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Masonic Membership Statistics

US Masonic Membership Totals since 1924

U.S. Grand Lodges Membership        Canadian Grand Lodges Membership 

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

 

U.S. Grand Lodges 2007 Membership

 

State
Membership 2007
Membership 2006
Gain/Loss
ALABAMA 29,775
30,952
-1,177
ALASKA    2,003
2,053
-50
ARIZONA   9,642
9,900
-258
ARKANSAS 16,524
17,082
-558
CALIFORNIA   66,127
68,714
-2,587
COLORADO 12,645
13,160
-515
CONNECTICUT 14,185
14,543
-358
DELAWARE + 5,111
5,075
36
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 4,552
4,602
-50
FLORIDA   49,964
50,829
-865
GEORGIA 46,914
47,998
-1,084
HAWAII    1,733
1,781
-48
IDAHO     4,412
4,688
-276
ILLINOIS 69,703
71,241
-1,538
INDIANA 68,759
71,392
-2,633
IOWA 23,960
24,826
-866
KANSAS 26,171
27,674
-1,503
KENTUCKY 48,955
50,260
-1,305
LOUISIANA  22,707
23,000
-293
MAINE 21,659
22,281
-622
MARYLAND 17,608
18,112
-504
MASSACHUSETTS + 37,777
37,173
604
MICHIGAN 42,737
44,131
-1,394
MINNESOTA 16,262
16,785
-523
MISSISSIPPI 21,248
21,717
-469
MISSOURI 51,775
51,858
-83
MONTANA 6,985
7,276
-291
NEBRASKA 13,988
14,391
-403
NEVADA   4,504
4,656
-152
NEW HAMPSHIRE 7,279
7,456
-177
NEW JERSEY   28,579
29,652
-1,073
NEW MEXICO 5,579
5,703
-124
NEW YORK      50,580
53,097
-2,517
NORTH CAROLINA 47,137
47,722
-585
NORTH DAKOTA   3,385
3,450
-65
OHIO   114,661
116,761
-2,100
OKLAHOMA    28,713
29,620
-907
OREGON 10,736
11,197
-461
PENNSYLVANIA   120,502
123,276
-2,774
RHODE ISLAND 4,490
4,643
-153
SOUTH CAROLINA 42,463
43,315
-852
SOUTH DAKOTA 6,527
6,658
-131
TENNESSEE 48,677
51,086
-2,409
TEXAS   98,398
101,803
-3,405
UTAH 1,944
1,947
-3
VERMONT   7,019
7,217
-198
VIRGINIA 40,052
40,546
-494
WASHINGTON    16,372
18,693
-2,321
WEST VIRGINIA 22,947
23,452
-505
WISCONSIN 14,600
15,117
-517
WYOMING     4,424
4,570
-146
  1,483,449
1,525,131
-41,682


    + Increase in members

Canadian Grand Lodges

           

 
2007 Membership
2006 Membership
Gain/Loss
ALBERTA 7,693 7,717 -24
BRITISH COLUMBIA 10,626 10,972 -346
MANITOBA 2,714 2,899 -185
NEW BRUNSWICK 3,789 3,919 -130
NEWFOUNDLAND/LABRADOR + 2,130 2,112 18
NOVA SCOTIA 5,664 5,761 -97
ONTARIO 52,130 53,513 -1,383
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 821 861 -40
QUEBEC 4,441 4,554 -113
SASKATCHEWAN    3,636 3,714 -78
TOTAL 93,644 96,022 -2,378

          + Reflects Gain