min-height:527px\" id=\"datawrapper-vis-8IUyg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/8IUyg\/full.png\" alt=\"Hometowns of the 2026 U.S. Winter Olympic team (Symbol map)\"\/><\/div>\n<p> <amp-iframe width=\"100\" height=\"100\" layout=\"responsive\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin\" resizable=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/8IUyg\/1\/\"> <\/amp-iframe><\/div>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n<p>                      <span class=\"byline__author__text\">Rachel  Gold<\/span><\/p>\n<p>        contributed to this report.\n    <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n        <\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section 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