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Q1 2004 Scoreboard -- ranked by total receipts

Rank	Location	Receipts	Donors/Avg		Freepers/Avg		Monthlies
1	California	$3,138.00	93	$33.74	1,834	$1.71	$1,492.56	100
2	Florida	2,740.00	47	58.30	808	3.39	478.00	33
3	Texas	2,130.00	64	33.28	1,607	1.33	733.00	51
4	Virginia	1,596.50	32	49.89	588	2.72	489.50	23
5	Maryland	1,255.00	26	48.27	334	3.76	303.00	15
6	New York	1,167.00	35	33.34	669	1.74	308.00	19
7	Michigan	1,165.00	11	105.91	373	3.12	100.00	10
8	Montana	1,140.00	6	190.00	38	30.00
9	Pennsylvania	1,085.00	27	40.19	531	2.04	255.00	18
10	Washington	841.00	30	28.03	461	1.82	305.00	18
11	Illinois	780.00	21	37.14	437	1.78	283.00	18
12	North Carolina	747.00	20	37.35	452	1.65	387.00	24
13	New Jersey	746.00	18	41.44	347	2.15	170.00	8
14	Georgia	725.00	24	30.21	439	1.65	220.00	14
15	Tennessee	650.00	16	40.62	317	2.05	81.00	9
16	Minnesota	590.00	16	36.88	250	2.36	100.00	7
17	Ohio	590.00	17	34.71	440	1.34	582.25	18
18	Wisconsin	516.00	15	34.40	245	2.11	173.00	11
19	Massachusetts	470.00	15	31.33	261	1.80	135.00	9
20	Missouri	441.00	12	36.75	331	1.33	198.00	14
21	Indiana	415.00	11	37.73	275	1.51	85.00	6
22	Maine	401.00	8	50.12	81	4.95	10.00	1
23	Mississippi	380.00	7	54.29	106	3.58	50.00	4
24	Nevada	380.00	5	76.00	114	3.33	60.00	3
25	Oregon	365.00	12	30.42	218	1.67	85.00	5
26	Kentucky	350.00	7	50.00	178	1.97	10.00	1
27	South Carolina	342.50	15	22.83	201	1.70	68.50	8
28	Arizona	335.50	10	33.55	346	0.97	125.50	10
29	Arkansas	335.00	13	25.77	120	2.79	55.00	5
30	Alabama	285.00	9	31.67	215	1.33	341.00	19
31	Colorado	260.00	10	26.00	293	0.89	125.00	9
32	Kansas	258.00	7	36.86	159	1.62	90.00	5
33	Utah	255.00	7	36.43	86	2.97	60.00	3
34	Canada	235.00	5	47.00	179	1.31	20.00	1
35	Iowa	220.00	7	31.43	134	1.64	35.00	2
36	Louisiana	185.00	5	37.00	178	1.04	38.00	5
37	Alaska	170.00	4	42.50	79	2.15	150.00	3
38	New Mexico	160.00	3	53.33	96	1.67	50.00	3
39	New Hampshire	145.00	4	36.25	98	1.48
40	Oklahoma	141.00	7	20.14	199	0.71	126.00	9
41	Connecticut	140.00	6	23.33	185	0.76	35.00	3
42	United Kingdom	120.00	2	60.00	128	0.94	50.00	2
43	Idaho	110.00	3	36.67	92	1.20	45.00	2
44	Kuwait	100.00	1	100.00	3	33.33
45	North Dakota	65.00	1	65.00	28	2.32
46	Delaware	50.00	1	50.00	23	2.17
47	Thailand	50.00	1	50.00	7	7.14
48	Norway	50.00	1	50.00	14	3.57
49	Germany	50.00	1	50.00	34	1.47
50	Ireland	50.00	1	50.00	24	2.08
51	Chile	50.00	1	50.00	5	10.00
52	Hawaii	40.00	2	20.00	44	0.91	45.00	3
53	Nebraska	35.00	2	17.50	78	0.45	3.00	1
54	Armed Forces - Europe	35.00	2	17.50			35.00	3
55	Vermont	30.00	2	15.00	29	1.03	46.00	4
56	Panama	25.00	1	25.00	5	5.00
57	Wyoming	20.00	1	20.00	26	0.77	30.00	1
58	South Dakota	20.00	1	20.00	44	0.45	30.00	2
59	Netherlands	20.00	1	20.00	12	1.67
60	Turkey	10.00	1	10.00	10	1.00
61	Australia	10.00	1	10.00	47	0.21
62	Armed Forces - Pacific	10.00	1	10.00			10.00	1
63	South Korea	10.00	1	10.00	5	2.00	10.00	1
64	West Virginia	10.00	1	10.00	69	0.14	30.00	2
	District of Columbia						10.00	1
	Kenya						20.00	1
Never Never Land		1,428.00	50	28.56			238.00	19
65 locations total		$30,668.5	787	$38.97	17,502	$1.75	$9,014.31	567

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I think it is.

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