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  Section Membership Counts  
     
 
Section Membership Counts
 
The ASA membership year closes on September 30 of each year. The following table presents section membership counts (alphabetically by section) as of that date for the most recent years.


Section 9/30/2001 9/30/2002 9/30/2003 9/30/2004 9/30/2005 9/30/2006 9/30/2007 9/30/2008
Aging 480 490 498 484 598 603 614
606
Alcohol & Drugs 210 243 306 303 301 304 303 288
Animals & Society 102 308 218 197 209 208 218 176
Asia/Asian American 312 317 328 321 365 379 398 368
Children & Youth 316 345 341 334 418 417 413 419
Collective Behavior/Social Movements 536 606 614 643 708 761 857 836
Commmunication and Information Technology 199 147 185 253 301 301 307 318
Community and Urban 575 556 615 696 721 759 764 727
Comparative and Historical 528 547 563 629 693 710 741 730
Crime, Law and Deviance 563 598 626 658 689 701 739 701
Culture 810 889 946 976 1,063 1,131 1,180 1,198
Economic 439 505 548 614 674 717 776 780
Education 563 622 653 718 747 796 809 812
Emotions 270 245 265 259 262 288 281 278
Environment and Technology 411 409 417 377 365 406 419 461
Ethnomethodology 0 153 220 306 207 192 201 189
Evolution 0 0 0 0 157 336 245 203
Family 726 717 731 719 772 819 842 817
History 195 164 200 179 233 234 219 212
International Migration 318 349 350 401 436 496 557 561
Labor and Labor Movements 327 341 315 341 371 423 429 424
Latino/a 226 245 270 312 337 349 346 349
Law 288 317 316 338 412 412 411 409
Marxist 282 320 410 412 407 410 408 414
Mathematical 198 186 196 179 196 222 212 211
Medical 1,007 1,003 1,010 1,013 1,027 1,010 1,063 1,023
Mental Health 377 389 399 417 425 411 433 408
Methodology 386 384 392 381 401 407 402 407
Organizations, Occupations and Work 950 985 980 948 981 1,046 1,057 1,024
Peace, War and Social Conflict 248 255 276 317 316 316 344 321
Political Economy of the World System 378 411 402 419 428 440 467 421
Political Sociology 584 602 599 656 755 771 844 834
Population 412 418 429 440 444 460 488 472
Race, Gender and Class 731 787 787 804 848 930 986 943
Racial and Ethnic Minorities 632 647 685 689 820 810 879 818
Rationality and Society 186 160 183 170 174 162 164 152
Religion 481 496 510 540 610 654 670 655
Science, Knowledge and Technology 381 441 388 413 418 467 483 495
Sex and Gender 1,054 1,064 1,038 1,044 1,072 1,149 1,210 1,165
Sexualities 266 296 350 367 399 434 459 458
Social Psychology 609 623 627 618 374 664 689 651
Sociological Practice 219 204 213 216 214 219 232 215
Teaching and Learning 384 460 546 588 653 681 735 791
Theory 618 642 637 677 819 829 825 838
Totals 18,777 19,855 20,269 21,366 23,120 24,236 25,137 24,995