The Status of the Tea Party Movement: State Rankings
The complete state rankings for the second segment of IREHR’s special report on the status of the Tea Party movement. It provides an unvarnished, non-partisan, data-driven analysis of the membership of the national factions as the movement approaches its sixth year. Read the entire report The Status of the Tea Party: Membership, Support and Sympathy by the Numbers
The complete state rankings for the second segment of IREHR’s special report on the status of the Tea Party movement. It provides an unvarnished, non-partisan, data-driven analysis of the membership of the national factions as the movement approaches its sixth year.
Read the entire report The Status of the Tea Party: Membership, Support and Sympathy by the Numbers
State Tea Party Membership Rankings
| State | Tea Party Members | Active Local Tea Party Groups | Rank – Overall | Rank – Total Members | Rank – by Population | Rank – Number of Local Tea Party Groups |
| Florida | 36,423 | 69 | 1st | 3rd | 13th | 3rd |
| Texas | 39,442 | 85 | 2nd | 2nd | 25th | 2nd |
| Arizona | 13,926 | 31 | 3rd | 9th | 7th | 13th |
| Tennessee | 13,775 | 26 | 4th | 10th | 6th | 15th |
| Ohio | 19,042 | 43 | 5th | 4th | 20th | 8th |
| Georgia | 16,150 | 45 | 6th | 7th | 21st | 7th |
| Pennsylvania | 18,396 | 49 | 7th | 6th | 31st | 5th |
| North Carolina | 15,886 | 34 | 8th | 8th | 22nd | 12th |
| Colorado | 10,707 | 20 | 9th | 15th | 8th | 20th |
| California | 40,508 | 93 | 10th | 1st | 46th | 1st |
| Virginia | 12,768 | 36 | 11th | 13th | 24th | 11th |
| Missouri | 10,563 | 24 | 12th | 16th | 16th | 16th |
| Washington | 11,728 | 21 | 13th | 14th | 17th | 18th |
| Indiana | 10,480 | 37 | 14th | 17th | 23rd | 10th |
| Michigan | 13,186 | 40 | 15th | 12th | 35th | 9th |
| South Carolina | 7,763 | 21 | 16th | 20th | 19th | 19th |
| New York | 18,592 | 46 | 17th | 5th | 50th | 6th |
| Illinois | 13,480 | 52 | 18th | 11th | 47th | 4th |
| Oregon | 7,820 | 9 | 19th | 19th | 10th | 34th |
| Oklahoma | 6,727 | 12 | 20th | 24th | 15th | 28th |
| Utah | 6,365 | 8 | 21st | 26th | 5th | 36th |
| Alabama | 7,153 | 14 | 22nd | 22nd | 27th | 25th |
| Kansas | 4,772 | 13 | 23rd | 31st | 18th | 26th |
| Idaho | 3,614 | 7 | 24th | 36th | 4th | 37th |
| New Jersey | 8,666 | 27 | 25th | 18th | 49th | 14th |
| Massachusetts | 7,196 | 23 | 26th | 21st | 44th | 17th |
| Arkansas | 4,388 | 14 | 27th | 32nd | 26th | 24th |
| Alaska | 2,627 | 5 | 28th | 42nd | 1st | 39th |
| Nevada | 5,432 | 5 | 29th | 30th | 12th | 41st |
| Wisconsin | 6,835 | 16 | 30th | 23rd | 40th | 21st |
| Montana | 2,281 | 6 | 31st | 43rd | 3rd | 38th |
| Wyoming | 1,333 | 5 | 32nd | 44th | 2nd | 40th |
| Mississippi | 4,102 | 15 | 33rd | 33rd | 34th | 22nd |
| Minnesota | 6,334 | 15 | 34th | 27th | 41st | 23rd |
| Kentucky | 6,210 | 10 | 35th | 28th | 32nd | 31st |
| New Hampshire | 2,746 | 3 | 36th | 38th | 9th | 45th |
| Louisiana | 5,959 | 12 | 37th | 29th | 36th | 29th |
| Maine | 2,682 | 4 | 38th | 41st | 11th | 43rd |
| West Virginia | 2,702 | 11 | 39th | 39th | 29th | 30th |
| New Mexico | 2,956 | 10 | 40th | 37th | 33rd | 32nd |
| Connecticut | 4,067 | 13 | 41st | 34th | 42nd | 27th |
| Maryland | 6,517 | 9 | 42nd | 25th | 43rd | 35th |
| Iowa | 3,771 | 10 | 43rd | 35th | 38th | 33rd |
| District of Columbia | 1,104 | 2 | 44th | 48th | 14th | 50th |
| Nebraska | 2,700 | 3 | 45th | 40th | 28th | 46th |
| Delaware | 1,316 | 3 | 46th | 45th | 30th | 47th |
| South Dakota | 991 | 4 | 47th | 49th | 39th | 44th |
| Rhode Island | 1,143 | 5 | 48th | 46th | 45th | 42nd |
| Vermont | 815 | 3 | 49th | 50th | 37th | 48th |
| Hawaii | 1,107 | 3 | 50th | 47th | 51st | 49th |
| North Dakota | 705 | 1 | 51st | 51st | 48th | 51st |
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