Cooperative County Challenge - August & September 2013 Hits

Welcome to the 2013 Version of our County Challenge.

Interesting stats for 2013:
In 6 states, we are ahead of last year.
In 5 states, we are equal with last year - 2 of those are Bingo States, can't do better.
In 21 states, we are within 10 percent of last year.
In 19 states, we are more than 10% away
Our worst state is Michigan, where we are down nearly 46%

Thanks, tim for the idea about percentages, so we can get neat little stats like this.

This year, there will be a few changes from the 2012 challenge:
1. All Counties hit in 2012's Contest - but not yet on 2013...will be colored white, Counties never hit in Contest will be gray. When a white County is hit in 2013, it will be re-colored to it's correct month color.

2. The Spreadsheet will also show dates of hits for 2012, so that one can compare for Counties that also get hit in 2013.

As with last year, there will be no individual stats, no prizes, no winners, no losers, no entry fee - contest is open to all who wish to participate - however the individual must choose to participate. You can't post up other people's hits - if you do so...and the person whose hits they are, posts to authorize this, that will be okay. but the person to whim the hits belong MUST at least post to authorize this.

As with last year, we will attempt to fill in as many Counties as possible. In 2012, we managed 948 Counties, let's see if we can beat that!!
We got State Bingos in Delware, Arizona, and New Jersey last year!

Spreadsheet Link...................Link to Full Size Map
Spreadsheet Current thru Butler, PA (08/03) Map is colored in up thru Butler, PA (08/03) Next Update will be approx August 15-20.
After the white Counties (2012 hits) are hit in 2013, they will be colored according to their month.
We have achieved nearly 19.7% county coverage so far!! We managed 948 Counties last year!!  Let's beat that in 2013!!
We have hit 189 Counties that were unhit last year.  We have hit all 50 States plus DC + PR.
BINGOS AZ, DE, HI  With 636 counties to date, we are averaging about 91 per month!  Projection: 1092 for year.

Cannot BELIEVE this one took so long..

Somerset County, New Jersey

I finally got Marathon county WI

Do you mean to tell me, it took us THIS long to get Will County, Illinois??

Cripes, when I was a kid, I could throw a rock to Will county from where I lived.

In fact, we used to ride our bikes to a miniature golf place, which was in Will county, from our homes in Cook County.

Tony wrote:Rowan, NC
Clinton, IA
Putnam, GA
Outagamie, WI
Lemhi, ID
Hooker, NE
Dickey, ND

Wow...Hooker followed by Dickey.... 

I have absolutely no defense for what was on my mind.  

Took us this long to hit Providence??

Well, next year it will not take us that long, since I'm taking a three-day trip to Providence next June.