Due to job opportunities, we are considering moving to the Tennessee area. Does anyone have any idea how Tennessee High School wrestling stacks up vs. Kansas?

In 2011/2012

Kansas High Schools

206 schools with 5,283 wrestlers

Tennessee High Schools

169 schools with 4,336 wrestlers

Tenn is 2x more populous than Kansas; 6.4 million vs. 2.9 million (2011).

Tennessee Public School Students: 912,124
Number of Students in Private Schools 83,536

Kansas Public School Students: 468,510
Number of Students in private schools: 41,966

source: about.com

I know nothing about quality, but safe to say that wrestling in Tenn is not as popular of a high school sport as it is in Kansas.

After those last two posts, its pretty clear Kansas is way more involved than Tennessee in wrestling.
Now, how does Kansas stack up against other major wrestling states, with student population in percentage to high school wrestlers? Iowa, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, California, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Missouri, etc.

I looked at high school numbers (2011/12) as percentage of total state population (2011).

1) Nebraska = .2430%
2) Iowa = .2324%
3) Alaska = .2221%
4) Kansas = .1873%
5) Wyoming = .1832%


SchoolYear - State - Percent of HS Wrestlers as percent of state population
2011/2012 NE 0.2430%
2011/2012 IA 0.2324%
2011/2012 AK 0.2221%
2011/2012 KS 0.1873%
2011/2012 WY 0.1832%
2011/2012 SD 0.1603%
2011/2012 MT 0.1556%
2011/2012 MN 0.1522%
2011/2012 ID 0.1483%
2011/2012 WA 0.1383%
2011/2012 OR 0.1344%
2011/2012 IL 0.1330%
2011/2012 ND 0.1317%
2011/2012 WI 0.1295%
2011/2012 HI 0.1289%
2011/2012 DE 0.1253%
2011/2012 MO 0.1222%
2011/2012 UT 0.1192%
2011/2012 IN 0.1168%
2011/2012 SC 0.1119%
2011/2012 MI 0.1119%
2011/2012 NJ 0.1115%
2011/2012 CO 0.1070%
2011/2012 OH 0.1014%
2011/2012 NC 0.0981%
2011/2012 NV 0.0968%
2011/2012 RI 0.0946%
2011/2012 GA 0.0934%
2011/2012 AZ 0.0922%
2011/2012 MD 0.0894%
2011/2012 WV 0.0868%
2011/2012 VA 0.0866%
2011/2012 CT 0.0846%
2011/2012 OK 0.0812%
2011/2012 CA 0.0785%
2011/2012 PA 0.0778%
2011/2012 NM 0.0723%
2011/2012 MA 0.0722%
2011/2012 NY 0.0703%
2011/2012 TN 0.0677%
2011/2012 ME 0.0671%
2011/2012 NH 0.0568%
2011/2012 TX 0.0506%
2011/2012 FL 0.0472%
2011/2012 KY 0.0446%
2011/2012 AL 0.0440%
2011/2012 LA 0.0401%
2011/2012 AR 0.0372%
2011/2012 VT 0.0275%
2011/2012 MS 0.0007%
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This is all great info and I appreciate the work everyone has put in, but... does anyone have any insight about the Quality of wrestling in Tennessee???

According to the family I have that lives in Chattanooga, wrestling in Tennessee is like it is in most southern states: an afterthought. Football is king. Football season runs well into wrestling season, with the state championship game being played in December.

As in almost all southern states, wrestling is big in certain areas, and you have your powerhouse schools like you do anywhere (Soddy, Red Bank, etc.), but it's generally not as revered as it is here. But they do have a dual state, so that's cool.

Also: Tennessee does Public School State and Private School State.

They do not all compete at the same state tournament...