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 September 30 for the last decade.
| Section | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aging | 480 | 490 | 498 | 484 | 598 | 603 | 614 | 606 | 624 | 605 | 612 |
| Alcohol & Drugs | 210 | 243 | 306 | 303 | 301 | 304 | 303 | 288 | 255 | 213 | 226 |
| Altruism, Morality & Social Solidarity | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 139 | 216 | 320 |
| Animals & Society | 102 | 308 | 218 | 197 | 209 | 208 | 218 | 176 | 180 | 167 | 172 |
| Asia/Asian American | 312 | 317 | 328 | 321 | 365 | 379 | 398 | 368 | 405 | 351 | 377 |
| Body and Embodiment | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 302 | 295 | 307 |
| Children & Youth | 316 | 345 | 341 | 334 | 418 | 417 | 413 | 419 | 433 | 434 | 447 |
| Collective Behavior/Social Movements | 536 | 606 | 614 | 643 | 708 | 761 | 857 | 836 | 825 | 767 | 874 |
| Communication and Information Technology | 199 | 147 | 185 | 253 | 301 | 301 | 307 | 318 | 317 | 318 | 323 |
| Community & Urban | 575 | 556 | 615 | 696 | 721 | 759 | 764 | 727 | 695 | 659 | 696 |
| Comparative & Historical | 528 | 547 | 563 | 629 | 693 | 710 | 741 | 730 | 765 | 693 | 708 |
| Crime, Law & Deviance | 563 | 598 | 626 | 658 | 689 | 701 | 739 | 701 | 694 | 624 | 633 |
| Culture | 810 | 889 | 946 | 976 | 1,063 | 1,131 | 1,180 | 1,198 | 1,227 | 1,132 | 1,228 |
| Sociology of Development |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 357 |
| Disability & Society | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 165 | 235 | 331 | 308 |
| Economic | 439 | 505 | 548 | 614 | 674 | 717 | 776 | 780 | 823 | 836 | 872 |
| Education | 563 | 622 | 653 | 718 | 747 | 796 | 809 | 812 | 847 | 813 | 862 |
| Emotions | 270 | 245 | 265 | 259 | 262 | 288 | 281 | 278 | 270 | 262 | 269 |
| Environment & Technology | 411 | 409 | 417 | 377 | 365 | 406 | 419 | 461 | 478 | 463 | 473 |
| Ethnomethodology | - | 153 | 220 | 306 | 207 | 192 | 201 | 189 | 199 | 157 | 153 |
| Evolution, Biology & Society | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157 | 336 | 245 | 203 | 183 | 159 | 158 |
| Family | 726 | 717 | 731 | 719 | 772 | 819 | 842 | 817 | 822 | 801 | 809 |
| Global & Transnational Sociology | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 516 | 649 |
| History of Sociology |
195 | 164 | 200 | 179 | 233 | 234 | 219 | 212 | 213 | 207 | 199 |
| Human Rights | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 251 | 321 | 290 | 302 |
| Inequality, Poverty and Mobility |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 545 |
| International Migration | 318 | 349 | 350 | 401 | 436 | 496 | 557 | 561 | 607 | 579 | 630 |
| Labor & Labor Movements | 327 | 341 | 315 | 341 | 371 | 423 | 429 | 424 | 415 | 352 | 393 |
| Latino/a | 226 | 245 | 270 | 312 | 337 | 349 | 346 | 349 | 378 | 325 | 351 |
| Law | 288 | 317 | 316 | 338 | 412 | 412 | 411 | 409 | 422 | 442 | 414 |
| Marxist | 282 | 320 | 410 | 412 | 407 | 410 | 408 | 414 | 401 | 339 | 343 |
| Mathematical | 198 | 186 | 196 | 179 | 196 | 222 | 212 | 211 | 225 | 226 | 231 |
| Medical | 1,007 | 1,003 | 1,010 | 1,013 | 1,027 | 1,010 | 1,063 | 1,023 | 1,044 | 1,019 | 1,034 |
| Mental Health | 377 | 389 | 399 | 417 | 425 | 411 | 433 | 408 | 410 | 418 | 457 |
| Methodology | 386 | 384 | 392 | 381 | 401 | 407 | 402 | 407 | 425 | 419 | 430 |
| Organizations, Occupations & Work | 950 | 985 | 980 | 948 | 981 | 1,046 | 1,057 | 1,024 | 1,025 | 944 | 961 |
| Peace, War & Social Conflict | 248 | 255 | 276 | 317 | 316 | 316 | 344 | 321 | 330 | 313 | 307 |
| Political Economy of the World System | 378 | 411 | 402 | 419 | 428 | 440 | 467 | 421 | 431 | 386 | 430 |
| Political Sociology | 584 | 602 | 599 | 656 | 755 | 771 | 844 | 834 | 869 | 786 | 884 |
| Population | 412 | 418 | 429 | 440 | 444 | 460 | 488 | 472 | 512 | 499 | 520 |
| Race, Gender & Class | 731 | 787 | 787 | 804 | 848 | 930 | 986 | 943 | 965 | 900 | 999 |
| Racial & Ethnic Minorities | 632 | 647 | 685 | 689 | 820 | 810 | 879 | 818 | 900 | 820 | 864 |
| Rationality & Society | 186 | 160 | 183 | 170 | 174 | 162 | 164 | 152 | 148 | 151 | 165 |
| Religion | 481 | 496 | 510 | 540 | 610 | 654 | 670 | 655 | 698 | 686 | 672 |
| Science, Knowledge & Technology | 381 | 441 | 388 | 413 | 418 | 467 | 483 | 495 | 487 | 477 | 498 |
| Sex & Gender | 1,054 | 1,064 | 1,038 | 1,044 | 1,072 | 1,149 | 1,210 | 1,165 | 1,231 | 1,122 | 1,190 |
| Sexualities | 266 | 296 | 350 | 367 | 399 | 434 | 459 | 458 | 486 | 442 | 507 |
| Social Psychology | 609 | 623 | 627 | 618 | 374 | 664 | 689 | 651 | 663 | 634 | 673 |
| Sociological Practice and Public Sociology |
219 | 204 | 213 | 216 | 214 | 219 | 232 | 215 | 334 | 311 | 332 |
| Teaching & Learning | 384 | 460 | 546 | 588 | 653 | 681 | 735 | 791 | 813 | 747 | 804 |
| Theory | 618 | 642 | 637 | 677 | 819 | 829 | 825 | 838 | 858 | 818 | 859 |
| Totals | 18,770 | 19,855 | 20,269 | 21,366 | 23,120 | 24,236 | 25,137 | 24,995 | 26,329 | 25,464 | 27,827 |