American Sociological Association: 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 September 30 for the last decade.

Totals	19,855	20,269	21,366	23,120	24,236	25,137	24,995	26,329	25,464	27,827	27,309
Section	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Aging	490	498	484	598	603	614	606	624	605	612	620
Alcohol & Drugs	243	306	303	301	304	303	288	255	213	226	200
Altruism, Morality & Social Solidarity	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	139	216	320	305
Animals & Society	308	218	197	209	208	218	176	180	167	172	149
Asia/Asian American	317	328	321	365	379	398	368	405	351	377	337
Body and Embodiment	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	302	295	307	306
Children & Youth	345	341	334	418	417	413	419	433	434	447	409
Collective Behavior/Social Movements	606	614	643	708	761	857	836	825	767	874	841
Communication and Information Technology	147	185	253	301	301	307	318	317	318	323	325
Community & Urban	556	615	696	721	759	764	727	695	659	696	619
Comparative & Historical	547	563	629	693	710	741	730	765	693	708	710
Consumers and Consumption	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	322
Crime, Law & Deviance	598	626	658	689	701	739	701	694	624	633	612
Culture	889	946	976	1,063	1,131	1,180	1,198	1,227	1,132	1,228	1,181
Sociology of Development	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	357	421
Disability & Society	-	-	-	-	-	-	165	235	331	308	264
Economic	505	548	614	674	717	776	780	823	836	872	823
Education	622	653	718	747	796	809	812	847	813	862	818
Emotions	245	265	259	262	288	281	278	270	262	269	274
Environment & Technology	409	417	377	365	406	419	461	478	463	473	491
Ethnomethodology	153	220	306	207	192	201	189	199	157	153	129
Evolution, Biology & Society	-	-	-	157	336	245	203	183	159	158	174
Family	717	731	719	772	819	842	817	822	801	809	754
Global & Transnational Sociology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	516	649	627
History of Sociology	164	200	179	233	234	219	212	213	207	199	199
Human Rights	-	-	-	-	-	-	251	321	290	302	321
Inequality, Poverty and Mobility	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	545	671
International Migration	349	350	401	436	496	557	561	607	579	630	593
Labor & Labor Movements	341	315	341	371	423	429	424	415	352	393	435
Latino/a	245	270	312	337	349	346	349	378	325	351	318
Law	317	316	338	412	412	411	409	422	442	414	423
Marxist	320	410	412	407	410	408	414	401	339	343	311
Mathematical	186	196	179	196	222	212	211	225	226	231	220
Medical	1,003	1,010	1,013	1,027	1,010	1,063	1,023	1,044	1,019	1,034	1,009
Mental Health	389	399	417	425	411	433	408	410	418	457	428
Methodology	384	392	381	401	407	402	407	425	419	430	434
Organizations, Occupations & Work	985	980	948	981	1,046	1,057	1,024	1,025	944	961	996
Peace, War & Social Conflict	255	276	317	316	316	344	321	330	313	307	302
Political Economy of the World System	411	402	419	428	440	467	421	431	386	430	412
Political Sociology	602	599	656	755	771	844	834	869	786	884	858
Population	418	429	440	444	460	488	472	512	499	520	490
Race, Gender & Class	787	787	804	848	930	986	943	965	900	999	942
Racial & Ethnic Minorities	647	685	689	820	810	879	818	900	820	864	811
Rationality & Society	160	183	170	174	162	164	152	148	151	165	162
Religion	496	510	540	610	654	670	655	698	686	672	643
Science, Knowledge & Technology	441	388	413	418	467	483	495	487	477	498	496
Sex & Gender	1,064	1,038	1,044	1,072	1,149	1,210	1,165	1,231	1,122	1,190	1,119
Sexualities	296	350	367	399	434	459	458	486	442	507	485
Social Psychology	623	627	618	374	664	689	651	663	634	673	692
Sociological Practice and Public Sociology	204	213	216	214	219	232	215	334	311	332	333
Teaching & Learning	460	546	588	653	681	735	791	813	747	804	801
Theory	642	637	677	819	829	825	838	858	818	859	802