More than 1,300 U.S. organizations in all 50 states – including top universities, non-profit organizations, successful entrepreneurs, government agencies and corporate sponsors – are collaborating to celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) 2010, Nov. 15 - 21. 
Since Global Entrepreneurship Week began in 2008, the number of partners in the United States has grown from 973 (2008) to 1,121 (2009) and now to more than 1,300 for 2010. With partners in all fifty states, as well as Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico, the partner network is planning events and activities to blanket the U.S. 
Partners must register their activities online. Partners looking for activity ideas can check out the Ideas Bank for dozens of event suggestions. 
So which states have most embraced GEW? California leads the way with 106 partners, followed closely by Michigan with 100. Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New York, Texas, Florida, Tennessee, Missouri and Ohio round out the top 10.
The complete breakdown of partners among the rest of the states is as follows:

California
106

Michigan
100

Pennsylvania
63

Massachusetts
53

New York
53

Texas
52

Florida
46

Tennessee
46

Missouri
44

Ohio
43

Virginia
40

Georgia
26

Illinois
25

Washington, D.C.
25

Maryland
24

New Jersey
24

Wisconsin
24

Colorado
22

Kansas
22

North Carolina
22

Oklahoma
17

Washington
17

Connecticut
15

Arizona
14

Iowa
13

Indiana
12

Louisiana
12

Hawaii
11

Mississippi
11

Kentucky
10

Minnesota
9

South Carolina
9

West Virginia
9

New Hampshire
8

North Dakota
8

Alabama
7

Arkansas
7

Utah
7

Delaware
6

Maine
6

New Mexico
6

Idaho
5

Puerto Rico
5

Montana
4

South Dakota
4

Vermont
4

Nebraska
3

Oregon
3

Rhode Island
2

Alaska
1

Nevada
1

Wyoming
1

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