Like all organizations, the American Sociological Association has seen many changes in its membership since its inception. Here you will find graphs and tables related to three aspects of our membership, calculated from ASA membership data: Member Demographics, Section Demographics, Membership Over Time, and Demographics of ASA Leadership. By sharing your demographic and other details when you join or renew, you are enabling us to chart the growth and evolution of the association over time. Data on specific member characteristics are generally available beginning with the 2001 membership year.
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ASA Member Demographics
See details on our total membership (2024) and student membership (2024) by:
- Member Type
- Gender
- Ethnicity/Race
- Gender & Ethnicity/Race
ASA Section Data
Access recent information on the breakdown of all of our members and students into sections (2024) by:
- Membership Type
- Gender
- Ethnicity/Race
- Gender & Ethnicity/Race
ASA Community Data
Access recent information on the breakdown of all of our members into Communities (2024) by:
- Membership Type
- Gender
- Ethnicity/Race
- Gender & Ethnicity/Race
ASA Membership Over Time
Learn about ASA’s expansion over time for total membership and student membership.
- Membership over the Decades
- Membership Type
- Gender
- Ethnicity/Race
- Gender & Ethnicity/Race
Demographics of ASA Leadership
See figures showing the increasing diversity of ASA’s leadership over time:
