A lot has been said in the media recently about the new acceptance of cougar/cub relationships, and how cougar dating is sweeping the nation.

But have you ever wondered whether it’s a craze that is going on in your home state?

Well, wonder no more. We have put together the State of the Nation – according to Cougared.com, a list of all our 50 great states (plus DC) in order of how well represented they are by female members of cougared.com.

Discover which state could have cougars on every corner (cougar heaven!) and know which pockets of the country are pretty much cougar free zones.

You can check out the table at the bottom of this post to see exactly where your home state lies and we even tell you how it ranks compared to a league table of the general female population.

Hello boys…welcome to Cougar Country

With California being the largest state in the union in terms of population, it’s hardly surprising that there are more Cougared.com members there than anywhere else in the country.

The Golden State is of course the home of LA and in particular Hollywood, where glamor, celebrity and a liberal attitude rule, so it shouldn’t come as a shock that the more mature ladies there do not consider themselves too old for some fun with a younger man; this state is cougar-central and number one in the list.

Laid back Florida is the number two cougar state, proving that there’s more to the Sunshine State than retirement homes, orange groves and alligators. A little Miami Vice anyone?

Good ol’ Texas is number three, as you might expect from such a huge area, where the oil (and cash) flows and the mature ladies like their cowboys fresh from the saddle with minimum baggage.

Perhaps New York women have been taking their lead from hot cougar icon Samantha in the hit show Sex and the City:The Big Apple and its surrounding region sits proudly in fourth spot.

So that’s the mega states but remember that cougar/cub relationships are everywhere. It isn’t just the big boys that deserve a mention in our list of the top cougar states.

Some have way more cougars than you would expect considering the size of the population. It’s here that the trend of acceptance for cougars and cubs is really taking hold and cougar culture is making headway.

Arizona has only the 20th largest female population in the country, but comes out 8th from the top in terms of the number of ladies using Cougared.com. Hey, maybe it gets lonely out there in the desert!

Similarly, Alabama, Oregon, Nevada, Hawaii, Washington, Colorado and Alaska have much higher proportions of cougar women than their relatively small populations would suggest. So, if you’re planning a holiday or a weekend away with your buddies in search of some cougar/cub action, these areas are hotspots.

Where the Cougars are in perfect proportion

There are some states that have their cougars in perfect proportion; and no, were not talking about those ladies’ vital statistics, shapely as we know they are. In Kansas, Delaware, and Rhode Island, the proportion of women using Cougared.com is just what we expected compared to the size of the female population. But remember, ladies, there is always room for more gorgeous older women.

These cougars aren’t heading south

Sadly not every state benefits from a bounty of beautiful mature women out to date younger men. Down in some of the southern states we’ve found that there are fewer cougars on Cougared.com than there should be when the population is taken into account.

Perhaps those southern belles prefer their good old farm boys a little more their own age, but in Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Kentucky and Louisiana there is plenty of space for more Cougared.com ladies.

In New Hampshire and Maine there are far fewer cougars than you would hope for, but it’s hardly surprising in these straight-laced states. In Nebraska and Montana perhaps the weather isn’t right for cougars to go out in search of young menfolk, because numbers are down there too.

The same goes for South Dakota, Vermont, Montana, New Mexico, Indiana, and Wisconsin; for those cougars in these states on Cougared.com, there are far more men to choose from, the lucky things.

Cougared.com has more than 50,000 members but if you’re wondering just how many women there are in each state…well you’re just going to have to sign up to find out! It’s 100% free (no strings, no hidden costs, just pure fun!)

Don’t forget to go to the main site at http://www.cougared.com to start your cougar dating experience today!

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