Last update, october 15th 2010
Los Angeles is the city with most players in the NBA (17), followed by Chicago (16) and New York (15).
Compton, California, is the city with the best ratio population per player: one NBA player for each 31,320 inhabitants.
San Jose is the largest city with no players in the NBA (964,695)
There are five states without players in the NBA.
US cities with most players (five or more)
1. Los Angeles - 17
2. Chicago - 16
3. New York -15
4. Dallas - 10
5. Washington DC - 8
6. Seattle - 7
6. Atlanta - 7
6. Phlidalphia - 7
9. Indianapolis -6
9. Houston - 6
11. Baltimore - 5
11. Baton Rouge - 5
11. Long Beach - 5
11. Memphis - 5
Ratio players/population (only cities with three players or more)
- Compton, CA (1 for each 31,320 people)
- Flint, MI (1 for each 41,647 people)
- Baton Rouge, LA (1 for each 45,910 people)
- Jackson, MS (1 for each 57,593 people)
- Washington DC (1 for each 74,957 people)
- Birmingham, AL (1 for each 76,600 people)
- Atlanta, GA (1 for each 77,271 people)
- New Orleans, LA (1 for each 84,161 people)
- Seattle, WA (1 for each 88,809 people)
- Buffalo, NY (1 for each 90,080 people)
- Long Beach, CA (1 for each 98,536 people)
- Oakland, CA (1 for each 102,297 people)
- Newark, NJ (1 for each 103,381 people)
- Baltimore, MD (1 for each 127,483 people)
- Dallas, TX (1 for each 129,594 people)
- Memphis, TN (1 for each 134,020 people)
- Indianapolis, IN (1 for each 134,597 people)
- Raleigh, NC (1 for each 135,263 people)
- Oklahoma City, OK (1 for each 140,083 people)
- Cleveland, OH (1 for each 143,789 people)
- Miami, FL (1 for each 148,995 people)
- Chicago, IL (1 for each 178,319 people)
- Las Vegas, NV (1 for each 189,213 people)
- Milwaukee, WI (1 for each 201,492 people)
- Boston, MA (1 for each 215,056 people)
- Philadelphia, PA (1 for each 221,128 people)
- Los Angeles, CA (1 for each 225,404 people)
- Detroit, MI (1 for each 227,730 people)
- San Antonio, TX (1 for each 3743,347 people)
- Houston, TX (1 for each 376,321 people)
- New York, NY (1 for each 559,458 people)
Cities with population >500,000 people and without NBA players
- San Jose - 964,695
- El Paso - 620,456
- Tucson - 543,910
- Albuquerque - 529,219
States without any NBA player
- North Dakota
- Maine
- Vermont
- Nebraska
- Hawaii
Complete set of data (infographic): NBA demographics
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