Statistics

Shrine Membership Statistics

These statistics were obtained from the Imperial Shrine and the Masonic Service Association. Graphs based on them can be found at the webpage shown in the link at the bottom of this page.

If anyone has suggestions for improvements or corrections in this, or any other webpage I have created, please let me know at paul@bessel.org (Paul M. Bessel).

Soon to be added — Statistics about Scottish Rite & York Rite membership

Year	Shrine Membership at end of year
1882	1,081
1883	1,460
1884	2,205
1885	3,039
1886	4,735
1887	7,565
1888	10,377
1889	13,638
1890	16,980
1891	21,127
1892	27,161
1893	31,441
1894	37,352
1895	41,502
1896	44,280
1897	47,416
1898	50,069
1899	55,455
1900	60,422
1901	67,331
1902	78,182
1903	87,727
1904	96,798
1905	102,787
1906	113,276
1907	126,457
1908	138,125
1909	149,157
1910	159,535
1911	172,661
1912	185,493
1913	200,040
1914	213,611
1915	223,999
1916	238,993
1917	258,828
1918	288,967
1919	363,744
1920	456,502
1921	510,816
1922	540,023
1923	565,156
1924	583,148
1925	585,819
1926	587,133
1927	581,336
1928	576,193
1929	568,395
1930	550,619
1931	517,827
1932	474,758
1933	422,009
1934	387,833
1935	364,774
1936	351,695
1937	339,636
1938	327,750
1939	316,669
1940	307,996
1941	306,470
1942	307,591
1943	332,945
1944	386,174
1945	437,961
1946	491,559
1947	536,662
1948	575,954
1949	607,915
1950	636,456
1951	663,696
1952	689,678
1953	718,300
1954	740,040
1955	761,175
1956	780,849
1957	800,332
1958	807,950
1959	816,091
1960	821,473
1961	825,604
1962	828,161
1963	834,286
1964	837,292
1965	844,511
1966	850,907
1967	857,286
1968	863,065
1969	870,970
1970	878,013
1971	886,500
1972	896,750
1973	908,150
1974	919,082
1975	928,385
1976	937,712
1977	939,708
1978	941,799
1979	938,404
1980	932,744
1981	924,517
1982	912,458
1983	900,000
1984	884,441
1985	867,843
1986	847,484
1987	822,625
1988	798,734
1989	774,148
1990	746,940
1991	717,461
1992	687,296
1993	659,510
1994	633,762
1995	608,607
1996	586,717
1997	567,351
1998	545,802
1999	528,978

Year	Masons in U.S. MSA statistics
1924	3,077,161
1925	3,157,566
1926	3,218,375
1927	3,267,241
1928	3,295,872
1929	3,295,125
1930	3,279,778
1931	3,216,307
1932	3,069,645
1933	2,901,758
1934	2,761,451
1935	2,659,218
1936	2,591,309
1937	2,549,772
1938	2,514,595
1939	2,482,291
1940	2,457,263
1941	2,451,301
1942	2,478,892
1943	2,561,844
1944	2,719,607
1945	2,896,343
1946	3,097,713
1947	3,281,371
1948	3,426,155
1949	3,545,757
1950	3,644,634
1951	3,726,744
1952	3,808,364
1953	3,893,530
1954	3,964,118
1955	4,009,925
1956	4,053,323
1957	4,085,676
1958	4,099,928
1959	4,103,161
1960	4,099,219
1961	4,086,499
1962	4,063,563
1963	4,034,020
1964	4,005,605
1965	3,987,690
1966	3,948,193
1967	3,910,509
1968	3,868,854
1969	3,817,846
1970	3,763,213
1971	3,718,718
1972	3,661,507
1973	3,611,448
1974	3,561,767
1975	3,512,628
1976	3,470,980
1977	3,418,844
1978	3,360,409
1979	3,304,334
1980	3,251,528
1981	3,188,175
1982	3,121,746
1983	3,060,242
1984	2,992,389
1985	2,914,421
1986	2,839,962
1987	2,763,828
1988	2,682,537
1989	2,608,935
1990	2,531,643
1991	2,452,676
1992	2,371,863
1993	2,293,949
1994	2,225,611
1995	2,153,316
1996	2,089,578
1997	2,021,909
1998

Year	Scottish Rite Membership (Northern + Southern)
1901	43,268
1902
1903	54,607
1904
1905	68,437
1906
1907	85,476
1908
1909	104,809
1910
1911	126,948
1912
1913	150,625
1914
1915	176,863
1916
1917	211,964
1918
1919	296,514
1920	371,068
1921	439,100
1922	482,710
1923	510,642
1924	535,937
1925	555,643
1926	573,309
1927	586,295
1928	594,541
1929	598,324
1930	594,778
1931	576,425
1932	543,235
1933	506,331
1934	478,623
1935	454,373
1936	435,606
1937	419,844
1938	404,736
1939	393,785
1940	385,678
1941	383,524
1942	387,640
1943	413,029
1944	465,810
1945	529,493
1946	588,705
1947	642,415
1948	686,688
1949	723,836
1950	752,112
1951	780,878
1952	813,688
1953	844,822
1954	874,016
1955	899,853
1956	924,698
1957	947,362
1958	964,076
1959	979,041
1960	992,959
1961	1,002,791
1962	1,011,971
1963	1,021,509
1964	1,029,715
1965	1,040,841
1966	1,052,300
1967	1,062,377
1968	1,073,955
1969	1,081,924
1970	1,092,058
1971	1,102,530
1972	1,111,337
1973	1,123,601
1974	1,138,802
1975	1,150,719
1976	1,161,012
1977	1,164,621
1978	1,166,704
1979	1,166,467
1980	1,161,582
1981	1,152,905
1982	1,144,434
1983	1,129,992
1984	1,117,670
1985	1,098,877
1986	1,077,649
1987	1,055,233
1988	1,028,228
1989	1,000,349
1990	964,693
1991	932,500
1992	899,459
1993	867,693
1994	838,709
1995	808,820

Year	Knight Templar Membership at end of each year (Grand Encampment)
1884	63,387
1885	65,227
1886	67,300
1887	70,746
1888	73,471
1889	76,986
1890	81,802
1891	85,584
1892	90,306
1893	95,912
1894	100,134
1895	103,541
1896	109,704
1897	112,036
1898	114,540
1899	118,550
1900	120,763
1901	125,108
1902	130,893
1903	138,260
1904	147,309
1905	155,570
1906	163,510
1907	172,149
1908	182,534
1909	191,175
1910	199,250
1911	207,683
1912	214,727
1913	221,891
1914	230,261
1915	237,340
1916	243,590
1917	252,566
1918	262,858
1919	277,421
1920	314,588
1921	367,645
1922	402,165
1923	422,795
1924	438,175
1925	447,809
1926	453,195
1927	453,836
1928	451,939
1929	445,505
1930	435,901
1931	420,108
1932	398,136
1933	367,173
1934	337,079
1935	312,620
1936	291,671
1937	274,930
1938	261,053
1939	249,049
1940	238,291
1941	228,883
1942	222,742
1943	219,368
1944	227,314
1945	248,211
1946	272,019
1947
1948
1949	325,613
1950	336,329
1951	347,083
1952	355,589
1953	364,464
1954	374,308
1955	380,237
1956	385,408
1957	389,445
1958	393,335
1959	396,242
1960	398,564
1961	398,189
1962	395,929
1963	395,850
1964	390,985
1965	388,428
1966	386,510
1967	382,171
1968	379,075
1969	375,556
1970	370,264
1971	366,684
1972	363,367
1973	361,149
1974	358,455
1975	357,559
1976	355,830
1977	354,435
1978	350,727
1979	347,877
1980	344,072
1981	339,546
1982	334,603
1983
1984
1985	315,890
1986	308,349
1987	301,014
1988	292,257

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