{"id":188,"date":"2014-03-08T18:32:14","date_gmt":"2014-03-08T18:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ackgame.com\/onwords\/?p=188"},"modified":"2014-03-08T18:32:14","modified_gmt":"2014-03-08T18:32:14","slug":"aca-membership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ackgame.com\/onwords\/aca-membership\/","title":{"rendered":"ACA Membership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ackgame.com\/onwords\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/ACA-state-map.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-189\" alt=\"ACA state map\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ackgame.com\/onwords\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/ACA-state-map-500x285.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.ackgame.com\/onwords\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/ACA-state-map-500x285.png 500w, https:\/\/blog.ackgame.com\/onwords\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/ACA-state-map-624x355.png 624w, https:\/\/blog.ackgame.com\/onwords\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/ACA-state-map.png 882w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As a word maven I am a long-standing member of the American Cryptogram Association. I thought members would be interested in seeing this graphic representation of the relative size of ACA membership in the U.S. I had to do some creative rearranging to avoid some doughnut holes, but you should be able to find your state. If it&#8217;s not there, that means there were no ACA members (4 of those). The data is from the 2013 Membership Directory. The dominance of the coasts over the middle of the country is plain to see, especially around the Seat of Government (SOG). Click on the image to see it enlarged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a word maven I am a long-standing member of the American Cryptogram Association. 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