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US Masonic Membership Totals since 1924

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Membership Totals since 1924

The Masonic Service Association has compiled the following table of totals of Master Masons in the United Sates Grand Lodges for the fiscal years indicated. These figures are based upon M.S.A. records and do not necessarily correspond exactly with those published by other sources.

YEAR	U.S. TOTAL	YEAR	U.S. TOTAL	YEAR	U.S. TOTAL
1924	3,077,161	1966	3,948,193	2008	1,444,823
1925	3,157,566	1967	3,910,509	2009 *	1,404,059
1926	3,218,375	1968	3,868,854
1927	3,267,241	1969	3,817,846
1928	3,295,872	1970	3,763,213
1929	3,295,125	1971	3,718,718
1930	3,279,778	1972	3,661,507
1931	3,216,307	1973	3,611,448
1932	3,069,645	1974	3,561,767
1933	2,901,758	1975	3,512,628
1934	2,760,451	1976	3,470,980
1935	2,659,218	1977	3,418,844
1936	2,591,309	1978	3,360,409
1937	2,549,772	1979	3,304,334
1938	2,514,595	1980	3,251,528
1939	2,482,291	1981	3,188,175
1940	2,457,263	1982	3,121,746
1941	2,451,301	1983	3,060,242
1942	2,478,892	1984	2,992,389
1943	2,561,844	1985	2,914,421
1944	2,719,607	1986	2,839,962
1945	2,896,343	1987	2,763,828
1946	3,097,713	1988	2,682,537
1947	3,281,371	1989	2,608,935
1948	3,426,155	1990	2,531,643
1949	3,545,757	1991	2,452,676
1950	3,644,634	1992	2,371,863
1951	3,726,744	1993	2,293,949
1952	3,808,364	1994	2,225,611
1953	3,893,530	1995	2,153,316
1954	3,964,118	1996	2,089,578
1955	4,009,925	1997	2,021,909
1956	4,053,323	1998	1,967,208
1957	4,085,676	1999	1,902,588
1958	4,099,928	2000	1,841,169
1959 **	4,103,161	2001	1,774,200
1960	4,099,219	2002	1,727,505
1961	4,086,499	2003	1,671,255
1962	4,063,563	2004	1,617,032
1963	4,034,020	2005	1,569,812
1964	4,005,605	2006	1,525,131
1965	3,987,690	2007	1,483,449

NOTE: * Indicates lowest point
** Indicates highest total

U.S. Grand Lodges Membership

STATE	MEMBERSHIP 2009	MEMBERSHIP 2008	GAIN/LOSS

ALABAMA	28,386	30,122	-1,736
ALASKA	1,935	1,982	-47
ARIZONA	9,023	9,315	-292
ARKANSAS	15,027	16,094	-1,067
CALIFORNIA	58,889	63,497	-4,608
COLORADO	10,742	11,421	-679
CONNECTICUT	13,432	13,926	-494
DELAWARE	5,150	5,260	-110
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	4,312	4,434	-122
FLORIDA	47,471	48,658	-1,187
GEORGIA	44,523	45,736	-1,213
HAWAII	1,643	1,733	-90
IDAHO	4,191	4,225	-34
ILLINOIS	68,308	68,562	-254
INDIANA	66,006	67,777	-1,771
IOWA	22,466	23,140	-674
KANSAS	24,091	25,115	-1,024
KENTUCKY	47,747	48,408	-661
LOUISIANA	20,070	22,006	-1,936
MAINE	19,968	20,363	-395
MARYLAND	16,477	17,054	-577
MASSACHUSETTS	36,518	36,848	-330
MICHIGAN	39,189	41,185	-1,996
MINNESOTA	15,182	15,782	-600
MISSISSIPPI	19,774	20,493	-719
MISSOURI	51,000	51,500	-500
MONTANA	6,342	6,605	-263
NEBRASKA	13,038	13,498	-460
NEVADA	4,316	4,390	-74
NEW HAMPSHIRE	6,928	7,156	-228
NEW JERSEY	26,073	27,297	-1,224
NEW MEXICO *	5,227	5,211	16
NEW YORK	48,051	49,082	-1,031
NORTH CAROLINA	45,685	46,300	-615
NORTH DAKOTA	3,151	3,269	-118
OHIO	108,332	110,250	-1,918
OKLAHOMA	26,572	27,723	-1,151
OREGON	9,970	10,330	-360
PENNSYLVANIA	114,447	117,584	-3,137
RHODE ISLAND *	4,326	4,183	143
SOUTH CAROLINA	40,798	41,597	-799
SOUTH DAKOTA	6,262	6,372	-110
TENNESSEE	46,156	46,828	-672
TEXAS	92,656	95,289	-2,633
UTAH	1,920	1,963	-43
VERMONT	6,466	6,823	-357
VIRGINIA	39,238	39,839	-601
WASHINGTON	17,109	17,682	-573
WEST VIRGINIA	22,078	22,557	-479
WISCONSIN	13,328	14,134	-806
WYOMING	4,070	4,225	-155

Totals	1,404,059	1,444,823	-40,764

* Increase over 2008

Canadian Grand Lodges

	2009	2008
	Membership	Membership	GAIN/LOSS

ALBERTA	7,386	7,474	-88
BRITISH COLUMBIA	10,260	10,366	-106
MANITOBA	2,535	2,678	-143
NEW BRUNSWICK	3,484	3,648	-164
NEWFOUNDLAND/LABRADOR *	2,125	2,097	28
NOVA SCOTIA	4,962	5,236	-274
ONTARIO	49,595	50,890	-1,295
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND	801	821	-20
QUEBEC	4,360	4,372	-12
SASKATCHEWAN	3,191	3,545	-354
TOTAL	88,699	91,127	-2,428

* Increase over 2008