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PAA Membership Growth Chart

1982-2009

Year   Chapters Members Inducted Total Members
1982 48 771 4,086
1983 52 797 4,883
1984 58 597 5,480
1985 59 671 6,151
1986 62 565 6,726
1987 65 738 7,464
1988 71 719 8,183
1989 74 861 9,044
1990 75 797 9,841
1991 77 858 10,694
1992 80 1,106 11,800
1993 89 1,265 13,065
1994 94 1,516 14,581
1995 99 1,391 15,972
1996 105 1,425 17,397
1997 111 1,492 18,889
1998 113 1,548 20,437
1999 117 1,448 21,885
2000 121 1,192 23,077
2001 123 1,440 24,517
2002 125 1,269 25,786
2003 130 1,495* 27,281
2004 132 1,473** 28,754
2005 134 2,001 30,755
2006 136 1,922 32,677
2007 150  2,082 34,921
2008 154  2,031 36,952
2009 158  198***  37,150
       

*The members inducted and total membership numbers for calendar year 2003 are incomplete; they cover only the period January 1, 2003 until October 5, 2003. As a result of the spring 2004 crash of NASPAA’s computer server, NASPAA is still in the process of updating its PAA database from paper records.

** The members inducted and total membership numbers for calendar year 2004 are incomplete; they cover only the period March 1, 2004 until September 1, 2004. As a result of the spring 2004 crash of NASPAA’s computer server, NASPAA is still in the process of updating its PAA database from paper records.

***The members inducted for 2009 were done in-house at NASPAA for the time frame from January to March 31, 2009. Jernigan & Associates began to prepare the certificates in March as well and that figure has not been included yet in the total inducted for 2009.