White Sox Fans

The White Sox is more than a baseball team. It's a community of fans extending beyond the baseball field and crossing gender, age, income, ethnic and educational barriers. Its fan base speaks the language of baseball and bleeds black and white. They share a common Passion, Pride and Tradition that is White Sox Baseball.

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Demographics

Representing a broad range of ages, income levels and ethnic backgrounds, White Sox fans truly reflect Chicago's tremendous diversity. The diversity of White Sox fans also extends to education levels, marital status and residence.

White Sox fans are defined by attending games at the ballpark, watching games on broadcast and cable television, or listening to White Sox baseball on the radio.

Fan Demographic: Gender
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Fan Demographic: Income
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Fan Demographic: Number of Children
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Fan Demographic: Residence
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Attendance

In 2009 the White Sox saw 2,284,000 fans enter the U.S. Cellular Field gates. U.S. Cellular Field ranked 5th in attendance for Chicago's largest tourist attractions. Below are the attendance figures for the top 10 tourist attractions in Chicago:

U.S. Cellular Field ranked 5th in attendance for Chicago's largest tourist attractions.
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The 2009 White Sox have sold more regular season tickets than the Bulls, Blackhawks and Bears combined.
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White Sox Facts

• In 2009 the White Sox Drew 2,284,000 fans to U. S. Cellular Field.
• The White Sox have averaged 2.5 million fans or 31,000 fans per game since 2005.
• The White Sox reach is over 54 million fans combining the season attendance with nearly 28 million television viewers, approximately one million radio listeners and over 23 million yearly unique visitors to whitesox.com.
• U.S. Cellular Field, home of the Chicago White Sox, ranked 5th in attendance for Chicago's largest tourist attractions.
• The 2009 White Sox have sold more regular season tickets than the Bulls, Blackhawks and Bears combined!
• A Sports Illustrated poll measuring fans' satisfaction in March of 2008 ranked the White Sox #8 among all 30 Major League Baseball teams, ahead of such teams at the Cubs, Giants, Yankees, Red Sox, Dodgers and Mets.
• In November 2008 when USA Today's Sports Weekly ranked the performance of the 30 Major League Baseball franchises over the 2004-2008 season in nine categories, the White Sox came out #6 overall.