Masonic Statistics – Graphs, Maps, Charts
The information on this chart is based on information from various sources, mainly MSA (Masonic Service Association of North America) and the U.S. Census Bureau. If anyone has any updates for additions or changes on this chart, please send email to Paul M. Bessel at paulb’at’bessel.org
| Number of Masons in each U.S. state – from MSA statistics | |||||||||||||||
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| AL | 42,836 | 41,038 | 39,766 | 38,410 | 36,436 | 34,900 |
33,700 |
32,297 |
30,952 |
29,775 |
30,122 |
28,386 |
28,684 |
(14,450) |
-34% |
| AK | 2,085 | 2,061 | 2,029 | 2,035 | 1,924 | 2,050 |
2,177 |
2,145 |
2,053 |
2,003 |
1,982 |
1,935 |
1,935 |
(150) |
-7% |
| AZ | 11,706 | 11,500 | 11,381 | 11,117 | 11,130 | 10,734 |
10,504 |
10,210 |
9,900 |
9,642 |
9,315 |
9,023 |
8,651 |
(2,683) |
-23% |
| AR | 26,856 | 23,697 | 22,126 | 21,707 | 20,791 | 19,278 |
18,626 |
17,699 |
17,082 |
16,524 |
16,094 |
15,027 |
14,429 |
(11,829) |
-44% |
| CA | 101,173 | 94,693 | 90,914 | 85,520 | 82,318 | 78,108 |
71,827 |
71,810 |
68,714 |
66,127 |
63,497 |
58,889 |
57,267 |
(42,284) |
-42% |
| CO | 18,500 | 17,745 | 17,014 | 16,305 | 15,737 | 15,677 |
14,970 |
13,737 |
13,160 |
12,645 |
11,421 |
10,742 |
10,356 |
(7,758) |
-42% |
| CT | 19,757 | 18,859 | 18,276 | 17,618 | 17,018 | 16,497 |
15,787 |
15,126 |
14,543 |
14,185 |
13,926 |
13,432 |
12,895 |
(6,325) |
-32% |
| DE | 6,308 | 6,110 | 6,110 | 5,952 | 5,503 | 5,688 |
5,591 |
5,302 |
5,075 |
5,111 |
5,260 |
5,150 |
5,110 |
(1,158) |
-18% |
| DC | 5,666 | 5,464 | 5,316 | 5,170 | 4,986 | 4,897 |
4,760 |
4,642 |
4,602 |
4,552 |
4,434 |
4,312 |
4,341 |
(1,354) |
-24% |
| FL | 63,100 | 61,199 | 59,689 | 58,451 | 57,124 | 55,306 |
54,373 |
51,973 |
50,829 |
49,964 |
48,658 |
47,471 |
45,940 |
(15,629) |
-25% |
| GA | 62,166 | 60,168 | 58,606 | 57,091 | 55,681 | 52,703 |
51,036 |
49,341 |
47,998 |
46,914 |
45,736 |
44,523 |
43,578 |
(17,643) |
-28% |
| HI | 2,137 | 2,198 | 2,154 | 2,069 | 1,906 | 1,751 |
1,734 |
1,745 |
1,781 |
1,733 |
1,733 |
1,643 |
1,742 |
(494) |
-23% |
| ID | 6,390 | 6,131 | 5,918 | 5,683 | 5,463 | 5,186 |
4,829 |
4,688 |
4,688 |
4,412 |
4,225 |
4,191 |
3,962 |
(2,199) |
-34% |
| IL | 91,697 | 88,566 | 85,712 | 80,936 | 77,072 | 75,526 |
74,810 |
72,793 |
71,241 |
69,703 |
68,562 |
68,308 |
65,564 |
(23,389) |
-26% |
| IN | 89,278 | 86,542 | 84,884 | 82,230 | 80,047 | 78,397 |
75,845 |
73,380 |
71,392 |
68,759 |
67,777 |
66,006 |
65,443 |
(23,272) |
-26% |
| IA | 33,117 | 30,940 | 29,613 | 28,438 | 28,109 | 27,367 |
26,500 |
25,697 |
24,826 |
23,960 |
23,140 |
22,466 |
21,695 |
(10,651) |
-32% |
| KS | 40,364 | 37,790 | 35,900 | 34,474 | 33,027 | 31,507 |
30,175 |
28,863 |
27,674 |
26,171 |
25,115 |
24,091 |
23,074 |
(16,273) |
-40% |
| KY | 63,426 | 61,626 | 59,979 | 58,057 | 56,537 | 54,585 |
52,729 |
51,437 |
50,260 |
48,955 |
48,408 |
47,747 |
46,362 |
(15,679) |
-25% |
| LA | 27,295 | 26,551 | 25,884 | 25,471 | 24,792 | 24,812 |
24,326 |
23,666 |
23,000 |
22,707 |
22,006 |
20,070 |
21,004 |
(7,225) |
-26% |
| ME | 27,115 | 26,458 | 25,873 | 25,238 | 24,595 | 24,021 |
23,381 |
22,849 |
22,281 |
21,659 |
20,363 |
19,968 |
20,294 |
(7,147) |
-26% |
| MD | 24,280 | 23,674 | 22,923 | 22,155 | 21,124 | 20,263 |
19,667 |
18,771 |
18,112 |
17,608 |
17,054 |
16,477 |
16,235 |
(7,803) |
-32% |
| MA | 53,613 | 51,542 | 49,810 | 43,497 | 41,972 | 41,356 |
39,865 |
39,209 |
37,173 |
37,777 |
36,848 |
36,518 |
35,944 |
(17,095) |
-32% |
| MI | 61,234 | 58,767 | 56,366 | 53,804 | 51,468 | 49,701 |
47,536 |
45,780 |
44,131 |
42,737 |
41,185 |
39,189 |
37,709 |
(22,045) |
-36% |
| MN | 23,051 | 22,046 | 21,145 | 20,304 | 19,474 | 18,860 |
18,051 |
17,351 |
16,785 |
16,262 |
15,782 |
15,182 |
14,721 |
(7,869) |
-34% |
| MS | 28,336 | 27,370 | 26,345 | 25,537 | 24,768 | 24,008 |
23,150 |
22,418 |
21,717 |
21,248 |
20,493 |
19,774 |
19,341 |
(8,562) |
-30% |
| MO | 53,829 | 55,887 | 55,341 | 53,997 | 53,139 | 52,061 |
51,923 |
51,873 |
51,858 |
51,775 |
51,500 |
51,000 |
50,500 |
(2,829) |
-5% |
| MT | 9,208 | 8,874 | 8,684 | 8,413 | 8,113 | 7,880 |
7,647 |
7,474 |
7,276 |
6,985 |
6,605 |
6,342 |
5,990 |
(2,866) |
-31% |
| NE | 18,280 | 17,633 | 17,042 | 16,507 | 16,180 | 15,656 |
15,257 |
14,840 |
14,391 |
13,988 |
13,498 |
13,038 |
12,716 |
(5,242) |
-29% |
| NV | 5,539 | 5,360 | 5,357 | 5,231 | 5,046 | 5,051 |
4,868 |
4,862 |
4,656 |
4,504 |
4,390 |
4,316 |
4,225 |
(1,223) |
-22% |
| NH | 9,297 | 9,096 | 8,827 | 8,615 | 8,318 | 8,064 |
7,844 |
7,660 |
7,456 |
7,279 |
7,156 |
6,928 |
6,898 |
(2,369) |
-25% |
| NJ | 37,264 | 36,178 | 34,949 | 33,707 | 32,617 | 31,420 |
30,885 |
31,169 |
29,652 |
28,579 |
27,297 |
26,073 |
24,775 |
(11,191) |
-30% |
| NM | 7,686 | 7,498 | 7,319 | 7,082 | 6,812 | 6,715 |
6,521 |
6,085 |
5,703 |
5,579 |
5,211 |
5,227 |
5,553 |
(2,459) |
-32% |
| NY | 73,079 | 69,787 | 67,403 | 64,932 | 62,368 | 60,889 |
55,560 |
52,997 |
53,097 |
50,580 |
49,082 |
48,051 |
45,801 |
(25,028) |
-34% |
| NC | 57,989 | 56,595 | 55,204 | 53,805 | 52,585 | 50,647 |
49,659 |
48,092 |
47,722 |
47,137 |
46,300 |
45,685 |
45,096 |
(12,304) |
-21% |
| ND | 4,551 | 4,270 | 4,190 | 3,910 | 4,004 | 3,803 |
3,620 |
3,560 |
3,450 |
3,385 |
3,269 |
3,151 |
3,055 |
(1,400) |
-31% |
| OH | 143,882 | 138,547 | 133,599 | 128,547 | 131,557 | 129,628 |
124,508 |
120,615 |
116,761 |
114,661 |
110,250 |
108,332 |
106,870 |
(35,550) |
-25% |
| OK | 36,946 | 36,330 | 34,863 | 33,804 | 33,220 | 33,744 |
32,585 |
30,735 |
29,620 |
28,713 |
27,723 |
26,572 |
25,739 |
(10,374) |
-28% |
| OR | 15,717 | 15,124 | 14,411 | 13,738 | 13,237 | 12,492 |
11,656 |
11,559 |
11,197 |
10,736 |
10,330 |
9,970 |
9,541 |
(5,747) |
-37% |
| PA | 147,497 | 144,682 | 140,057 | 137,877 | 133,676 | 129,916 |
128,886 |
125,738 |
123,276 |
120,502 |
117,584 |
114,447 |
113,279 |
(33,050) |
-22% |
| RI | 6,424 | 5,966 | 5,799 | 5,593 | 5,371 | 5,172 |
5,111 |
4,744 |
4,643 |
4,490 |
4,183 |
4,326 |
4,213 |
(2,098) |
-33% |
| SC | 53,249 | 51,851 | 50,446 | 49,180 | 47,913 | 46,740 |
45,325 |
44,278 |
43,315 |
42,463 |
41,597 |
40,798 |
39,927 |
(12,451) |
-23% |
| SD | 7,903 | 7,701 | 7,497 | 7,238 | 7,133 | 6,978 |
6,924 |
6,796 |
6,658 |
6,527 |
6,372 |
6,262 |
6,094 |
(1,641) |
-21% |
| TN | 66,747 | 64,991 | 62,233 | 60,815 | 59,394 | 57,437 |
55,464 |
54,143 |
51,086 |
48,677 |
46,828 |
46,156 |
44,691 |
(20,591) |
-31% |
| TX | 137,425 | 134,609 | 132,377 | 126,870 | 123,588 | 112,977 |
109,532 |
105,434 |
101,803 |
98,398 |
95,289 |
92,656 |
91,632 |
(44,769) |
-33% |
| UT | 2,531 | 2,455 | 2,402 | 2,254 | 2,183 | 2,180 |
2,092 |
2,070 |
1,947 |
1,944 |
1,963 |
1,920 |
2,035 |
(611) |
-24% |
| VT | 8,479 | 8,292 | 8,035 | 7,836 | 7,631 | 7,631 |
7,554 |
7,342 |
7,217 |
7,019 |
6,823 |
6,466 |
6,444 |
(2,013) |
-24% |
| VA | 48,206 | 47,082 | 45,995 | 44,866 | 43,840 | 42,853 |
41,849 |
41,351 |
40,546 |
40,052 |
39,839 |
39,238 |
38,498 |
(8,968) |
-19% |
| WA | 24,862 | 23,886 | 23,083 | 20,081 | 21,108 | 20,356 |
19,624 |
18,999 |
18,693 |
16,372 |
17,682 |
17,109 |
15,369 |
(7,753) |
-31% |
| WV | 28,757 | 28,079 | 27,409 | 26,797 | 26,128 | 25,383 |
24,708 |
24,047 |
23,452 |
22,947 |
22,557 |
22,078 |
21,643 |
(6,679) |
-23% |
| WI | 20,672 | 19,639 | 18,869 | 18,445 | 17,752 | 17,024 |
16,324 |
15,736 |
15,117 |
14,600 |
14,134 |
13,328 |
12,694 |
(7,344) |
-36% |
| WY | 6,503 | 6,241 | 6,018 | 5,818 | 5,590 | 5,380 |
5,157 |
4,684 |
4,570 |
4,424 |
4,225 |
4,070 |
3,899 |
(2,433) |
-37% |
| US | 1,966,006 | 1,901,387 | 1,843,142 | 1,775,228 | 1,729,507 | 1,673,258 | 1,619,036 | 1,571,817 | 1,527,137 | 1,485,456 | 1,446,831 | 1,406,068 | 1,375,463 | (559,938) | -28% |
| State | Number of Masons in each State’s Grand Lodge in 2005 according to MSA (Masonic Service Association) (does not include Prince Hall Masons) (note: some Grand Lodges count multiple members only once, some count multiple members as many times as the number of lodges to which they belong) |
total population 7/1/05 according to US Census Bureau |
| AL | 32,297 | 4,557,808 |
| AK | 2,145 | 663,661 |
| AZ | 10,210 | 5,939,292 |
| AR | 17,699 | 2,779,154 |
| CA | 71,810 | 36,132,147 |
| CO | 13,737 | 4,665,177 |
| CT | 15,126 | 3,510,297 |
| DE | 5,302 | 843,524 |
| DC | 4,642 | 550,521 |
| FL | 51,973 | 17,789,864 |
| GA | 49,341 | 9,072,576 |
| HI | 1,745 | 1,275,194 |
| ID | 4,688 | 1,429,096 |
| IL | 72,793 | 12,763,371 |
| IN | 73,380 | 6,271,973 |
| IA | 25,697 | 2,966,334 |
| KS | 28,863 | 2,744,687 |
| KY | 51,437 | 4,173,405 |
| LA | 23,666 | 4,523,628 |
| ME | 22,849 | 1,321,505 |
| MD | 18,771 | 5,600,388 |
| MA | 39,209 | 6,398,743 |
| MI | 45,780 | 10,120,860 |
| MN | 17,351 | 5,132,799 |
| MS | 22,418 | 2,921,088 |
| MO | 51,873 | 5,800,310 |
| MT | 7,474 | 935,670 |
| NE | 14,840 | 1,758,787 |
| NV | 4,862 | 2,414,807 |
| NH | 7,660 | 1,309,940 |
| NJ | 31,169 | 8,717,925 |
| NM | 6,085 | 1,928,384 |
| NY | 52,997 | 19,254,630 |
| NC | 48,092 | 8,683,242 |
| ND | 3,560 | 636,677 |
| OH | 120,615 | 11,464,042 |
| OK | 30,735 | 3,547,884 |
| OR | 11,559 | 3,641,056 |
| PA | 125,738 | 12,429,616 |
| RI | 4,744 | 1,076,189 |
| SC | 44,278 | 4,255,083 |
| SD | 6,796 | 775,933 |
| TN | 54,143 | 5,962,959 |
| TX | 105,434 | 22,859,968 |
| UT | 2,070 | 2,469,585 |
| VT | 7,342 | 623,050 |
| VA | 41,351 | 7,567,465 |
| WA | 18,999 | 6,287,759 |
| WV | 24,047 | 1,816,856 |
| WI | 15,736 | 5,536,201 |
| WY | 4,684 | 509,294 |
| Total US | 1,569,812 | 296,410,404 |
Many people are interested in how many Masons there are and were each year in each State in the U.S. And how many were Raised each year, and how many Lodges were in existence each year. In each State.
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Statistics in Excel format — stats in excel format.xls
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File with number Raised, each State, each year, 1900 to present — Raised
File with number of Lodges, each State, each year, 1900 to present — Lodges
File with statistics about Freemasonry in DC, 1863 to present — DC
File with statistics about Freemasonry in Virginia, before 1900 to present — Virginia