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I'll preface this by saying that I really like looking at statistics (nerd alert!). One of the "Tables of Interest" on the homepage for the Census' Statistical Abstract is 1209- Participation in Selected Sports Activities: 2006. You can see it for yourself here: http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/tables/09s1209.pdf

While there are many amusing things about table 1209 (muzzleloading is a sport?), my favorite line has data for cheerleading. I graphed it for you (which sort of makes it less dramatic):

Let’s here it for the 45,000 grannies out there shaking their pom-poms!