Ron Wanttaja wrote:

I got asked the question "how many homebuilts are in each state?" off-list,
but thought others might like to see this data. For best insight, paste
into a spreadsheet or database, then sort and plot as desired.

The data is from the January 2003 FAA database, and includes only those
aircraft listed as Experimental- Amateur/Built. It does not include
homebuilts which do not have a definitive identification as such....which
total several thousand more.

Ron Wanttaja
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Thanks Ron. I was curious about per capita figures so I calculated a
per capita column using state population data from the 2000 US Census.
The per captia figures are per 10,000 people in each state.

AK 282 4.48 (experimental homebuilts per 10,000 people)
DE 260 3.31
OR 819 2.39
OK 826 2.39
ID 304 2.34
MT 204 2.25
WY 103 2.08
WA 1053 1.78
NV 345 1.72
KS 449 1.67
ND 106 1.65
SD 122 1.61
AZ 779 1.52
WI 779 1.45
NM 263 1.44
CO 621 1.44
IA 405 1.38
NE 216 1.26
NH 149 1.20
VT 73 1.20
MN 581 1.18
FL 1808 1.13
ME 135 1.06
UT 233 1.04
TX 1978 0.95
IN 557 0.91
AR 242 0.90
CA 3063 0.90
MO 486 0.87
AL 379 0.85
MI 829 0.83
IL 938 0.75
OH 851 0.75
MS 210 0.74
TN 402 0.71
NC 512 0.63
WV 114 0.63
CT 202 0.59
LA 260 0.58
GA 474 0.58
VA 388 0.55
SC 212 0.53
PA 627 0.51
HI 61 0.50
KY 191 0.47
MD 245 0.46
RI 38 0.36
NJ 300 0.36
MA 218 0.34
NY 643 0.34
DC 17 0.30


I made a map of the per capita data. Dark blue for the highest per
captia figure (Alaska) and very light blue for the next to lowest per
capita figure (New York). DC isn't mapped.

http://www.AirplaneZone.com/NewsgroupPix/USA04b.gif

The map is public domain as far as I'm concerned. I'll leave it up
for a few days.

Of course, Delaware isn't really a hotbed of experimental homebuilding
activity. It's just that some people choose to own their planes
through shell corporations and Delaware is a popular state for such
corporations.

David O -- http://www.AirplaneZone.com