Statistics about D.C. Freemasonry

compiled by Paul M. Bessel – paulb’at’bessel.org

Year	Lodges	Members at Start of Year	Raised	Affili- ated	Rein- stated	Total Gains	Died	De- mitted	Dropped NPD	Ex- pelled	Total Losses	Members at End of Year	Gain or Loss	Percent Gain or Loss	Year
1863	15	900	360	36	7	403	18	37	11	4	70	1,233	333	37%	1863
1864	13	1,233	456	101	12	569	32	95	51	3	181	1,621	388	31%	1864
1865	15	1,621	423	99	18	540	33	285	119	4	441	1,720	99	6%	1865
1866	15	1,720	505	75	24	604	28	180	134	3	345	1,979	259	15%	1866
1867	16	1,979	464	104	46	614	26	150	127	2	305	2,288	309	16%	1867
1868	16	2,288	289	56	41	386	23	105	166	2	296	2,378	90	4%	1868
1869	19	2,380	190	46	35	271	20	168	141	4	333	2,318	-62	-3%	1869
1870	19	2,407	149	53	60	262	30	101	116	5	252	2,417	10	0%	1870
1871	19	2,420	190	46	45	281	30	64	169	2	265	2,436	16	1%	1871
1872	19	2,443	212	41	64	317	41	61	116	2	220	2,540	97	4%	1872
1873	20	2,541	177	43	57	277	41	47	115	2	205	2,613	72	3%	1873
1874	20	2,622	171	49	54	274	38	47	128	4	217	2,679	57	2%	1874
1875	20	2,685	141	45	55	241	45	37	75	2	159	2,767	82	3%	1875
1876	20	2,764	122	35	33	190	40	39	105	1	185	2,769	5	0%	1876
1877	21	2,783	126	28	48	202	38	46	149	2	235	2,750	-33	-1%	1877
1878	21	2,750	114	46	46	206	38	36	178	1	253	2,703	-47	-2%	1878
1879	21	2,701	124	40	64	228	42	37	128	1	208	2,721	20	1%	1879
1880	21	2,721	121	38	59	218	47	43	101	1	192	2,747	26	1%	1880
1881	21	2,752	103	37	64	204	35	41	71	2	149	2,807	55	2%	1881
1882	21	2,807	154	47	65	266	49	41	105		195	2,878	71	3%	1882
1883	21	2,876	152	47	48	247	57	54	107		218	2,905	29	1%	1883
1884	21	2,904	172	59	54	285	34	50	103		187	3,002	98	3%	1884
1885	21	3,005	113	47	54	214	52	56	81	1	190	3,029	24	1%	1885
1886	21	3,032	102	42	30	174	56	47	77		180	3,026	-6	-0%	1886
1887	21	3,026	185	67	40	292	42	40	45	2	129	3,189	163	5%	1887
1888	21	3,191	184	53	37	274	57	46	47		150	3,315	124	4%	1888
1889	21	3,315	211	90	34	335	48	52	57		157	3,493	178	5%	1889
1890	22	3,496	336	103	57	496	64	88	43		195	3,797	301	9%	1890
1891	23	3,832	374	109	38	521	72	72	45		189	4,164	332	9%	1891
1892	23	4,202	391	91	29	511	88	54	55		197	4,516	314	7%	1892
1893	23	4,520	285	87	35	407	74	53	89		216	4,711	191	4%	1893
1894	24	4,711	231	70	41	342	73	74	109		256	4,797	86	2%	1894
1895	25	4,791	253	87	49	389	65	86	91		242	4,938	147	3%	1895
1895	25	4,791	253	76	49	378	65	86	91		242	4,927	136	3%	1895
1896	25	4,948	304	66	37	407	86	49	103	1	239	5,116	168	3%	1896
1897	25	5,118	218	68	46	332	114	63	127	3	307	5,143	25	0%	1897
1898	25	5,144	253	72	62	387	84	67	80	2	233	5,298	154	3%	1898
1899	25	5,298	351	94	55	500	107	57	77		241	5,557	259	5%	1899
1900	25	5,579	434	67	39	540	79	49	74		202	5,917	338	6%	1900
1901	26	5,889	464	130	55	649	112	92	77		281	6,257	368	6%	1901
1902	26	6,257	549	97	54	700	102	62	82		246	6,711	454	7%	1902
1903	26	6,711	496	90	56	642	124	77	87	1	289	7,064	353	5%	1903
1904	26	7,064	432	103	59	594	119	80	93	1	293	7,365	301	4%	1904
1905	27	7,365	493	119	54	666	133	84	87	1	305	7,726	361	5%	1905
1906	27	7,726	459	82	55	596	142	85	95	1	323	7,999	273	4%	1906
1907	27	7,999	541	75	61	677	148	75	89	1	313	8,363	364	5%	1907
1908	28	8,363	555	174	55	784	150	186	69	2	407	8,740	377	5%	1908
1909	28	8,740	456	94	38	588	149	95	136		380	8,948	208	2%	1909
1910	28	8,948	405	85	57	547	174	133	181	2	490	9,005	57	1%	1910
1911	29	9,005	409	150	85	644	165	173	199	1	538	9,111	106	1%	1911
1912	29	9,111	474	68	107	649	151	109	182	1	443	9,317	206	2%	1912
1913	30	9,317	516	122	70	708	160	125	140	1	426	9,599	282	3%	1913
1914	30	9,599	566	112	78	756	165	108	151	1	425	9,930	331	3%	1914
1915	30	9,924	542	108	88	738	186	104	201		491	10,171	247	2%	1915
1916	30	10,171	618	105	100	823	176	125	166	1	468	10,526	355	3%	1916
1917	30	10,526	632	120	65	817	161	98	253	1	513	10,830	304	3%	1917
1918	30	10,830	1,242	102	127	1,471	186	83	175		444	11,857	1,027	9%	1918
1919	30	11,857	2,054	165	108	2,327	247	132	79	3	461	13,723	1,866	16%	1919
1920	30	13,723	2,841	218	42	3,101	192	214	111	1	518	16,306	2,583	19%	1920
1921	33	16,306	2,492	512	65	3,069	208	356	139	1	704	18,671	2,365	15%	1921
1922	34	18,671	1,657	229	63	1,949	213	232	187	2	634	19,986	1,315	7%	1922
1923	34	19,986	1,589	168	76	1,833	226	170	290	1	687	21,132	1,146	6%	1923
1924	38	21,132	1,320	492	123	1,935	206	435	304	9	954	22,113	981	5%	1924
1925	40	22,113	1,074	257	120	1,451	258	229	374	3	864	22,700	587	3%	1925
1926	41	22,700	933	300	132	1,365	287	325	453	7	1,072	22,993	293	1%	1926
1927	43	22,993	785	419	179	1,383	269	349	493	1	1,112	23,264	271	1%	1927
1928	43	23,264	707	150	199	1,056	249	148	638	4	1,039	23,281	17	0%	1928
1929	44	23,281	625	354	268	1,247	294	275	606	1	1,176	23,352	71	0%	1929
1930	44	23,352	615	145	226	986	324	136	712	5	1,177	23,161	-191	-1%	1930
1931	44	22,161	524	144	291	959	314	164	864	1	1,343	21,777	-384	-2%	1931
1932	44	22,777	463	131	298	892	324	156	711		1,191	22,478	-299	-1%	1932
1933	44	22,478	281	87	171	539	314	136	1,002	5	1,457	21,560	-918	-4%	1933
1934	45	21,560	249	204	256	709	341	156	1,102	1	1,600	20,669	-891	-4%	1934
1935	45	20,669	397	185	319	901	320	161	603		1,084	20,486	-183	-1%	1935
1936	45	20,486	532	198	198	928	347	125	494		966	20,448	-38	-0%	1936
1937	46	20,410	621	313	183	1,117	356	262	399		1,017	20,510	100	0%	1937
1938	47	20,510	545	243	142	930	334	169	505		1,008	20,432	-78	-0%	1938
1939	47	20,432	451	154	176	781	368	166	538		1,072	20,141	-291	-1%	1939
1940	47	20,141	436	148	180	764	382	129	389	3	903	20,002	-139	-1%	1940
1941	47	20,002	449	132	125	706	374	116	389		879	19,829	-173	-1%	1941
1942	47	19,829	502	119	116	737	390	113	295	1	799	19,767	-62	-0%	1942
1943	47	19,767	683	144	130	957	395	104	209		708	20,016	249	1%	1943
1944	47	20,016	1,049	238	112	1,399	380	135	212	1	728	20,687	671	3%	1944
1945	47	20,687	1,242	194	90	1,526	390	124	128		642	21,571	884	4%	1945
1946	47	21,571	1,325	189	92	1,606	408	161	132	1	702	22,475	904	4%	1946
1947	48	22,475	1,420	281	73	1,774	392	234	211	1	838	23,411	936	4%	1947
1948	48	23,411	1,224	189	75	1,488	396	187	144	1	728	24,171	760	3%	1948
1949	48	24,171	992	150	63	1,205	453	185	164		802	24,574	403	2%	1949
1950	48	24,574	906	154	47	1,107	458	148	196	3	805	24,876	302	1%	1950
1951	48	24,876	800	119	71	990	454	161	171	3	789	25,077	201	1%	1951
1952	48	25,077	739	126	68	933	447	131	167		745	25,265	188	1%	1952
1953	48	25,265	654	106	56	816	445	138	163	1	747	25,334	69	0%	1953
1954	48	25,334	615	93	52	760	483	140	188	2	813	25,281	-53	-0%	1954
1955	48	25,281	468	82	81	631	487	127	169		783	25,129	-152	-1%	1955
1956	48	25,129	449	102	43	594	529	138	167	2	836	24,887	-242	-1%	1956
1957	48	24,887	379	75	67	521	551	169	215		935	24,473	-414	-2%	1957
1958	48	24,473	318	83	60	461	565	130	246		941	23,993	-480	-2%	1958
1959	48	23,993	310	64	88	462	504	145	221	2	872	23,583	-410	-2%	1959
1960	48	23,583	279	71	86	436	520	131	219	2	872	23,147	-436	-2%	1960
1961	48	23,147	255	51	71	377	531	112	258		901	22,623	-524	-2%	1961
1962	48	22,623	227	59	113	399	536	117	186		839	22,183	-440	-2%	1962
1963	48	22,183	185	69	76	330	556	110	261	1	928	21,585	-598	-3%	1963
1964	48	21,585	186	53	72	311	593	76	217		886	21,010	-575	-3%	1964
1965	48	21,010	186	66	65	317	584	91	236		911	20,416	-594	-3%	1965
1966	48	20,416	225	52	59	336	610	105	224		939	19,813	-603	-3%	1966
1967	48	19,816	160	71	60	291	589	112	232		933	19,174	-642	-3%	1967
1968	50	19,174	124	66	79	269	614	87	227		928	18,515	-659	-3%	1968
1969	50	18,515	126	34	96	256	553	94	296	2	945	17,826	-689	-4%	1969
1970	50	17,829	111	44	118	273	582	107	234		923	17,179	-650	-4%	1970
1971	50	17,179	91	47	95	233	544	86	180	3	813	16,599	-580	-3%	1971
1972	48	16,601	96	31	61	188	566	91	201		858	15,931	-670	-4%	1972
1973	46	15,930	90	41	66	197	570	92	232		894	15,233	-697	-4%	1973
1974	46	15,232	92	30	106	228	576	121	251		948	14,512	-720	-5%	1974
1975	44	14,513	64	29	121	214	495	106	249		850	13,877	-636	-4%	1975
1976	43	13,865	99	52	77	228	503	82	196		781	13,312	-553	-4%	1976
1977	42	13,312	68	26	45	139	480	66	138		684	12,767	-545	-4%	1977
1978	42	12,771	66	41	38	145	482	68	163	1	714	12,202	-569	-4%	1978
1979	42	12,188	61	47	61	169	439	59	147		645	11,712	-476	-4%	1979
1980	41	11,715	93	22	60	175	429	75	162		666	11,224	-491	-4%	1980
1981	39	11,224	75	45	53	173	455	58	103		616	10,781	-443	-4%	1981
1982	38	10,776	80	34	35	149	450	44	128		622	10,303	-473	-4%	1982
1983	37	10,309	65	32	40	137	472	43	128	2	645	9,801	-508	-5%	1983
1984	37	9,806	61	42	46	149	437	48	117		602	9,353	-453	-5%	1984
1985	34	9,356	72	31	31	134	380	41	78		499	8,991	-365	-4%	1985
1986	33	8,992	61	29	27	117	428	46	100		574	8,535	-457	-5%	1986
1987	30	8,535	63	34	28	125	425	33	82		540	8,120	-415	-5%	1987
1988	29	8,120	80	51	19	150	342	26	72	5	445	7,825	-295	-4%	1988
1989	27	7,834	63	49	16	128	334	28	55	1	418	7,544	-290	-4%	1989
1990	26	7,543	68	55	8	131	325	38	59	1	423	7,251	-292	-4%	1990
1991	27	7,282	58	27	19	104	317	34	63	1	415	6,971	-311	-4%	1991
1992	27	6,970	102	83	21	206	323	30	43		396	6,780	-190	-3%	1992
1993	29	6,780	207	130	10	347	342	30	52		424	6,703	-77	-1%	1993
1994	29	6,701	122	75	17	214	278	45	120	1	444	6,471	-230	-3%	1994
1995	30	6,471	105	80	23	208	313	37	80	1	431	6,248	-223	-3%	1995
1996	29	6,248	126	39	23	188	256	38	73	6	373	6,063	-185	-3%	1996
1997	32	6,063	103	93	19	215	286	37	107	2	432	5,846	-217	-4%	1997
1998	33	5,846	82	59	18	159	235	36	66	2	339	5,666	-180	-3%	1998
1999	34	5,667	106	45	11	162	246	46	72		364	5,465	-202	-4%	1999
2000	35	5,472	79	102	13	194	223	45	82	1	351	5,315	-157	-4%	2000
2001	33	5,472	75	104	27	206	267	34	62		363	5,170	-157	-3%	2001
2002	34	5,170	134	80	30	244	230	77	119	2	428	4,986	-184	-4%	2002
2003	34	4,991	70	82	21	173	170	19	74	4	267	4,897	-94	-2%	2003
2004	35	4,899	84	68	23	175	195	74	45		314	4,760	-139	-3%	2004
2005															2005
2006															2006
Year	Lodges	Members at Start of Year	Raised	Affili- ated	Rein- stated	Total Gains	Died	De- mitted	Dropped NPD	Ex- pelled	Total Losses	Members at End of Year	Gain or Loss	Percent Gain or Loss	Year

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