Issue #75, March 7th, 1997

Apak Stat Box 4: Geographical Distribution of Letterhacks
compiled by Victor M. Gonzalez and Andy Hooper

Apak Stat Box 1: Letters of Comment

Apak Stat Box 2: Writers

Apak Stat Box 3: Frequency

Apparatchik printed a total of 424 letters with a definite geographic origin between issues #1 and 70 (several letters from fans we were unfamiliar with offered only e-mail addresses). Most of the regions and cities which produced the most letters did so through the efforts of one or two dedicated letterhacks, but some, like Seattle and Southern England, represented the cumulative effort of more than a dozen fans. Of course, this does not represent the true output of each region, as an ever-increasing number of letters have been WAHF'ed. The degree to which these figures represent the efforts of our readers as opposed to the prejudices of the editors we must leave for others to decide.

Letters by North American Region, Issues #1 - 70

Rank	Region	Letter Printed	% of total
1	Northern California	56	16.81
2	Washington & Oregon	46	13.81
3	New England	42	12.61
4	Texas and Sonora, Mexico	36	10.81
5	New York & New Jersey	34	10.21
6	D.C. and Environs; Upper Midwest	30	9.00
8	Southern California & Nevada	28	8.40
9	Western Maryland & Pennsylvania	11	3.30
10	Ontario	9	2.70

Letters by British Region, Issues #1 - 70

Rank	Region	Letter Printed	% of total
1	London	27	29.67
2	South-Eastern England	25	27.47
3	Western England & Wales	13	14.28
4	Nothern Ireland	11	12.08
5	Leeds & the Midlands	10	10.98
6	Scotland & Cumbria	5	5.49

Top Letterhack Municipalities, Issues #1 - 70

Rank	City	Letter Printed	% of total
1	Cambridge, MA	35	12.41
2	Seattle, WA	33	11.70
3	Glen Ellen, CA	28	9.92
4	Euless, TX	25	8.86
5	Manhattan, NY	21	7.44
6	Falls Church, VA	17	6.02
7	Hagerstown, MD; Tottenham, London	14	4.96
9	El Paso, TX; Madison, WI	11	3.90

Issue #75, March 7th, 1997

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