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Pittsburgh fans have the reputation of being as dedicated as they come, but the numbers don't back up the image. The Steelers have been consistently strong on the field -- even winning February's Super Bowl -- but they're only 16th in the percentage of seats filled since 1996.</div> </td> <td width="50%" valign="top"> <div class="h2">Support factors (NFL medians in parentheses)</div> <div class="text1"><strong>Overall support rank of 32 teams: </strong> 19</div> <div class="text1"><strong>Average attendance: </strong> 59,150 (63,808)</div> <div class="text1"><strong>Percent of capacity: </strong> 94.9% (94.7%)</div> <div class="text1"><strong>Attendance fluctuation: </strong> 10.5 points (12.7 points)</div> <div class="h2">Difficulty factors (NFL medians in parentheses)</div> <div class="text1"><strong>Overall difficulty rank of 32 teams: </strong> 22</div> <div class="text1"><strong>Winning percentage: </strong> .616 (.500)</div> <div class="text1"><strong>Market population: </strong> 2.9 million (4.5 million)</div> <div class="text1"><strong>Per capita income: </strong> $33,007 ($33,635)</div> <div class="text1"><strong>December high temperature: </strong> 39 degrees (52 degrees)</div> <br/> <div id="footnote"> <span>All figures are 10-year averages (1996-2005) unless noted. </span></div> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> <div id="ft_tbl"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091226150432/http://www.bizjournals.com/edit_special/43.html" target="_blank" class="blue_btn"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20091226150432im_/http://images.bizjournals.com/specials/graphics/rank.gif" border="0"/> Main story</a> <a href="/web/20091226150432/http://www.bizjournals.com/specials/pages/33.html" target="_blank" class="blue_btn"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20091226150432im_/http://images.bizjournals.com/specials/graphics/rank.gif" border="0"/> Fan loyalty by team</a> <a href="/web/20091226150432/http://www.bizjournals.com/specials/pages/34.html" target="_blank" class="blue_btn"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20091226150432im_/http://images.bizjournals.com/specials/graphics/rank.gif" border="0"/> Full rankings</a> <a href="/web/20091226150432/http://www.bizjournals.com/specials/pages/31.html" target="_blank" class="blue_btn"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20091226150432im_/http://images.bizjournals.com/specials/graphics/rank.gif" border="0"/> Methodology</a> <a href="13.html?page=22" class="blue_btn right"> Next <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20091226150432im_/http://images.bizjournals.com/specials/graphics/redarrow.gif" border="0"/></a> <a href="13.html?page=20" class="blue_btn right"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20091226150432im_/http://images.bizjournals.com/specials/graphics/redarrow_prev.gif" border="0"/> Previous</a> </div> <br clear="all"/> </td></tr></table> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20091226150432js_/http://edge.quantserve.com/quant.js"></script><script type="text/javascript">_qacct="p-b1m9DYkJHhIgg";quantserve();</script><noscript><a id="quantcast" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091226150432/http://www.quantcast.com/p-b1m9DYkJHhIgg" target="_blank"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20091226150432im_/http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-b1m9DYkJHhIgg.gif" style="display:none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt="Quantcast"/></a></noscript> <script src="https://web.archive.org/web/20091226150432js_/http://js.revsci.net/gateway/gw.js?csid=K08784"></script><script>DM_addEncToLoc("pid","ACBJ");DM_tag();</script> </body> </html>

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