************************************************************* National Libertarian Party Membership Statistics Statistics as of 31 December 2002 Total dues-paying members in areas with affiliate parties: 22871 Overall density: 80.3 members per million population Change since Growth %Growth Growth/pop four years ago (31Dec1998) -7136 -23.8 -25.1 record high (30Nov1999) -10624 -31.7 -37.3 last pres. election (31Oct2000) -9900 -30.2 -34.8 beginning of year (31Dec2001) -4860 -17.5 -17.1 convention (30Jun2002) -2168 -8.7 -7.6 Highest Ranking States (growth since 31 December 2001 (one year)) Number Density #Growth %Growth Growth/pop CA 3981 NH 193.8 IN 32 ID 19.3 ID 17.4 TX 1249 AK 181.1 ID 23 IN 5.7 IN 5.2 GA 1219 VT 153.3 AL 4 AL 1.3 AL 0.9 FL 1193 CO 149.6 DE -5 HI -5.6 LA -3.1 MI 1025 GA 145.4 HI -6 DE -6.8 AR -4.5 PA 902 WA 132.6 RI -6 LA -8.1 HI -4.9 IL 835 DC 124.2 DC -7 AR -9.0 RI -5.7 WA 794 NV 123.5 ND -9 DC -9.0 DE -6.3 OH 791 WY 117.3 SD -9 VT -9.6 MS -6.6 NY 780 CA 115.4 VT-10 RI-10.2 KY -8.1 VA 718 NM 108.2 WY-10 NC-12.5 WV -8.3 MA 665 ID 107.5 AR-12 MI-13.0 WI -8.5 CO 661 OR 104.5 LA-14 WI-13.0 TX -9.2 IN 589 MA 104.2 WV-15 IL-13.4 NC -9.3 NC 534 MI 102.6 MS-19 TX-13.6 NY -9.8 NJ 523 VA 99.9 NE-19 CO-13.8 IL-10.3 AZ 418 MT 99.5 AK-22 WY-14.7 OK-10.7 MD 400 ME 96.4 MT-22 MN-15.2 NE-11.1 OR 363 IN 96.3 KY-33 NH-15.3 MN-11.5 MO 362 DE 85.4 ME-33 TN-15.8 TN-11.7 TN 357 HI 82.5 OK-37 AK-16.1 SD-11.9 AL 319 CT 79.1 NH-44 WV-16.3 DC-12.2 MN 319 AZ 78.8 WI-46 AZ-16.9 MO-13.5 WI 308 MD 74.4 UT-47 MD-17.2 ND-14.2 CT 271 PA 73.4 NM-49 FL-17.4 SC-14.3 NV 260 KS 73.1 MN-57 MO-17.4 OH-15.2 SC 255 FL 72.8 KS-58 NE-17.8 MI-15.3 NH 244 AL 71.5 SC-58 CT-17.9 FL-15.4 NM 198 OH 69.5 CT-59 OH-17.9 MD-15.4 KS 197 UT 69.2 TN-67 KY-18.5 AZ-16.0 IA 181 IL 66.9 MO-76 SC-18.5 VT-16.3 LA 158 NC 65.2 NC-76 WA-18.6 NJ-17.0 UT 157 MO 64.3 MD-83 VA-19.2 CT-17.2 OK 153 MN 64.2 AZ-85 NY-19.3 WY-20.2 KY 145 SC 62.8 IA-86 OK-19.5 UT-20.7 ID 142 TN 62.2 NV-92 MT-19.6 KS-21.5 ME 124 IA 61.9 OR-93 SD-19.6 PA-21.9 AR 121 NJ 61.6 CO-106 MS-19.8 VA-23.8 AK 115 TX 58.6 IL-129 NM-19.8 CO-24.0 HI 101 WI 57.0 NJ-144 CA-20.2 MT-24.3 VT 94 NE 51.4 MI-153 OR-20.4 ME-25.6 MT 90 RI 50.1 VA-171 ME-21.0 NM-26.8 NE 88 ND 48.9 OH-173 NJ-21.6 OR-26.8 MS 77 SD 48.9 WA-182 ND-22.5 CA-29.2 WV 77 AR 44.9 NY-186 GA-22.6 IA-29.4 DC 71 OK 44.2 TX-196 KS-22.7 WA-30.4 DE 68 WV 42.7 MA-230 PA-23.0 AK-34.7 WY 58 NY 41.0 FL-252 UT-23.0 NH-34.9 RI 53 KY 35.7 PA-269 MA-25.7 MA-36.1 SD 37 LA 35.4 GA-355 NV-26.1 GA-42.3 ND 31 MS 26.9 CA-1009 IA-32.2 NV-43.7 areas with currently recognized affiliates: 22871 other US areas (territories, etc.) 12 APO/FPO 29 non-US 11 ------ 22923