Numbers released by the United States Bowling Congress show that Michigan is still No. 1 in bowler membership. The USBC had an overall adult/youth membership of 2,608,279 for the 2006-07 season (2,303,191 adults, 305,088 youth). They bowled on 924,580 teams in 83,731 leagues. Michigan again had the largest state membership with 225,177 members overall (204,149 adult, 21,028 youth), and Detroit had the largest local association with 80,683 members (74,530 adult, 6,153 youth).
Ohio ranked No. 2 for overall state membership with 179,734 (158,577 adult, 21,157 youth), and Chicago was second in local associations with 36,410 members (34,996 adults, 1,414 youth). The only place Michigan lagged was in the number of bowling centers. Pennsylvania led with 388, with Michigan third at 357, but Michigan had the most lanes, 8,172. Nationwide there are 5,571 bowling centers with 115,197 lanes. Thanks to Matt Fiorito of the Freep for the story.
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