It's All in the Numbers

While I know everyone was enjoying our trip through Senior DeMolay land, we're going to take a quick diversion and talk about some stats I recently received. "Dad" Peter Brusoe, of Nation's Capital DeMolay, recently did a little bit of research about Chapter sizes and membership trends across all of DeMolay International. Let's take a look:

1. There are 681 Chapters in the United States. There are 3,134 counties in the United States (DC is considered one county for census)  If we assume one county/one chapter that means only 21.7% of our counties in the country have DeMolay.
   
   
2. The average size of a chapter in 2011 was 22.9 young men If these numbers do not change we are looking at an average size of 20.54 young men.
   
   
3. Only 35 chapters in the country are over 50 members.
   
   
4. 343 out of 681 Chapters have inducted someone since January 1, that's 50.36 %.
   
   
5. 162 Chapters out of 651 have less than 10 members and have not inducted anyone this year (23.7%).
   
   
6. 120 Chapters have achieved positive growth (17.6%)
   
   
7. Only 10 chapters have inducted more 10 young men or more.  71 Chapters have inducted more than 5 members. 95 chapters have inducted only one young man.
   

Upon receiving these numbers, "Dad" Tom Labagh, EO of PA DeMolay, tasked "Dad" Dave Berry, our Executive Secretary, to see how PA DeMolay fits into this scheme. Here are his findings.

1.  PA DeMolay’s 24 Chapters which meet in 21  counties. Currently, PA has 67 counties, meaning that 31% of the Counties have a chapter.
1. 19 Chapters that are the only one in their County.
2.  2 Chapters in Montgomery County.
3. 3 Chapters in Allegheny County.
   
   
2. Average Chapter size for PA DeMolay in 2011 is 30.6, making the average PA Chapter roughly 33% larger than the national average.
   
   
3. Three Chapters have over 50 members (accounting for about 10% of all of the Chapters with over 50 members in DeMolay International.)
1. Elizabethtown (77)
2.  George Washington (53)
3.  Lorraine (65)
   
   
4. 16 of 24 Chapters have inducted new members in 2011, which is about 66%. This is 16% higher than the national average.
   
5.  In 2010, 5 Chapters achieved positive growth (20% of Chapters.) Growth is defined as ending the year with more members than they started with, which accounts for majorities.
1. Susquehanna            300%              (12)
2.  Northeast                   175%              (14)
3.  Westmoreland           125%              (5)
4. New Castle Builders 100%              (4)
5. Riverside                    100%              (4)
   
   
6. In 2011, 1 Chapter has achieved positive growth (4%)
1. Susquehanna            125%              (10)
   
   
7.  In 2010, Northeast Chapter was responsible for 13% of new members.
   
   
8. In 2011, Susquehanna Chapter is responsible to 19% of new members.
   
   
9. In 2010, only 2 Chapters inducted 10 or more new members (8%)
1.  Northeast                  14
2. Susquehanna            12
   
   
10. In 2010, 10 Chapters inducted 5 or more new members (37%)
1. Northeast                   14
2.  Susquehanna           12
3. G. Washington           8
4. Elizabethtown            7
5. Pilgrim                        7
6. Erie                             6
7. Friendship-Bray        6
8. Delaware Valley        5
9. Lincoln                        5
10. Westmoreland           5
    
    
11. In 2011, only 1 Chapter has inducted 10 or more new members (4%)
1. Susquehanna            10
   
   
12. In 2011, only 4 Chapters have inducted 5 or more new members (16%)
1. Susquehanna            10
2.  G. Washington           6
3.  Friendship-Bray        5
4. Lorraine                      5
   

So, what kinds of trends do you see in these numbers? Share your comments below!