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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
														change
	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	98 to 10

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

File with number of Masons, each State, each year, 1900 to present --- Members

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

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