Region Spending the Most Per Capita on Sports Equipment Is…
Using indices developed from the National Sporting Goods Association’s Sporting Goods Market report, residents in the West North Central (WNC) census region spent the most per consumer on sports equipment in 2007. With an index of 143, the WNC region (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND & SD) outranked the Pacific (WA, OR, CA) and Mountain states (AZ, CO, ID, MT NV, NM, UT & WY), both with indices of 113.