Statistics about Freemasons in Virginia

L = Lodges
Ra = Raisings
Aff = Affiliations
Re = Reinstatements
Dea = Deaths
Dem = Demits
N = Dropped for Non Payment of Dues (NPD)
Ex = Expelled
Total = Total Members
50 = Number of "50 Year" Members (no longer paying dues)
G/L = Gain or Loss per year
% = Percent Gain or Loss per year
Pop = Virginia's total population each year - Known and Estimated - from Census Bureau and interpolations
M% = Percent of Virginia's population who are Masons each year

Year	L	Ra	Aff	Re	Dea	Dem	N	Ex	Total	50	G/L	%	Pop	M%
1900	275	762	350	180	241	398	267	16	13,444				1,854,184	0.7%
1901	276	732	315	116	243	392	171	20	13,842		398	3.0%	1,874,927	0.7%
1902	277	724	354	218	247	420	174	9	14,303		461	3.3%	1,895,670	0.8%
1903	279	1,015	417	197	256	443	158	9	15,001		698	4.9%	1,916,412	0.8%
1904													1,937,155
1905	284	1,156	539	171	275	585	190	11	15,846				1,957,898	0.8%
1906	290	1,206	418	165	235	439	136	6	16,981		1,135	7.2%	1,978,641	0.9%
1907	287	1,252	425	160	279	461	174	10	17,864		883	5.2%	1,999,384	0.9%
1908	295	1,325	385	134	280	500	143	15	18,749		885	5.0%	2,020,126	0.9%
1909	298	1,333	403	152	282	504	214	14	19,589		840	4.5%	2,040,869	1.0%
1910	303	1,316	488	122	284	495	209	16	20,638		1,049	5.4%	2,061,612	1.0%
1911	312	1,304	491	126	353	476	157	14	21,587		949	4.6%	2,086,370	1.0%
1912	320	1,276	461	105	344	530	229	26	22,698		1,111	5.1%	2,111,127	1.1%
1913	321	1,193	435	97	366	446	301	10	23,317		619	2.7%	2,135,885	1.1%
1914	320	1,300	447	161	326	556	231	15	24,087		770	3.3%	2,160,642	1.1%
1915	319	1,270	405	125	348	522	301	10	24,734		647	2.7%	2,185,400	1.1%
1916	322	1,202	426	180	374	501	243	9	25,531		797	3.2%	2,210,157	1.2%
1917	319	1,240	401	131	431	478	223	14	26,072		541	2.1%	2,234,915	1.2%
1918	322	1,533	380	132	386	420	208	7	27,141		1,069	4.1%	2,259,672	1.2%
1919	319	1,734	383	183	535	363	183	15	28,154		1,013	3.7%	2,284,430	1.2%
1920	325	3,672	565	203	392	536	184	14	31,321		3,167	11.2%	2,309,187	1.4%
1921	326	3,960	792	237	452	513	113	10	35,136		3,815	12.2%	2,320,453	1.5%
1922	332	3,909	760	185	389	618	176	20	38,786		3,650	10.4%	2,331,720	1.7%
1923	337	2,760	618	149	430	563	219	23	41,191		2,405	6.2%	2,342,986	1.8%
1924	347	2,884	580	138	435	720	316	21	43,630		2,439	5.9%	2,354,253	1.9%
1925	344	2,686	570	167	431	672	287	19	45,561		1,931	4.4%	2,365,519	1.9%
1926	353	2,352	570	95	501	611	431	23	47,012		1,451	3.2%	2,376,785	2.0%
1927	353	1,910	525	110	559	721	573	15	48,081		1,069	2.3%	2,388,052	2.0%
1928	352	1,800	571	98	598	746	631	13	48,562		481	1.0%	2,399,318	2.0%
1929	352	1,766	504	112	625	630	845	12	48,782		220	0.5%	2,410,585	2.0%
1930	354	1,299	412	93	650	559	859	23	48,577		(205)	-0.4%	2,421,851	2.0%
1931	350	1,057	385	94	676	504	1,208	7	47,582		(995)	-2.0%	2,447,443	1.9%
1932	350	810	321	91	658	623	1,657	16	45,850		(1,732)	-3.6%	2,473,035	1.9%
1933	345	515	212	98	683	492	1,694	17	43,795		(2,055)	-4.5%	2,498,628	1.8%
1934	343	586	230	176	656	509	1,709	13	41,887		(1,908)	-4.4%	2,524,220	1.7%
1935	339	718	335	207	625	421	1,313	6	40,492		(1,395)	-3.3%	2,549,812	1.6%
1936	338	758	272	202	738	334	1,002	7	39,551		(941)	-2.3%	2,575,404	1.5%
1937	333	943	366	244	643	392	709	3	39,362		(189)	-0.5%	2,600,996	1.5%
1938	333	952	298	241	620	369	636	4	39,215		(147)	-0.4%	2,626,589	1.5%
1939	330	910	302	251	675	401	640	1	38,740		(475)	-1.2%	2,652,181	1.5%
1940	327	1,018	358	162	707	376	536	1	38,765		25	0.1%	2,677,773	1.4%
1941	324	1,194	343	189	625	331	427	3	39,083		318	0.8%	2,741,864	1.4%
1942	322	1,343	363	243	661	289	357	1	39,492		409	1.0%	2,805,954	1.4%
1943	321	1,864	320	292	684	223	242	3	40,896		1,404	3.6%	2,870,045	1.4%
1944		2,596	351	407	751	251	160	2	43,085		2,189	5.4%	2,934,136	1.5%
1945		2,624	417	524	786	337	101	4	45,566		2,481	5.8%	2,998,227	1.5%
1946		3,431	542	351	709	409	105	10	48,770		3,204	7.0%	3,062,317	1.6%
1947		3,380	579	283	821	467	96	5	51,714		2,944	6.0%	3,126,408	1.7%
1948		2,959	535	251	846	431	135	5	54,280		2,566	5.0%	3,190,499	1.7%
1949		3,070	648	231	865	415	184	8	56,763		2,483	4.6%	3,254,589	1.7%
1950		2,661	552	155	903	473	207	3	58,784		2,021	3.6%	3,318,680	1.8%
1951		2,467	485	141	934	485	209	4	60,239		1,455	2.5%	3,383,507	1.8%
1952		2,713	528	150	940	449	197	5	62,070		1,831	3.0%	3,448,334	1.8%
1953		2,867	490	110	988	393	222	8	64,026		1,956	3.2%	3,513,161	1.8%
1954		2,381	435	97	1,010	447	275	12	65,199		1,173	1.8%	3,577,988	1.8%
1955		2,313	463	102	1,016	408	275	4	66,370		1,171	1.8%	3,642,815	1.8%
1956		2,384	387	104	1,074	492	349	4	67,395		1,025	1.5%	3,707,641	1.8%
1957		2,258	474	109	1,210	513	354	8	68,152		757	1.1%	3,772,468	1.8%
1958		1,938	462	81	1,157	492	354	6	68,606	714	454	0.7%	3,837,295	1.8%
1959		1,998	435	96	1,199	452	363	6	69,115	778	509	0.7%	3,902,122	1.8%
1960		2,003	511	94	1,274	456	359	3	69,603	812	488	0.7%	3,966,949	1.8%
1961		1,926	645	70	1,327	457	356	6	70,095	931	492	0.7%	4,035,399	1.7%
1962		1,797	492	70	1,317	491	365	6	70,295	1,027	200	0.3%	4,103,849	1.7%
1963		1,834	620	100	1,371	508	365	4	70,571	1,105	276	0.4%	4,172,299	1.7%
1964		1,878	548	91	1,469	485	354	4	70,785	1,170	214	0.3%	4,240,749	1.7%
1965		1,898	540	71	1,445	470	357	4	71,021	1,205	236	0.3%	4,309,199	1.6%
1966		1,788	438	79	1,462	460	354	3	71,058	1,274	37	0.1%	4,377,648	1.6%
1967		1,758	557	84	1,472	410	282	3	71,294	1,369	236	0.3%	4,446,098	1.6%
1968		1,642	519	88	1,507	435	384	5	71,211	1,437	(83)	-0.1%	4,514,548	1.6%
1969		1,550	502	87	1,532	447	307	4	71,057	1,686	(154)	-0.2%	4,582,998	1.6%
1970		1,530	637	92	1,454	468	372	8	70,977	2,074	(80)	-0.1%	4,651,448	1.5%
1971		1,780	529	83	1,547	491	344	2	70,990	2,413	13	0.0%	4,720,983	1.5%
1972		1,687	565	100	1,447	499	330	0	71,021	2,562	31	0.0%	4,790,518	1.5%
1973		1,568	529	92	1,497	476	401	7	70,832	2,751	(189)	-0.3%	4,860,053	1.5%
1974		1,585	718	102	1,579	632	400	2	70,518	3,118	(314)	-0.4%	4,929,588	1.4%
1975		1,636	551	109	1,605	580	419	6	70,284	3,308	(234)	-0.3%	4,999,123	1.4%
1976		1,569	641	101	1,539	551	462	7	69,987	3,409	(297)	-0.4%	5,068,657	1.4%
1977		1,326	746	75	1,546	533	360	8	69,701	3,596	(286)	-0.4%	5,138,192	1.4%
1978		1,334	939	80	1,570	537	391	6	69,565	3,645	(136)	-0.2%	5,207,727	1.3%
1979	351	1,207	556	72	1,648	574	441	8	68,732	3,601	(833)	-1.2%	5,277,262	1.3%
1980	352	1,188	634	76	1,598	626	434	8	67,967	3,559	(765)	-1.1%	5,346,797	1.3%
1981	354	1,218	809	92	1,646	583	469	12	67,384	3,420	(583)	-0.9%	5,433,517	1.2%
1982	354	1,152	516	98	1,612	509	314	13	66,707	3,291	(677)	-1.0%	5,520,238	1.2%
1983	357	1,095	790	87	1,715	469	411	9	66,077	3,088	(630)	-0.9%	5,606,958	1.2%
1984	357	998	528	91	1,643	498	530	10	64,988	2,941	(1,089)	-1.6%	5,693,678	1.1%
1985	357	920	452	84	1,691	530	422	9	63,798	2,747	(1,190)	-1.8%	5,780,399	1.1%
1986	357	849	495	90	1,703	529	391	7	62,615	2,614	(1,183)	-1.9%	5,867,119	1.1%
1987	357	699	490	79	1,643	494	398	6	61,356	2,855	(1,259)	-2.0%	5,953,839	1.0%
1988	357	726	461	99	1,699	503	477	2	59,971	2,516	(1,385)	-2.3%	6,040,559	1.0%
1989	356	782	492	99	1,612	482	405	23	58,833	2,515	(1,138)	-1.9%	6,127,280	1.0%
1990	355	766	447	96	1,633	489	514	13	57,492	2,478	(1,341)	-2.3%	6,214,000	0.9%
1991	355	756	471	94	1,620	538	542	13	56,102	2,456	(1,390)	-2.4%	6,282,000	0.9%
1992	351	763	476	101	1,568	497	495	5	54,871	2,458	(1,231)	-2.2%	6,383,000	0.9%
1993	346	752	444	97	1,607	519	477	5	53,636	2,564	(1,235)	-2.3%	6,465,000	0.8%
1994	344	698	461	369	1,613	446	404	5	52,592	2,709	(1,044)	-1.9%	6,538,000	0.8%
1995	344	814	452	95	1,512	436	465	5	51,658	2,879	(934)	-1.8%	6,601,000	0.8%
1996	341	1,354	436	166	1,581	475	381	5	51,162	3,256	(496)	-1.0%	6,666,000	0.8%
1997	337	531	490	79	1,601	479	482	2	49,659	3,602	(1,503)	-2.9%	6,734,000	0.7%
1998		390	326	61	1,102	230	230	5	48,252	3,604	(2,910)	-5.7%	6,734,000	0.7%
1999		649	500	85	1,483	496	419	6	47,082		(2,577)	-5.2%

 

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