Rider Demographics

For those who are interested, we have some good demographics on the riders, courtesy of Greg Sterling who collected and analyzed the data. He worked from the list of cook teams, and I'll have to get into cook teams in a later blog. The demographics are a moving target, as we've had several birthdays since the data was collected. In any case... Range of ages - 19 to 76 (Tall Ben Thiesse to Bob Jones) Median age - 49 (For those who are challenged statistically, this measures the middle of the number of ages) Mean age - 46.7 (The average) Mode - 63 (Largest frequency) The concentration in decades - 15% Teens and 20s 11% 30s 22% 40s 15% 50s 30% 60s 5% 70s Since this was done, Dan Scott turned 60, so the concentration is even greater. No one has done a similar study of occupations, but it certainly seems that there are plenty of attorneys on the trip. I had expected more teachers, and there are a few, which I'll try to include together in a post on the next rest day.