Infographic: Top 50 U.S. marathons

The country's top 50 marathons

As of 2011, the Air Force Marathon ranked as the country's 42nd-largest marathon by number of finishers, although it has grown since then. Use the map and table below to explore the top 50 U.S. marathons by number of finishers. Sizes of the map circles indicate the size of the fields.

Rank	Finishers	Race Name	Location	Date
1	47,133	ING New York City	New York, NY	11/6/2011
2	35,755	Bank of America Chicago	Chicago, IL	10/9/2011
3	23,913	Boston	Boston, MA	4/18/2011
4	21,042	Marine Corps	Washington, DC	10/30/2011
5	19,902	Honda LA	Los Angeles, CA	3/20/2011
6	19,102	Honolulu	Honolulu, HI	12/11/2011
7	13,551	Walt Disney World	Orlando, FL	1/8/2011
8	10,267	Philadelphia	Philadelphia, PA	11/20/2011
9	8,534	Medtronic Twin Cities	St. Paul, MN	10/2/2011
10	8,461	Portland	Portland, OR	10/9/2011
11	8,290	Rock 'n' Roll San Diego	San Diego, CA	6/5/2011
12	6,919	Chevron Houston	Houston, TX	1/30/2011
13	6,337	Grandma's	Duluth, MN	6/18/2011
14	6,108	Nike Women's	San Francisco, CA	10/16/2011
15	5,989	San Francisco	San Francisco, CA	7/31/2011
16	5,755	California International	Sacramento, CA	12/4/2011
17	5,737	St. George	St. George, UT	10/1/2011
18	5,117	P.F. Chang's Rock 'n' Roll Arizona	Phoenix, AZ	1/16/2011
19	4,848	Nationwide Insurance Columbus	Columbus, OH	10/16/2011
20	4,824	LIVESTRONG Austin	Austin, TX	2/20/2011
21	4,741	Rock 'n' Roll Savannah (inaugural)	Savannah, GA	11/5/2011
22	4,560	MetroPCS Dallas White Rock	Dallas, TX	12/4/2011
23	4,434	National City Cincinnati Flying Pig	Cincinnati, OH	5/1/2011
24	4,289	Dick's Sporting Goods Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh, PA	5/15/2011
25	4,101	Country Music	Nashville, TN	4/30/2011
26	4,040	Rock 'n' Roll San Antonio	San Antonio, TX	11/13/2011
27	3,845	Bataan Memorial Death March	White Sands, NM	3/27/2011
28	3,800	SunTrust Richmond	Richmond, VA	11/12/2011
29	3,766	Zappos.com Rock 'n' Roll Las Vegas	Las Vegas, NV	12/4/2011
30	3,576	ING Miami	Miami, FL	1/30/2011
31	3,529	Dodge Rock 'n' Roll Seattle	Seattle, WA	6/25/2011
32	3,458	Detroit Free Press/Talmer Bank	Detroit, MI	10/16/2011
33	3,375	Solutia Rock 'n' Roll St. Louis	St. Louis, MO	10/23/2011
34	3,246	Big Sur	Carmel, CA	5/1/2011
35	3,235	Long Beach International City Bank	Long Beach, CA	10/9/2011
36	3,213	Under Armour Baltimore	Baltimore, MD	10/15/2011
37	3,179	Rock 'n' Roll Mardi Gras	New Orleans, LA	2/13/2011
38	3,163	Yuengling Shamrock	Virginia Beach, VA	3/20/2011
39	2,885	SunTrust National	Washington, DC	3/26/2011
40	2,688	Rite Aid Cleveland	Cleveland, OH	5/15/2011
41	2,612	Indianapolis Monumental	Indianapolis, IN	11/5/2011
42	2,518	United States Air Force	Dayton, OH	9/17/2011
43	2,510	Oklahoma City Memorial	Oklahoma City, OK	5/1/2011
44	2,438	Surf City USA	Huntington Beach, CA	2/6/2011
45	2,430	Keybank Vermont	Burlington, VT	5/29/2011
46	2,397	Sports Authority Rock 'n' Roll Denver	Denver, CO	10/9/2011
47	2,369	Zions Bank Ogden	Ogden, UT	5/21/2011
48	2,364	St. Jude Memphis	Memphis, TN	12/3/2011
49	2,298	Eugene	Eugene, OR	5/1/2011
50	2,235	Publix Georgia	Atlanta, GA	3/27/2011

Source: Running USA