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 |
