Most popular high school sports for girls in the U.S. | Statista

Track and field has been the most popular high school sport for girls in the United States for several years. In the school year 2021/2022, around 456.7 thousand female high schoolers across the North American country were engaged in this sporting activity.

Leading high school sports programs for girls in the United States from 2010/2011 to 2021/2022, by number of participants (in 1,000s)

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Release date

September 2022

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2010 to 2022*

Supplementary notes

*Data for 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 was not available due to COVID-19.
Figures prior to 2021/2022 were retrieved from previous reports.
Numbers were rounded.

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