Where 2025-26 women's lacrosse players came from
38.5% of 2025-26 college women's lacrosse players came from just three states: New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland.
Out of 11,068 players counted. From official athletics roster pages, read August 4, 2026.
416 schools' 2025-26 women's lacrosse rosters, 11,068 players. We don't say what share of all programs that is — no authoritative count of programs exists.
- New York2,013 players · 18.2%
- Pennsylvania1,184 players · 10.7%
- Maryland1,068 players · 9.6%
- New Jersey928 players · 8.4%
- Massachusetts790 players · 7.1%
- Connecticut445 players · 4.0%
- Virginia429 players · 3.9%
- Ohio419 players · 3.8%
- California317 players · 2.9%
- Florida273 players · 2.5%
- Georgia263 players · 2.4%
- Outside the U.S.255 players · 2.3%
- Michigan227 players · 2.1%
- Illinois219 players · 2.0%
- New Hampshire209 players · 1.9%
- Home state unknown221 players · 2.0%
These players' roster pages didn't list a readable home town. We count them rather than hide them.
31 more places had fewer players and aren't shown.
Out of 11,068 players counted. From official athletics roster pages, read August 4, 2026.
Fewer than 2.3% of the women's lacrosse players we read came from outside the U.S. (255 players), so there's no second chart — the numbers per country are too small to be worth ranking.
How to read this
Each bar is the number of players on a 2025-26 college women's lacrosse roster whose listed home town is in that state. It is not a count of recruits, offers, or scholarships, and it says nothing about your own odds — it's simply where the players currently on rosters grew up.
We only call a state first when its lead survives the count. Here New York is ahead of Pennsylvania by 829 players, more than the ~113 that ordinary variation could explain.
The unknown bar matters. 221 women's lacrosse players (2%) are on rosters that didn't list a readable home town. We show them because a chart with no leftovers is usually a chart someone tidied up.
Source: official athletics roster pages, 2025-26 season, read August 4, 2026.