Olympics 2018: Team USA by the numbers, from ages to heights to top hometown

February 13, 2018

Figure skater and California native Vincent Zhou is making headlines and history this week. At 17 years old, he’s the youngest U.S. athlete to compete in Pyeongchang, South Korea, for the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Since we’re all a bunch of obsessive data geeks here at Fast Company, we thought it would be fun to look at some other statistics for Team USA. Plus, while most of us are terrible skaters, we sure can crank out a mean listicle.

242: number of athletes representing Team USA in Pyeongchang
45% vs. 55%: number of female vs. male athletes on Team USA
26.5 years: average age of the U.S. athletes
39: oldest U.S. athlete, hockey player Brian Gionta
17: youngest U.S. athlete, figure skater Vincent Zhou
10: African-American U.S. athletes
11: Asian-American U.S. athletes
2: openly gay U.S. athletes
6 feet 7 inches: tallest U.S. Olympian, alpine skier Bryce Bennett
5 feet: shortest U.S. Olympians, Karen Chen and Jessica Kooreman (figure skater and short track speedskater)
31: number of states represented (including 31 athletes from Colorado, 22 from California, 20 from Minnesota, 19 from New York, and 16 from Utah)
8: number of U.S. athletes from Park City, Utah, the top hometown
76% of U.S. athletes have attended college
21: number of U.S. athletes from Westminster College, the top school represented
5: number of athletes who are defending gold medalists