Posted on 04/15/2009 3:08:47 PM PDT by kristinn
I'm hoping to be able to ascertain an overall national figure of attendance at the tea parties today by asking Freepers to post their crowd estimates on this thread.
I'm also asking that the thread be kept to just the numbers, no photos, etc., but if you want to link back to photos in your crowd estimate that's fine.
Please give the location and number of participants.
I'll go first:
Melbourne, FL - 1000.
Tea party protesters rally at state Capitol
02:52 PM PDT on Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Associated Press and KING5.com Staff
Video: Tax-payers protest on Capitol steps
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OLYMPIA, Wash. – Roughly 5,000 protesters gathered at the state Capitol today as part of a tax-day protest designed to echo the rebellion of the Boston Tea Party.
I’m making a spreadsheet. I’m using the higher of whatever numbers are given (since we’re conservatives, I figure we’re estimating conservatively LOL). Here’s what I have with 228 locations reporting (total at bottom)
AK Anchorage 1200
AL Auburn 500
AL Birmingham 5000
AL Fairhope 400
AL Fort Payne 250
AL Hoover 7000
AL Huntsville 3000
AL Mobile 3000
AL Montgomery 500
AL Tuscaloosa 500
AL Wetumpka 200
AR Fort Smith 300
AR Little Rock 700
AR Rogers 500
AZ Cottonwood 300
AZ Phoenix 8000
AZ Sierra Vista 350
AZ Tucson 7000
CA AL/Dockwiler Beach 2500
CA Escondido 2200
CA Fresno 6000
CA Napa 50
CA Palm Desert 2000
CA Palm Srpings 200
CA Riverside 300
CA Sacramento 15000
CA San Francisco 500
CA San Jose 2200
CA Santa Ana 2000
CA Santa Rosa 250
CA Seal Beach 1500
CA Temecula 1000
CA Valencia 500
CA Ventura 2500
CA Walnut Creek 270
CO Colorado Springs 1500
CO Denver 5500
CO Durango 250
CO Estes Park 300
CO Fort Collins 2000
CO Grand Junction 2000
CT Hartford 5000
DC Washington 3500
DE Georgetown 200
FL Deland 750
FL Eustis 1500
FL Ft. Lauderdale 3000
FL Jacksonville 1500
FL Lake City 550
FL Lakeland 3000
FL Live Oak 650
FL Melbourne 1000
FL Naples 2000
FL Ocala 1000
FL Orlando 2000
FL Panama City 2000
FL Pensacola 3000
FL Port Richey 1200
FL Port St. Lucie 600
FL St. Augustine 1000
FL Tampa 2000
FL Vero Beach 2000
GA Augusta 2000
GA Atlanta 20000
GA Cumming 200
GA Roswell 300
IA Cedar Rapids 600
IA Davenport 500
IA Des Moines 1000
ID Boise 2500
ID Moscow 400
IL Chicago/Fed PI 10000
IL Indianapolis 8000
IL Lisle 2000
IL Peoria 3000
IL Nauvoo 65
IN Jasper 150
KS Manhattan 500
KS Ottawa 70
KS Overland Park 10000
KS Wichita 1000
KY Elizabethton 400
KY Louisville 1500
KY Paducah 2000
LA Alexandria 500
LA Baton Rouge 3000
LA Covington 500
LA Monroe 600
LA Shreveport 5000
MA Bangor 400
MA Boston 1700
MA Cape Cod 300
MA Springfield 600
MA Worcerster 700
MD Westminister 500
ME Augusta 200
MI Grand Rapids 3000
MI Houghton 250
MI Lansing 5000
MI Marquette 100
MI Plymouth 3000
MO Camdenton 300
MO Grand Rapids 3000
MO Jefferson City 200
MO Kansas City/Downtown 4000
MO Kansas City/Lees 300
MO Springfield 1500
MO St. Louis 12000
MO Popar Bluff 250
MN Duluth 1000
MN St. Paul 10000
MS Jackson 1000
NC Asheville 2500
NC Charlotte 2000
NC Currituck 200
NC Davidson 150
NC Edenton 400
NC Fayetteville 400
NC Gastonia 100
NC Goldsboro 300
NC Greensboro 1500
NC Greenville 200
NC Hickory 1000 maybe
NC Hillsborough 500
NC Lincolnton 300
NC Mooresville 150
NC Morehead City 1200
NC Pasquotank Co. 200
NC Raleigh 1000 plus
NC Statesville 250
NC Winston-Salem 900
NE Omaha 1000
NH Concord 500
NH Victory Park 900
NH Manchland 500
NH Plymouth 200
NJ Flemington 750
NJ Morristown 1500
NM Farmington 1000
NV Carson City 3000
NV Elko 100
NV Las Vegas 2200
NY Albany 3000
NY Buffalo 400
NY Endicott 300
NY Fishkill 4100
NY Jamestown 120
NY Nanuet 100
NY New York City 4000
NY Rochester 1000
OH Dairy Hut? 50
OH Ashland 600
OH Canton 1500
OH Cincinnati 5000
OH Cleveland 5000
OH Columbus 3500
OH Eastlake 40
OH Jefferson 500
OH Lisbon 200
OH Mansfield 1500
OH Wiloughby 75
OK Batrtlesville 250
OK Oklahoma City 6500
OK Tulsa/2 loc 7000
OR Beaverton 500
OR Astoria 300
OR Salem 3500
PA Greensburg 800
PA Harrisburg 3000
PA Philadelphia 600
PA Sugar Grove 200
RI Providence 2500
SC Greenville 1500
SC Greenwood 400
SC Myrtle Beach 1000
TN Bristol 200
TN Chattanooga 2000
TN Hendersonville 1500
TN Kingsport 1000
TN Knoxville 2000
TN Memphis 3000
TN Nashville 10000
TX Abilene 1050
TX Alamo 15000
TX Allen 200
TX Amarillo 750
TX Austin 3000
TX Baytown 600
TX Beaumont 750
TX Belton 2000
TX Browsville 600
TX Caldwell 100
TX Carrollton 300
TX Conroe 800
TX Dallas 5000
TX Fort Hood 500
TX Fort Worth 5500
TX Houston 10000
TX Longview 1500
TX Lubbock 2000
TX Odessa 500
TX McAllen 1000
TX McKinney 600
TX Paris 350
TX Richardson 300
TX San Antonio 15000
TX Tyler 1400
TX Woodlands 6500
UT Salt Lake City 3000
VA Harrisoburg 300
VA Lynchburg 2000
VA Newport News 700
VA Reston 500
VA Richmond 5000
VA Roanoke 750
VA Winchester 350
VA Virginia Beach 2000
WA Bellevue 1000
WA Colville 200
WA Everett
WA Issaquah 200
WA Olympia 5000
WA Renton 100
WI Appleton 2000
WI Madison 8000
WI Wausau 175
WV Clarksburg 300
WV Huntington 100
TOTAL 461165
From my vantage point on the picnic table behind the dais/speaking platform, I could see that the cars were streaming along during at least the first half of the rally cruising for parking spots.
So I would actually estimate the number of the people who WANTED to attend the Lisle rally but COULDN'T at about 200-250 easily. So add that to my 2000 number above ;-).
That would make a great bumper sticker.
They stated about 5,000 from the podium in Fort Worth -— we filled LaGrave Field into the overflow seating! They also stated that it might be one of the largest “Tea Parties”.
That's good news for the Philadelphia event. We watched the ABC coverage at 6, which also seemed pretty reasonable and balanced - better than I'd expected.
My estimate of the Love Park crowd today was in the 300-400 range, with the higher number reflecting people moving in and out. It was miserable weather: 41 degrees, rainy and breezy. The crowd was polite and enthusiastic.
http://picasaweb.google.com/charlan46/Havasu?authkey=Gv1sRgCJXQ3p76zMi73QE#5325129803657576562
Toledo, Ohio 1000 - 1200 ...in the rain...
Police and organizer estimates.
Add at least another 500 for Lake Havasu City, AZ
What he said! I went and had a beer at TGIF waiting for the train and I was talking to this guy who also went. He estimated the number to be about 6000!
The low side figure on the “Million Man March” was about 675k. We’re closing in on it with a lot of cities unreported, and some events, like San Diego’s, starting late.
15,000 is a good but probably conservative number!
I don’t want to dispute anyone’s totals, but the Duluth, MN, paper said that there were “about 700” there instead of 1000 as is posted. They are libbies, so they could have misundercounted? :D
There are a lot of towns not reported. I know there was a Tea Party in Buena Park, California for instance. We were deciding between that one and the one in Seal Beach.
Ping as requested. Estimated count at post #400
Pictures from the Beaverton Tea Party
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28806950@N03/
My hubby and I were there as well. We watched the local news tonight and saw nothing. did we miss it? If so what channel covered it?
Add 2000 for San Jose tea party.
These are mostly estimates being compiled from this thread - could be off several hundred up or down I’m sure! There should be more accurate numbers once folks count from photos and signatures.
Please chime in with an estimated number. Check the local newspaper websites to see if they have stories and post the info here!
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