I took the following data from the September 2013 Golden Database¹ and "active" players are players with a USCF membership expiration date later than January 1, 2013². All ratings are regular ratings. Note that players have an established rating after completing 25 games.

USCF Active Players

Established Ratings

46,574 Players 1315.99 Mean Rating 1390 Median Rating

Provisional Ratings

33,692 Players 537.09 Mean Rating 410 Median Rating

All USCF Rated Players

Established Ratings

252,989 Players 1165.77 Mean Rating 1148 Median Rating

Provisional Ratings

303,153 Players 631.46 Mean Rating 576 Median Rating

Distribution of active, established USCF ratings

![Active USCF ratings][1]

Note that unrated players were discarded and that no checks were done on the data (duplicate entries, placeholders, etc.).

1: The Golden Database is a database provided to USCF affiliates and TD's that includes the names, ratings, and expiration dates. It can be downloaded from the USCF website
2: I picked January 1, 2013 as an arbitrary cutoff date. If there's a better and easy check for whether or not a player is active I'm happy to add additional data or update these stats.

I took the following data from the September 2013 Golden Database¹ and "active" players are players with a USCF membership expiration date later than January 1, 2013². All ratings are regular ratings. Note that players have an established rating after completing 25 games.

USCF Active Players

Established Ratings

46,574 Players 1315.99 Mean Rating 1390 Median Rating

Provisional Ratings

33,692 Players 537.09 Mean Rating 410 Median Rating

All USCF Rated Players

Established Ratings

252,989 Players 1165.77 Mean Rating 1148 Median Rating

Provisional Ratings

303,153 Players 631.46 Mean Rating 576 Median Rating

Distribution of active, established USCF ratings

![Active USCF ratings][1]

Note that unrated players were discarded and that no checks were done on the data (duplicate entries, placeholders, etc.).

Distribution of ratings by age

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1: The Golden Database is a database provided to USCF affiliates and TD's that includes the names, ratings, and expiration dates. It can be downloaded from the USCF website
2: I picked January 1, 2013 as an arbitrary cutoff date. If there's a better and easy check for whether or not a player is active I'm happy to add additional data or update these stats.

I took the following data from the September 2013 Golden Database¹ and "active" players are players with a USCF membership expiration date later than January 1, 2013². All ratings are regular ratings. Note that players have an established rating after completing 25 games.

USCF Active Players

Established Ratings

46,574 Players 1315.99 Mean Rating 1390 Median Rating

Provisional Ratings

33,692 Players 537.09 Mean Rating 410 Median Rating

All USCF Rated Players

Established Ratings

252,989 Players 1165.77 Mean Rating 1148 Median Rating

Provisional Ratings

303,153 Players 631.46 Mean Rating 576 Median Rating

Note that unrated players were discarded and that no checks were done on the data (duplicate entries, placeholders, etc.).

1: The Golden Database is a database provided to USCF affiliates and TD's that includes the names, ratings, and expiration dates. It can be downloaded from the USCF website
2: I picked January 1, 2013 as an arbitrary cutoff date. If there's a better and easy check for whether or not a player is active I'm happy to add additional data or update these stats.

I took the following data from the September 2013 Golden Database¹ and "active" players are players with a USCF membership expiration date later than January 1, 2013². All ratings are regular ratings. Note that players have an established rating after completing 25 games.

USCF Active Players

Established Ratings

46,574 Players 1315.99 Mean Rating 1390 Median Rating

Provisional Ratings

33,692 Players 537.09 Mean Rating 410 Median Rating

All USCF Rated Players

Established Ratings

252,989 Players 1165.77 Mean Rating 1148 Median Rating

Provisional Ratings

303,153 Players 631.46 Mean Rating 576 Median Rating

Distribution of active, established USCF ratings

![Active USCF ratings][1]

Note that unrated players were discarded and that no checks were done on the data (duplicate entries, placeholders, etc.).

1: The Golden Database is a database provided to USCF affiliates and TD's that includes the names, ratings, and expiration dates. It can be downloaded from the USCF website
2: I picked January 1, 2013 as an arbitrary cutoff date. If there's a better and easy check for whether or not a player is active I'm happy to add additional data or update these stats.