Tea Party Total Head Count Thread (Post Your Attendance Numbers Here)

Wednesday, April 15, 2009 | Kristinn

[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.

[KansasGirl]

Yuma, Arizona

1000 people

http://www.yumasun.com/news/bags_49425___article.html/protest_spending.html

[abb]

Arkadelphia, Arkansas - 225

http://www.siftingsherald.com/news/x50619129/Clark-County-joins-in-tax-protests

About 225 Clark County residents attended the Taxed Enough Already (TEA) Party Wednesday afternoon on the grounds of the Clark County Courthouse.

[abb]

Texarkana, Texas - “hundreds” Put down 500 and call it good.

http://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/localnews/2009/04/16/brew-ha-ha-in-texarkana-65.php

Hundreds gathered Wednesday evening in downtown Texarkana to protest federal spending at one of many TEA parties held nationwide.

[KansasGirl]

Bemidji, MN

350 people

http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/articles/index.cfm?id=22904&section=homepage

[ParaVet93]

Manchester NH- Over 2000. I walked around the perimeter of the area three times to get a feel for the size of the crowd. The media reported the same.

[abb]

Nacogdoches, Texas - 2000

http://www.lufkindailynews.com/hp/content/news/stories/2009/04/16/tea_party.html

Protestors gather for tea party event
Crowd of 2,000 rallies against taxes

[KansasGirl]

Lynchburg, VA

1200 people

http://www.newsadvance.com/lna/news/local/article/lynchburg_gathers_for_tax_day_tea_party/15218/

[Gvl_M3]

I saw a report that NYC was 10,000-12,000.

I can’t find a link right now. This is the one that Newt attended.

[abb]

Waco, Texas - 1200 afternoon event, 2000 evening event.

http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/news/stories/2009/04/16/04162009wacteaparty.html

Tea party organizer Joanie Ruetz said 1,000 stickers were given out at the first rally and that a former U.S. Secret Service agent working with event organizers estimated the afternoon crowd to be between 1,000 and 1,200 people. A Waco police officer said he estimated it at “a couple hundred.”

More than 1,800 stickers were distributed at the evening rally, and Michael Simon, another of the event’s organizers, said there were about 200 more people who came early and left before they got stickers.

[Typelouder]

Medina Ohio Tea Party from 4 to 6:30 pm in a light drizzle was reported at 800+. My guess is there were at least 1000 at its peak around 515 pm with at least 650 hanging around til the end.

[abb]

Wichita Falls, Texas - 1000

http://www.timesrecordnews.com/news/2009/apr/16/tea-for-thousands-residents-turn-out-for-protest/

Tony Corsaut, a professor of economics at Midwestern State University, speaks Wednesday to a crowd of about 1,000 people from the steps of the Wichita County Courthouse. The event was a TEA Party, standing for Taxed Enough Already, to protest unsustainable taxing and government spending.

[KansasGirl]

Albany, Oregon

140 people

http://www.democratherald.com/articles/2009/04/16/news/local/4aaa01_teaparty.txt

[abb]

Denton, Texas - 1000

http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/drc/localnews/stories/DRC_tea_0416.dc4bdc93.html

Police estimated the crowd to number between 900 and 1,000. People came from as near as across the street to as far away as Lewisville and Gainesville, making Denton’s among the larger tea parties in the state.

[ought-six]

Chicago: 1,500

[abb]

McAlester, Oklahoma - 100

http://www.mcalesternews.com/homepage/local_story_106104947.html?keyword=leadpicturestory

More than 100 people crowded onto the sidewalks in front of the Carl Albert Federal Building during the TEA Party rally held on Wednesday.

[abb]

Lawton, Oklahoma - “hundreds”

http://www.swoknews.com/main.asp?SectionID=11&SubSectionID=98

At Shepler Park north of City Hall in Lawton and on Duncan’s busiest thoroughfare, hundreds of protesters gathered to show their opposition to what retired teacher Pat McGriff of Waurika described as a “legacy of bad habits” the nation is leaving to its children.

[Henchster]

We're now over a minimum of a half million with 345 cities:

Town	--State	------Low	-----Mid	-----High
Anchorage	AK	1,200	1,200	1,200
Auburn	AL	500	500	500
Birmingham	AL	3,000	4,000	5,000
Enterprise	AL	400	400	400
Fairhope	AL	300	400	500
Fort Payne	AL	200	200	200
Gadsden	AL	35	35	35
Harrison	AL	300	300	300
Hoover	AL	7,000	7,000	7,000
Huntsville	AL	2,300	2,300	2,300
Mobile	AL	3,000	3,000	3,000
Montgomery	AL	500	500	500
Selma	AL	30	30	30
Trussville	AL	300	300	300
Tuscaloosa	AL	500	500	500
Wetumpka	AL	200	200	200
Arkadelphia	AR	225	225	225
El Dorado	AR	300	300	300
Fort Smith	AR	300	350	400
Jonesboro	AR	1,000	1,000	1,000
Little Rock	AR	500	600	700
Magnolia	AR	100	100	100
Paragould	AR	100	100	100
Pine Bluff	AR	200	200	200
Rogers	AR	500	500	500
Cottonwood	AZ	300	300	300
Lake Havasu City	AZ	500	500	500
Phoenix	AZ	8,000	8,000	8,000
Prescott	AZ	2,000	2,000	2,000
Sierra Vista	AZ	350	350	350
Tucson	AZ	2,500	2,750	3,000
Yuma	AZ	1,000	1,000	1,000
Atascadero	CA	700	850	1,000
Bakersfield	CA	5,000	5,000	5,000
Carmel Ranch	CA	1,000	1,000	1,000
Dockweiler Beach	CA	2,500	2,500	2,500
Escondido	CA	2,200	2,200	2,200
Eureka	CA	200	300	400
Fresno	CA	5,000	5,000	5,000
Holister	CA	100	100	100
Mission Viejo	CA	200	200	200
Modesto	CA	5,000	5,000	5,000
Monterey	CA	500	500	500
Napa	CA	50	50	50
Oceanside	CA	2,000	2,000	2,000
Palm Desert	CA	2,000	2,000	2,000
Palm Springs	CA	200	200	200
Pismo Beach	CA	200	200	200
Redding	CA	2,500	2,500	2,500
Riverside	CA	300	300	300
Sacramento	CA	10,000	12,500	15,000
San Diego	CA	4,000	4,000	4,000
San Francisco	CA	250	375	500
San Jose	CA	2,000	2,000	2,000
San Mateo	CA	200	200	200
Santa Ana	CA	1,500	2,250	3,000
Santa Cruz	CA	24	36	48
Santa Maria	CA	1,000	1,250	1,500
Santa Rosa	CA	200	250	300
Seal Beach	CA	1,500	1,500	1,500
Temecula	CA	1,000	1,000	1,000
Valencia	CA	500	500	500
Ventura	CA	2,500	2,500	2,500
Walnut Creek	CA	270	270	270
Yorba Linda	CA	500	500	500
Colorado Springs	CO	1,500	1,500	1,500
Denver	CO	5,000	5,500	6,000
Durango	CO	250	263	275
Estes Park	CO	300	300	300
Fort Collins	CO	2,000	2,000	2,000
Grand Junction	CO	2,000	2,000	2,000
Hartford	CT	5,000	5,000	5,000
Washington	DC	2,000	2,500	3,000
Georgetown	DE	200	200	200
Deland	FL	500	750	1,000
Eustis	FL	1,500	1,500	1,500
Fort Lauderdale	FL	5,000	5,000	5,000
Jacksonville	FL	3,000	4,000	5,000
Lake City	FL	550	550	550
Lakeland	FL	3,000	3,000	3,000
Live Oak	FL	650	650	650
Melbourne	FL	1,000	1,000	1,000
Naples	FL	2,000	2,000	2,000
Niceville	FL	200	200	200
Ocala	FL	1,000	1,000	1,000
Orlando	FL	2,000	2,000	2,000
Panama City	FL	2,000	2,000	2,000
Pensacola	FL	3,000	3,000	3,000
Port Richey	FL	1,200	1,200	1,200
Port St. Lucie	FL	600	600	600
Sarasota	FL	2,000	2,000	2,000
St Augustine	FL	1,000	1,000	1,000
Tampa	FL	3,000	3,250	3,500
Vero Beach	FL	3,500	3,500	3,500
Villages	FL	1,000	1,000	1,000
Atlanta	GA	15,000	17,500	20,000
Augusta	GA	2,000	2,000	2,000
Cumming	GA	200	500	800
Peachtree City	GA	1,000	1,000	1,000
Roswell	GA	300	300	300
Cedar Rapids	IA	600	600	600
Davenport	IA	500	500	500
Des Moines	IA	3,000	3,000	3,000
Boise	ID	2,500	2,500	2,500
Moscow	ID	400	400	400
Bloomington	IL	500	500	500
Carbondale	IL	50	50	50
Carterville	IL	40	40	40
Chicago	IL	5,000	7,500	5,000
Elk Grove Village	IL	7	7	7
Harrisburg	IL	300	300	300
Lisle	IL	1,500	1,750	2,000
Marion	IL	100	100	100
Nauvoo	IL	60	65	70
Peoria	IL	3,000	3,000	3,000
Angola	IN	100	100	100
Bloomington	IN	300	300	300
Columbus	IN	1,000	1,000	1,000
Elkhart	IN	400	400	400
Evansville	IN	500	500	500
Fort Wayne	IN	400	400	400
Goshen	IN	400	400	400
Hammond	IN	100	100	100
Indianapolis	IN	5,000	7,500	10,000
Jasper	IN	150	150	150
Kokomo	IN	400	450	500
Lafayette	IN	300	300	300
Plymouth	IN	100	100	100
South Bend	IN	300	350	400
Terre Haut	IN	200	200	200
Tipton	IN	100	100	100
Washington	IN	200	200	200
Hutchison	KS	2,000	2,000	2,000
Iola	KS	250	250	250
Manhattan	KS	500	500	500
Ottawa	KS	70	70	70
Overland Park	KS	10,000	10,000	10,000
Pittsburg	KS	700	700	700
Salina	KS	500	500	500
Topeka	KS	1,500	1,500	1,500
Wichita	KS	4,000	4,000	4,000
Elizabethtown	KY	400	400	400
Louisville	KY	1,500	1,750	2,000
Paducah	KY	2,000	2,000	2,000
Alexandria	LA	500	500	500
Baton Rouge	LA	2,000	2,500	3,000
Covington	LA	1,000	1,000	1,000
Cut Off	LA	100	100	100
Franklin	LA	100	100	100
Hammond	LA	300	300	300
Huoma	LA	500	500	500
Lake Charles	LA	1,000	1,000	1,000
Mandeville	LA	500	500	500
Metairie	LA	1,500	1,750	2,000
Minden	LA	300	300	300
Monroe	LA	500	550	600
Morgan City	LA	300	300	300
New Iberia	LA	150	150	150
Opelousas	LA	50	50	50
Ruston	LA	100	100	100
Shreveport	LA	5,000	5,000	5,000
Boston	MA	1,000	1,000	1,000
Hyannis	MA	300	300	300
Springfield	MA	300	300	300
Westminster	MA	500	500	500
Worcester	MA	600	700	800
Annapolis	MD	3,000	3,500	4,000
Bel Air	MD	500	500	500
Cumberland	MD	400	475	550
Augusta	ME	200	200	200
Bangor	ME	600	600	600
Portland	ME	800	800	800
Grand Rapids	MI	3,000	3,000	3,000
Holland	MI	300	350	400
Houghton	MI	250	250	250
Lansing	MI	4,000	5,500	7,000
Marquette	MI	100	100	100
Plymouth	MI	2,000	2,500	3,000
Traverse City	MI	800	900	1,000
Bemidji	MN	350	350	350
Duluth	MN	700	950	1,200
Rochester	MN	1,000	1,250	1,500
St Paul	MN	10,000	10,000	10,000
Jefferson City	MO	200	200	200
Joplin	MO	1,000	1,000	1,000
Kansas City	MO	7,500	7,500	7,500
Lee's Summit	MO	300	300	300
Poplar Bluff	MO	250	263	275
Springfield	MO	1,200	1,600	2,000
St Louis	MO	12,000	12,000	12,000
Columbus	MS	400	400	400
Greenwood	MS	100	100	100
Gulfport	MS	1,000	1,000	1,000
Jackson	MS	1,000	1,000	1,000
Natchez	MS	75	75	75
Starkville	MS	100	100	100
Asheboro	NC	287	287	287
Asheville	NC	2,000	2,500	3,000
Charlotte	NC	3,000	3,000	3,000
Currituck County CH	NC	200	200	200
Davidson	NC	150	150	150
Edenton	NC	400	450	500
Fayetteville	NC	400	400	400
Gastonia	NC	100	100	100
Goldsboro	NC	300	300	300
Greensboro	NC	1,500	1,500	1,500
Greenville	NC	200	200	200
Hickory	NC	1,000	1,000	1,000
Hillsborough	NC	500	500	500
Lincolntown	NC	200	225	250
Mooresville	NC	150	150	150
Morehead City	NC	1,000	1,100	1,200
Newton	NC	300	300	300
Pasquotank County CH	NC	200	200	200
Raleigh	NC	1,000	1,000	1,000
Rutherford	NC	1,000	1,000	1,000
Statesville	NC	200	225	250
Waynesville	NC	200	200	200
Winston-Salem	NC	3,000	3,000	3,000
Lincoln	NE	600	600	600
Omaha	NE	1,000	1,000	1,000
Papillion	NE	200	200	200
Concord	NH	500	500	500
Dover	NH	200	200	200
Manchester	NH	2,000	2,000	2,000
Flemington	NJ	750	750	750
Morristown	NJ	1,500	1,500	1,500
Newark	NJ	250	250	250
Trenton	NJ	1,000	1,000	1,000
Farmington	NM	1,000	1,000	1,000
Carson City	NV	3,000	3,000	3,000
Elko	NV	100	100	100
Las Vegas	NV	2,200	2,200	2,200
Albany	NY	3,000	3,000	3,000
Buffalo	NY	400	400	400
Endicott	NY	300	300	300
Fishkill	NY	4,100	4,100	4,100
Jamestown	NY	120	120	120
Nanuet	NY	100	100	100
New York City	NY	3,000	3,000	3,000
Rochester	NY	1,000	1,000	1,000
Ashland	OH	600	600	600
Canton	OH	1,500	1,500	1,500
Cincinnati	OH	5,000	6,000	7,000
Cleveland	OH	5,000	5,000	5,000
Columbus	OH	3,000	3,500	4,000
Dairy Hut	OH	50	50	50
Eastlake	OH	50	50	50
Jefferson	OH	400	450	500
Lisbon	OH	500	500	500
Mansfield	OH	1,500	1,500	1,500
Medina	OH	800	900	1,000
Toledo	OH	1,000	1,100	1,200
Willoughby	OH	75	75	75
Bartlesville	OK	250	250	250
Lawton	OK	200	300	400
McAlester	OK	100	100	100
Miami	OK	250	250	250
Oklahoma City	OK	4,000	6,000	8,000
South Tulsa	OK	3,000	3,000	3,000
Tulsa	OK	3,000	3,500	4,000
Albany	OR	140	140	140
Astoria	OR	200	250	300
Beaverton	OR	500	500	500
Bend	OR	1,500	1,500	1,500
Portland	OR	1,000	3,500	5,000
Salem	OR	3,500	3,500	3,500
Greensburg	PA	600	700	800
Harrisburg	PA	3,000	3,000	3,000
Philadelpia	PA	1,000	1,000	1,000
Sugar Grove	PA	200	200	200
Providence	RI	2,500	2,500	2,500
Fort Mill	SC	162	162	162
Greenville	SC	1,000	1,250	1,500
Greenwood	SC	300	350	400
Myrtle Beach	SC	600	1,800	3,000
Bristol	TN	150	175	200
Chattanooga	TN	800	900	1,000
Franklin	TN	3,000	3,000	3,000
Hendersonville	TN	1,500	1,500	1,500
Kingsport	TN	1,000	1,000	1,000
Knoxville	TN	1,500	1,750	2,000
Memphis	TN	3,000	3,000	3,000
Nashville	TN	10,000	10,000	10,000
Abilene	TX	1,000	1,000	1,000
Allen	TX	200	200	200
Amarillo	TX	300	350	400
Austin	TX	1,000	1,000	1,000
Baytown	TX	500	550	600
Beaumont	TX	700	750	800
Belton	TX	2,000	2,000	2,000
Brownsville	TX	600	600	600
Caldwell	TX	100	100	100
Carrollton	TX	300	300	300
Conroe	TX	800	800	800
Corpus Christi	TX	800	800	800
Dallas	TX	5,000	5,000	5,000
Decatur	TX	100	150	200
Denton	TX	900	950	1,000
Fort Hood	TX	500	500	500
Fort Worth	TX	5,500	5,500	5,500
Frisco	TX	200	200	200
Gonzales	TX	200	200	200
Houston	TX	8,000	10,000	12,000
Kerrville	TX	912	912	912
Longview	TX	1,500	1,500	1,500
Lubbock	TX	2,000	2,000	2,000
McAllen	TX	1,000	1,000	1,000
Mckinney	TX	600	600	600
Nacogdoches	TX	2,000	2,000	2,000
Odessa	TX	500	500	500
Paris	TX	300	350	400
Richardson	TX	300	300	300
San Antonio	TX	15,000	15,000	15,000
Seguin	TX	300	300	300
Texarkana	TX	200	300	400
Tyler	TX	1,400	1,400	1,400
Waco	TX	3,000	3,000	3,000
Weatherford	TX	500	500	500
Wichita Falls	TX	1,000	1,000	1,000
Woodlands	TX	6,500	6,500	6,500
Salt Lake City	UT	3,000	3,000	3,000
Harrisburg	VA	300	300	300
Lynchburg	VA	2,000	2,000	2,000
Newport News	VA	500	600	700
Reston	VA	500	500	500
Richmond	VA	5,000	5,000	5,000
Roanoke	VA	500	625	750
Virginia Beach	VA	2,000	2,000	2,000
Winchester	VA	350	350	350
Bellevue	WA	1,000	1,000	1,000
Bellingham	WA	2,000	2,500	3,000
Colville	WA	200	200	200
Everett	WA	300	300	300
Issaquah	WA	200	200	200
Olympia	WA	5,000	5,000	5,000
Renton	WA	100	100	100
Tri-Cities	WA	1,000	1,000	1,000
Appleton	WI	2,000	2,000	2,000
Madison	WI	8,000	8,000	8,000
Wausau	WI	150	175	200
Charleston	WV	2,000	2,000	2,000
Clarksburg	WV	300	300	300
Huntington	WV	100	100	100
Morgantown	WV	350	350	350
		501,432	535,049	562,666

[Arizona Carolyn]

According to our paper this morning my guess of 500 for Lake HAvasu City was way too low, the paper said 2500 was there. I saw someone doing a head count as people crossed over the London Bridge, must have been someone from the paper... anyway you can adjust the total I gave last night significantly upward.

[abb]

Fayetteville, Arkansas - 1000

http://www.nwanews.com/nwat/News/75735/

Organizers of the TEA Party estimated that more than 1,000 attended the event, which was billed as a grassroots, nonpartisan event. Many of the protest signs carried conservative messages often associated with the Republican Party, and some GOP elected officials attended. Still, there were many in the crowd who were clearly fed up with politicians on both sides of the aisle.

[divine_moment_of_facts]

Official count from the Asbury Park Press..

Belmar, NJ = 400