Statistics about Freemasonry in the United States
Maps, Chart, and Data
Average Annual Percent Decrease in Membership in Each State
based on statistics from MSA
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Number of Masons in each U.S. state – data from MSA statistics |
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|
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
avg annl |
|
AL |
42,836 |
41,038 |
39,766 |
38,410 |
36,436 |
34,900 |
3.71% |
|
AK |
2,085 |
2,061 |
2,029 |
2,035 |
1,924 |
2,050 |
0.34% |
|
AZ |
11,706 |
11,500 |
11,381 |
11,117 |
11,130 |
10,734 |
1.66% |
|
AR |
26,856 |
23,697 |
22,126 |
21,707 |
20,791 |
19,278 |
5.64% |
|
CA |
101,173 |
94,693 |
90,914 |
85,520 |
82,318 |
78,108 |
4.56% |
|
CO |
18,500 |
17,745 |
17,014 |
16,305 |
15,737 |
15,677 |
3.05% |
|
CT |
19,757 |
18,859 |
18,276 |
17,618 |
17,018 |
16,497 |
3.30% |
|
DE |
6,308 |
6,110 |
6,110 |
5,952 |
5,503 |
5,688 |
1.97% |
|
DC |
5,666 |
5,464 |
5,316 |
5,170 |
4,986 |
4,897 |
2.71% |
|
FL |
63,100 |
61,199 |
59,689 |
58,451 |
57,124 |
55,306 |
2.47% |
|
GA |
62,166 |
60,168 |
58,606 |
57,091 |
55,681 |
52,703 |
3.04% |
|
HI |
2,137 |
2,198 |
2,154 |
2,069 |
1,906 |
1,751 |
3.61% |
|
ID |
6,390 |
6,131 |
5,918 |
5,683 |
5,463 |
5,186 |
3.77% |
|
IL |
91,697 |
88,566 |
85,712 |
80,936 |
77,072 |
75,526 |
3.53% |
|
IN |
89,278 |
86,542 |
84,884 |
82,230 |
80,047 |
78,397 |
2.44% |
|
IA |
33,117 |
30,940 |
29,613 |
28,438 |
28,109 |
27,367 |
3.47% |
|
KS |
40,364 |
37,790 |
35,900 |
34,474 |
33,027 |
31,507 |
4.39% |
|
KY |
63,426 |
61,626 |
59,979 |
58,057 |
56,537 |
54,585 |
2.79% |
|
LA |
27,295 |
26,551 |
25,884 |
25,471 |
24,792 |
24,812 |
1.82% |
|
ME |
27,115 |
26,458 |
25,873 |
25,238 |
24,595 |
24,021 |
2.28% |
|
MD |
24,280 |
23,674 |
22,923 |
22,155 |
21,124 |
20,263 |
3.31% |
|
MA |
53,613 |
51,542 |
49,810 |
43,497 |
41,972 |
41,356 |
4.57% |
|
MI |
61,234 |
58,767 |
56,366 |
53,804 |
51,468 |
49,701 |
3.77% |
|
MN |
23,051 |
22,046 |
21,145 |
20,304 |
19,474 |
18,860 |
3.64% |
|
MS |
28,336 |
27,370 |
26,345 |
25,537 |
24,768 |
24,008 |
3.05% |
|
MO |
53,829 |
55,887 |
55,341 |
53,997 |
53,139 |
52,061 |
0.66% |
|
MT |
9,208 |
8,874 |
8,684 |
8,413 |
8,113 |
7,880 |
2.88% |
|
NE |
18,280 |
17,633 |
17,042 |
16,507 |
16,180 |
15,656 |
2.87% |
|
NV |
5,539 |
5,360 |
5,357 |
5,231 |
5,046 |
5,051 |
1.76% |
|
NH |
9,297 |
9,096 |
8,827 |
8,615 |
8,318 |
8,064 |
2.65% |
|
NJ |
37,264 |
36,178 |
34,949 |
33,707 |
32,617 |
31,420 |
3.14% |
|
NM |
7,686 |
7,498 |
7,319 |
7,082 |
6,812 |
6,715 |
2.53% |
|
NY |
73,079 |
69,787 |
67,403 |
64,932 |
62,368 |
60,889 |
3.34% |
|
NC |
57,989 |
56,595 |
55,204 |
53,805 |
52,585 |
50,647 |
2.53% |
|
ND |
4,551 |
4,270 |
4,190 |
3,910 |
4,004 |
3,803 |
3.29% |
|
OH |
143,882 |
138,547 |
133,599 |
128,547 |
131,557 |
129,628 |
1.98% |
|
OK |
36,946 |
36,330 |
34,863 |
33,804 |
33,220 |
33,744 |
1.73% |
|
OR |
15,717 |
15,124 |
14,411 |
13,738 |
13,237 |
12,492 |
4.10% |
|
PA |
147,497 |
144,682 |
140,057 |
137,877 |
133,676 |
129,916 |
2.38% |
|
RI |
6,424 |
5,966 |
5,799 |
5,593 |
5,371 |
5,172 |
3.90% |
|
SC |
53,249 |
51,851 |
50,446 |
49,180 |
47,913 |
46,740 |
2.44% |
|
SD |
7,903 |
7,701 |
7,497 |
7,238 |
7,133 |
6,978 |
2.34% |
|
TN |
66,747 |
64,991 |
62,233 |
60,815 |
59,394 |
57,437 |
2.79% |
|
TX |
137,425 |
134,609 |
132,377 |
126,870 |
123,588 |
112,977 |
3.56% |
|
UT |
2,531 |
2,455 |
2,402 |
2,254 |
2,183 |
2,180 |
2.77% |
|
VT |
8,479 |
8,292 |
8,035 |
7,836 |
7,631 |
7,631 |
2.00% |
|
VA |
48,206 |
47,082 |
45,995 |
44,866 |
43,840 |
42,853 |
2.22% |
|
WA |
24,862 |
23,886 |
23,083 |
20,081 |
21,108 |
20,356 |
3.62% |
|
WV |
28,757 |
28,079 |
27,409 |
26,797 |
26,128 |
25,383 |
2.35% |
|
WI |
20,672 |
19,639 |
18,869 |
18,445 |
17,752 |
17,024 |
3.53% |
|
WY |
6,503 |
6,241 |
6,018 |
5,818 |
5,590 |
5,380 |
3.45% |
|
US |
1,966,006 |
1,901,387 |
1,843,142 |
1,775,228 |
1,729,507 |
1,673,258 |
2.98% |