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In many cases, coaches and tradition play a big part in the success of football in these states as well as the weather in many cases. I am not trying to be politically incorrect but it would be complete idiocy not to believe that population and demographics play a major role in this talent differential especially the African-American population. Listed below are the states that have been discussed and their African-American population.

African-American Population

California - 2,476,431
Texas - 2,849,976
Florida - 2,903,045
Pennsylvania - 1,322,390
Ohio - 1, 355, 337
Georgia - 2,887,822
Alabama - 1,221,417
Kentucky - 326,391

The differential in this population makes a huge difference.

Most of the 326,000 live in the Louisville area.

From Wikipedia:

"Today 44.2% of Kentucky's African American population is in Jefferson County and 52% are in the Louisville Metro Area. Other areas with high concentrations, besides Christian and Fulton Counties, are the city of Paducah, the Bluegrass, and the city of Lexington. Many mining communities in far Southeastern Kentucky also have populations between five and 10 percent African American."

African-American Population:

Jefferson County - 18.88%
Oldham County - 4.21 % (La Grange 5.09%)
Shelby County - 8.83 % (Shelbyville 16.35%)
Hardin County - 11.87% (Elizabethtown 9.70%)
Bullitt County - .38 % (Shepherdsville .35%)
Spencer County - 1.13% (Taylorsville 7.83%)