CHAPTER TWO • DEMOGRAPHICS & TRENDS NAPERVILLE PARK DISTRICT INDOOR RECREATION SPACE NEEDS ASSESSMENT
PLEASE NOTE: Active participants are categorized as either core or casual participants based on frequency of participation. Core participants have higher participatory frequency than casual participants. Core participants are more committed and tend to be less likely to switch to other activities or become inactive (engage in no physical activity) than casual participants. PARTICIPATION BY AGE Pickleball is a multi-generational sport. In fact, the 25 to 34-year-old age group has the largest number of participants, followed closely by people aged 18 to 24 and 65+ (Figure 21) .
Figure 20: Pickleball Participation
Figure 21: Pickleball Participation by Age
PARTICIPATION DATA BY REGION Since 2018, across every region in the United States, pickleball has grown. In 2022, the South Atlantic Region led the nation in pickleball participation with slightly under a quarter of the country’s pickleball players. Regions with the least participation were New England, East South Central, and West North Central. All three of those regions had less than 600,000 players (Figure 22) . Naperville is located in the East North Central Region
Figure 22: Pickleball Participation by Region
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