U.S. Royal Arch Masonry Membership Statistics
These statistics were obtained from Royal Arch Chapter Proceedings and other sources.
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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% |
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