# What proportion of Board members are in the USA?

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**Created:** [July 1, 2004, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-proportion-of-board-members-are-in-the-usa/253068 "2004-07-01T16:25:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-proportion-of-board-members-are-in-the-usa/253068/1 "2004-07-01T16:25:23Z")

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I was just wondering if anyone has any stats on the numbers of posters from various parts of the world, specifically what proportion are in the USA?

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**Author:** ![paperbackwriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@paperbackwriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paperbackwriter)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-proportion-of-board-members-are-in-the-usa/253068/2 "2004-07-01T16:41:18Z")

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I don’t know how you’d find that out accurately. The “Location” field is not indicative for most users, being either null or a non-geographic value (like yours). The only other indicators are email addresses or IP addresses, which are also not necessarily accurate. Even if an address is assigned to a US ISP, the user may be physically elsewhere.

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**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-proportion-of-board-members-are-in-the-usa/253068/3 "2004-07-01T16:53:08Z")

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> [@paperbackwriter](#):
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> the user may be physically elsewhere.

😛 [sup] **Or as in my case; mentally elsewhere.** [/sup]