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Annual Membership Statistics
For information about trends related to USA Ultimate membership view the following maps and annual reports.
Simple Report: Annual Membership by Level
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2004
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2005
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2006
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2007
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2008
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2009
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2010
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2011
|
|
Staff
|
182
|
182
|
188
|
182
|
179
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182
|
213
|
212
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Lifetime
|
231
|
331
|
342
|
360
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376
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397
|
407
|
442 |
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Adult
|
6572
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6764
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7112
|
7413
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7723
|
7707
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7465
|
8268 |
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College
|
9951
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11157
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12374
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13813
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14815
|
15237
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17568
|
16058 |
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Youth
|
2298
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3646
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4617
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5628
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6218
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7274
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8467
|
9193 |
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Coach/Player
|
0
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0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
615
|
661
|
455 |
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Coach
|
0
|
0
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0
|
0
|
0
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118
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165
|
193 |
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Friend & Family
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0
|
0
|
0
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0
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0
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58
|
55
|
73 |
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TOTAL
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19234
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22080
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24633
|
27396
|
29311
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31588
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35001
|
34894 |
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10%
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14%
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11%
|
11%
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7%
|
7%
|
10%
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0% |
Discussion Thread
2010 Top 10 States by Membership Level
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Total Membership |
Youth Membership |
College Membership |
Adult Membership |
| #1 |
Massachusetts (3149) |
Minnesota (1164) |
California (1472) |
California (1099) |
| #2 |
California (2812) |
Massachusetts (1153) |
Massachusetts (1353) |
Massachusetts (643) |
| #3 |
Pennsylvania (2345) |
Colorado (652) |
Pennsylvania (1307) |
New York (546) |
| #4 |
New York (2129) |
Pennsylvania (599) |
New York (1248) |
International (534) |
| #5 |
Minnesota (2090) |
Ohio (519) |
Illinois (787) |
Pennsylvania (439) |
| #6 |
Colorado (1429) |
New Jersey (424) |
New Jersey (757) |
Texas (391) |
| #7 |
Ohio (1371) |
Washington (377) |
Texas (699) |
Colorado (380) |
| #8 |
New Jersey (1353) |
New York (335) |
Minnesota (682) |
North Carolina (348) |
| #9 |
Texas (1136) |
Georgia (303) |
Ohio (634) |
Oregon (289) |
| #10 |
Washington (1129) |
Virginia (290) |
Virginia (554) |
Washington (278) |
Results from the SGMA Annual Report
USA Ultimate uses the annual survey results provided in the Sports and Fitness Participation Report conducted by the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association to provide estimates for the number of people that play Ultimate in the U.S. For this data please see the table below.
| Total Participation |
Definition |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
% change |
| Regular |
13-24 times/yr |
|
470 |
464 |
444 |
530 |
530 |
|
| Frequent |
25+ times/yr |
824 |
848 |
895 |
829 |
903 |
947 |
|
| Core |
13+ times/yr |
|
1,318 |
1,359 |
1,273 |
1,396 |
1,476 |
5.8% |
All participation figures are in 000s for the US population ages 6 and over.
3.18.2009
SGMA Press Release |
Ultimate Frisbee (up 20.8%) has "statistically significant growth in 2008" |
4.13.2011
SGMA Press Release |
Ultimate Frisbee (up 19.2%) is among four team sports to "have had double-digit percentage increases in participation since 2009" |
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As the national governing body for the sport of Ultimate, we do not currently maintain growth records for other countries or for other disc sports.