[DWW1990]

Yes, get out now if you haven’t already. I wonder how much their numbers have dropped.

[faithhopecharity]

BSA membership is in a dive.... (for obvious reasons)....

Annual Youth Membership Year Tiger Cubs,
Cubs,
Webelos Boy Scouts,
Varsity Scouts Venturers (post-1997),
Explorers (pre-1998),
not incl. LFL (post-1989) Total
Traditional
Scouting
1960[165] 1,865,000 1,647,000 271,000 3,783,000
1970[165] 2,438,000 1,916,000 329,000 4,683,000
1975[165] 1,997,000 1,503,000 434,000 3,933,000
1980[165] 1,696,000 1,064,000 447,000 3,207,000
1981[165] 1,643,000 1,101,000 499,000 3,244,000
1982[165] 1,693,000 1,126,000 606,000 3,425,000
1983[165] 1,693,000 1,116,000 758,000 3,567,000
1984[165] 1,638,000 1,078,000 941,000 3,657,000
1985[165] 1,668,000 1,063,000 1,024,000 3,755,000
1986[165] 1,974,000 1,042,000 1,021,000 4,037,000
1987[165] 2,110,000 1,032,000 1,037,000 4,180,000
1988[165] 2,148,000 1,025,000 1,055,000 4,228,000
1989[165] 2,156,000 1,008,000 1,083,000 4,247,000
1990[165] 2,181,000 1,011,000 741,000 3,933,000
1991[165] 2,126,000 979,000 362,000 3,467,000
1992[165] 2,111,000 976,000 367,000 3,454,000
1993[165] 2,067,000 979,000 380,000 3,426,000
1994[165] 2,031,000 978,000 394,000 3,403,000
1995[165] 2,037,000 981,000 401,000 3,419,000
1996[165] 2,095,000 1,000,000 422,000 3,419,000
1997[165] 2,153,000 1,016,000 455,000 3,624,000
1998[165] 2,171,000 1,023,000 188,000 3,382,000
1999[166] 2,181,013 1,028,353 202,486 3,411,852
2000[166] 2,114,405 1,003,681 233,828 3,351,914
2001[166] 2,043,478 1,005,592 276,434 3,325,504
2002[166] 2,000,478 1,010,791 293,323 3,304,592
2003[166] 1,914,425 997,398 288,395 3,200,218
2004[166] 1,875,752 988,995 280,584 3,145,331
2005[167] 1,745,324 943,426 249,948 2,938,698
2006[168] 1,701,861 922,836 244,256 2,868,963
2007[168][169] 1,687,986 913,588 254,259 2,855,833
2008[169][170] 1,665,635 905,879 261,122 2,832,636
2009[171] 1,634,951 898,320 257,361 2,790,632
2010[172] 1,601,994 898,852 238,846 2,739,692
2011[173] 1,583,166 909,576 231,127 2,723,869
2012[174] 1,528,421 910,163 219,453 2,658,794
2013[175] 1,417,034 888,947 192,080 2,498,061
2014[176] 1,295,527 854,692 157,655 2,307,874
2015[177] 1,261,340 840,654 142,892 2,244,886
Peak Year 1970 1970 1989 1970
Most Recent Peak 1999 1999 2008 1997
change
(1999 to 2015) -42.2% -18.3% -29.4% -34.2%