{"id":840,"date":"2012-08-02T17:09:21","date_gmt":"2012-08-02T22:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikeraffety.com\/blog\/?p=840"},"modified":"2012-12-26T10:01:37","modified_gmt":"2012-12-26T16:01:37","slug":"most-improved-districts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeraffety.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/02\/most-improved-districts\/","title":{"rendered":"Most improved districts?"},"content":{"rendered":"

District rankings have historically been fairly important, as the top six earned “President’s Distinguished”, and the next six earned “Select Distinguished”.\u00a0 But even after that, there is pride in being, for example, #17 instead of #53, even if both were distinguished.<\/p>\n

How did districts do this year compared to last year?\u00a0 Two districts moved from the very bottom, #81 and #82 (out of 82 districts last year) up to #20 and #21, up 61 places!\u00a0 Who?\u00a0 Districts 42 and 31 (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Canada, and Eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island).\u00a0 Truly an awesome and inspiring turnaround!<\/p>\n

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Out of this year’s crop of President’s and Select districts, D43 (Arkansas, Central Mississippi, Western Tennessee), made almost as large a leap, from #59 last year to #9 this year, up 50 places!<\/p>\n

At the other end, last year’s President’s Distinguished D46 (New York, Westchester, Nassau, Suffolk) slipped from #5 down to #64, down 59 places.\u00a0 D87 (East Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei) slipped from #19 to #77, down 58 places.\u00a0 D75 (Philippines) went from #30 to #78, proving even overseas districts cannot take success for granted.<\/p>\n

Here’s the full table, from most improved to least.\u00a0 Thanks to Erich Viedge for the idea!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
District<\/strong><\/td>\nThis year’s rank
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		Last year’s rank
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		Change<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\nLocation<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
42<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n81<\/td>\n61<\/td>\n<\/td>\nAlberta, Saskatchewan, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
31<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n82<\/td>\n61<\/td>\n<\/td>\nEastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n76<\/td>\n59<\/td>\n<\/td>\nNortheastern Ohio<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
52<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n78<\/td>\n56<\/td>\n<\/td>\nSouthern California<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
43<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n59<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n<\/td>\nArkansas, Central Mississippi, Western Tennessee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
36<\/td>\n29<\/td>\n71<\/td>\n42<\/td>\n<\/td>\nDistrict of Columbia, West Central Maryland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n52<\/td>\n39<\/td>\n<\/td>\nArizona<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
74<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n46<\/td>\n38<\/td>\n<\/td>\nSouthern Africa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
58<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n37<\/td>\n<\/td>\nSouth Carolina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
39<\/td>\n33<\/td>\n69<\/td>\n36<\/td>\n<\/td>\nNorthern California, North Central Nevada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n44<\/td>\n33<\/td>\n<\/td>\nWestern Australia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
63<\/td>\n46<\/td>\n77<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n<\/td>\nEastern Tennessee, Southern Kentucky<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
81<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n41<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n<\/td>\nCaribbean<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
72<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n56<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/td>\nNew Zealand<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29<\/td>\n37<\/td>\n61<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n<\/td>\nNorthern Virginia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
76<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n<\/td>\nJapan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
77<\/td>\n51<\/td>\n73<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n<\/td>\nAlabama, Southern Mississippi, Northwestern Florida<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n37<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n<\/td>\nCentral Coastal California<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\n43<\/td>\n57<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n<\/td>\nCentral Idaho, Eastern Oregon, Utah, Western Wyoming, Eastern Nevada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
57<\/td>\n52<\/td>\n66<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n<\/td>\nNorth Coastal California<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
49<\/td>\n61<\/td>\n75<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n<\/td>\nHawaii<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
56<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n39<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n<\/td>\nSoutheastern Texas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\n38<\/td>\n49<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n<\/td>\nSouthern California<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n<\/td>\nNorth Central Texas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
69<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n47<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/td>\nQueensland, Northern Territory, Northern New South Wales, Australia; Papua, New Guinea<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
60<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n34<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/td>\nToronto and near eastern Ontario, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62<\/td>\n75<\/td>\n80<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/td>\nMichigan, Ontario, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
34<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/td>\nMexico<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
55<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/td>\nSouthcentral Texas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
37<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/td>\nNorth Carolina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\n60<\/td>\n62<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/td>\nSouthern, Central and Northeastern Minnesota, West-Central Ontario, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
67<\/td>\n66<\/td>\n68<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/td>\nTaiwan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
79<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/td>\nBahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
86<\/td>\n59<\/td>\n60<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/td>\nSouthwestern, Central and Northern Ontario, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\n62<\/td>\n63<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/td>\nWestern Oregon, Southern Washington<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
85<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/td>\nChina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
59<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/td>\nContinental Europe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
73<\/td>\n44<\/td>\n44<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/td>\nSouth Australia, Australia, Victoria, and Tasmania, Australia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>\n67<\/td>\n67<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/td>\nKansas, Western Missouri<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26<\/td>\n70<\/td>\n70<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/td>\nColorado, Eastern Wyoming, Western Nebraska<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
41<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n-1<\/td>\n<\/td>\nCentral and Northern India<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\n34<\/td>\n32<\/td>\n-2<\/td>\n<\/td>\nWestern Pennsylvania, Western Maryland, Northwestern West Virginia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n-3<\/td>\n<\/td>\nSouthern California<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
70<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n-3<\/td>\n<\/td>\nNew South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, Australia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
65<\/td>\n83<\/td>\n79<\/td>\n-4<\/td>\n<\/td>\nWestern and Central New York<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n-5<\/td>\n<\/td>\nBahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, United Arab Emirates<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
51<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n-5<\/td>\n<\/td>\nWest Malaysia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>\n72<\/td>\n65<\/td>\n-7<\/td>\n<\/td>\nWestern Washington<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
82<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n-9<\/td>\n<\/td>\nSouthern India and Sri Lanka<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n-11<\/td>\n<\/td>\nChicagoland, Illinois Area<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24<\/td>\n42<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n-11<\/td>\n<\/td>\nEastern Nebraska<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
66<\/td>\n84<\/td>\n72<\/td>\n-12<\/td>\n<\/td>\nCentral Virginia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
53<\/td>\n86<\/td>\n74<\/td>\n-12<\/td>\n<\/td>\nConnecticut, Western Massachusetts, Eastern New York<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
38<\/td>\n49<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n-14<\/td>\n<\/td>\nEastern Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
F<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n-17<\/td>\n<\/td>\nSouthern California<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n38<\/td>\n-17<\/td>\n<\/td>\nNorthern New York, Quebec, Southeastern Ontario, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
80<\/td>\n65<\/td>\n48<\/td>\n-17<\/td>\n<\/td>\nSingapore and Thailand<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\n76<\/td>\n58<\/td>\n-18<\/td>\n<\/td>\nIndiana, Northern Kentucky<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27<\/td>\n79<\/td>\n61<\/td>\n-18<\/td>\n<\/td>\nDistrict of Columbia, Southwestern Maryland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\n36<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n-19<\/td>\n<\/td>\nEastern Washington, Northeastern Oregon, Northern Idaho<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
83<\/td>\n48<\/td>\n29<\/td>\n-19<\/td>\n<\/td>\nNew Jersey, Rockland County and Staten Island<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\n74<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n-19<\/td>\n<\/td>\nIowa, Dakota County, Nebraska<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\n73<\/td>\n53<\/td>\n-20<\/td>\n<\/td>\nEastern Missouri, Southern Illinois<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/td>\n56<\/td>\n33<\/td>\n-23<\/td>\n<\/td>\nNew Mexico, El Paso County, Texas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
71<\/td>\n32<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n-24<\/td>\n<\/td>\nBritain and Ireland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
50<\/td>\n47<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n-25<\/td>\n<\/td>\nNortheastern Texas, Shreveport, Louisiana<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
68<\/td>\n53<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n-25<\/td>\n<\/td>\nLouisiana, Western Mississippi, Parts of Southeast Texas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
35<\/td>\n68<\/td>\n42<\/td>\n-26<\/td>\n<\/td>\nWisconsin, Northwestern Michigan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
33<\/td>\n69<\/td>\n43<\/td>\n-26<\/td>\n<\/td>\nCentral California, Southern Nevada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
78<\/td>\n71<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n-26<\/td>\n<\/td>\nMontana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Northwestern Minnesota<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
64<\/td>\n80<\/td>\n54<\/td>\n-26<\/td>\n<\/td>\nManitoba, Western Ontario, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\n39<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n-27<\/td>\n<\/td>\nSouthern California<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\n63<\/td>\n36<\/td>\n-27<\/td>\n<\/td>\nOklahoma<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
47<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n-29<\/td>\n<\/td>\nSouthern Florida, Bahamas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\n41<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n-30<\/td>\n<\/td>\nGeorgia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n-30<\/td>\n<\/td>\nBristish Columbia, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
45<\/td>\n81<\/td>\n51<\/td>\n-30<\/td>\n<\/td>\nMaine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
54<\/td>\n54<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n-31<\/td>\n<\/td>\nNorthern Illinois<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
84<\/td>\n58<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n-32<\/td>\n<\/td>\nNorth and Central Florida<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>\n82<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n-32<\/td>\n<\/td>\nSouthwestern Michigan, Northwestern Ohio, Southwestern Ontario, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
40<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n-36<\/td>\n<\/td>\nSouthern Ohio, Eastern Kentucky, Western West Virginia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\n57<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n-41<\/td>\n<\/td>\nNorthwest Washington<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\n85<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n-45<\/td>\n<\/td>\nMaryland, Delaware, Eastern & Northwestern Virginia, Northeastern West Virginia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
75<\/td>\n78<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n-48<\/td>\n<\/td>\nPhilippines<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
87<\/td>\n77<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n-58<\/td>\n<\/td>\nEast Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
46<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n-59<\/td>\n<\/td>\nNew York, Westchester, Nassau, Suffolk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n
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District rankings have historically been fairly important, as the top six earned “President’s Distinguished”, and the next six earned “Select Distinguished”.\u00a0 But even after that, there is pride in being, for example, #17 instead of #53, even if both were distinguished. How did districts do this year compared to last year?\u00a0 Two districts moved from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeraffety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeraffety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeraffety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeraffety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeraffety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=840"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mikeraffety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":844,"href":"https:\/\/mikeraffety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840\/revisions\/844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeraffety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeraffety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeraffety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}