U.S. Royal Arch Masonry Membership
Statistics
These statistics were obtained from Royal Arch Chapter
Proceedings and other sources.
If anyone has suggestions for improvements or corrections in
this, or any other webpage I have created, please let me know at paulb'at'bessel.org
(Paul M. Bessel).
Number of Royal Arch Masons in each state in a recent year
The years vary, but are as recent as I was able to obtain from Royal Arch
Chapter Proceedings
The total number of Royal Arch Masons in the U.S., is
approximately 265,771.
Alphabetical by State name
|
AK |
450 |
|
AL |
4,016 |
|
AR |
2,837 |
|
AZ |
1,533 |
|
CA |
8,953 |
|
CO |
2,024 |
|
CT |
2,314 |
|
DC |
894 |
|
DE |
596 |
|
FL |
7,783 |
|
GA |
12,250 |
|
HI |
679 |
|
IA |
4,960 |
|
ID |
1,017 |
|
IL |
8,473 |
|
IN |
7,273 |
|
KS |
4,860 |
|
KY |
7,559 |
|
LA |
4,072 |
|
MA |
7,195 |
|
MD |
2,651 |
|
ME |
5,468 |
|
MI |
8,117 |
|
MN |
5,398 |
|
MO |
8,183 |
|
MS |
6,042 |
|
MT |
2,280 |
|
NC |
7,221 |
|
ND |
1,117 |
|
NE |
2,349 |
|
NH |
1,211 |
|
NJ |
2,610 |
|
NM |
1,090 |
|
NV |
827 |
|
NY |
6,758 |
|
OH |
26,412 |
|
OK |
2,156 |
|
OR |
2,555 |
|
PA |
15,737 |
|
RI |
1,606 |
|
SC |
9,094 |
|
SD |
1,410 |
|
TN |
11,327 |
|
TX |
19,832 |
|
UT |
559 |
|
VA |
8,125 |
|
VT |
1,406 |
|
WA |
2,601 |
|
WI |
3,665 |
|
WV |
6,593 |
|
WY |
1,633 |
In order of largest number of Royal Arch Masons
Note that half the Royal Arch Masons are in 10-11 states.
Also note that several of these Royal Arch Grand Chapters are not members of
the General Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons International
| Rank |
State |
RAM's |
% of Total |
Cumul % |
|
1 |
OH |
26,412 |
10% |
10% |
|
2 |
TX |
19,832 |
7% |
17% |
|
3 |
PA |
15,737 |
6% |
23% |
|
4 |
GA |
12,250 |
5% |
28% |
|
5 |
TN |
11,327 |
4% |
32% |
|
6 |
SC |
9,094 |
3% |
36% |
|
7 |
CA |
8,953 |
3% |
39% |
|
8 |
IL |
8,473 |
3% |
42% |
|
9 |
MO |
8,183 |
3% |
45% |
|
10 |
VA |
8,125 |
3% |
48% |
|
11 |
MI |
8,117 |
3% |
51% |
|
12 |
FL |
7,783 |
3% |
54% |
|
13 |
KY |
7,559 |
3% |
57% |
|
14 |
IN |
7,273 |
3% |
60% |
|
15 |
NC |
7,221 |
3% |
63% |
|
16 |
MA |
7,195 |
3% |
65% |
|
17 |
NY |
6,758 |
3% |
68% |
|
18 |
WV |
6,593 |
2% |
70% |
|
19 |
MS |
6,042 |
2% |
73% |
|
20 |
ME |
5,468 |
2% |
75% |
|
21 |
MN |
5,398 |
2% |
77% |
|
22 |
IA |
4,960 |
2% |
79% |
|
23 |
KS |
4,860 |
2% |
80% |
|
24 |
LA |
4,072 |
2% |
82% |
|
25 |
AL |
4,016 |
2% |
83% |
|
26 |
WI |
3,665 |
1% |
85% |
|
27 |
AR |
2,837 |
1% |
86% |
|
28 |
MD |
2,651 |
1% |
87% |
|
29 |
NJ |
2,610 |
1% |
88% |
|
30 |
WA |
2,601 |
1% |
89% |
|
31 |
OR |
2,555 |
1% |
90% |
|
32 |
NE |
2,349 |
1% |
91% |
|
33 |
CT |
2,314 |
1% |
92% |
|
34 |
MT |
2,280 |
1% |
92% |
|
35 |
OK |
2,156 |
1% |
93% |
|
36 |
CO |
2,024 |
1% |
94% |
|
37 |
WY |
1,633 |
1% |
95% |
|
38 |
RI |
1,606 |
1% |
95% |
|
39 |
AZ |
1,533 |
1% |
96% |
|
40 |
SD |
1,410 |
1% |
96% |
|
41 |
VT |
1,406 |
1% |
97% |
|
42 |
NH |
1,211 |
0% |
97% |
|
43 |
ND |
1,117 |
0% |
98% |
|
44 |
NM |
1,090 |
0% |
98% |
|
45 |
ID |
1,017 |
0% |
98% |
|
46 |
DC |
894 |
0% |
99% |
|
47 |
NV |
827 |
0% |
99% |
|
48 |
HI |
679 |
0% |
99% |
|
49 |
DE |
596 |
0% |
100% |
|
50 |
UT |
559 |
0% |
100% |
|
51 |
AK |
450 |
0% |
100% |
Click on the following to get to the webpage with maps and graphs
based on these Royal Arch Mason statistics
http://bessel.org/ramgr.htm
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