How many jumpers in USA?

[skyejumper 0]

Does anyone have a reasonable guess (or, if you work with USPA, an accurate guess!) as to how many skydivers there are in the USA?

[PhreeZone 20]

Members of the USPA that are current on their dues in 2002 was 33,664. 2001 was 34322. These numbers include a lot of people that paid for life memberships and no longer jump as well as a lot of students that joined the USPa for the insurance to do their student programs as some DZ's require.

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[tombuch 0]

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Members of the USPA that are current on their dues in 2002 was 33,664. 2001 was 34322. These numbers include a lot of people that paid for life memberships and no longer jump as well as a lot of students that joined the USPa for the insurance to do their student programs as some DZ's require.

I'll add a few years for you...

1991 20,250
1992 26,150
1993 25,550
1994 27,750
1995 30,000
1996 32,900
1997 32,665
1998 33,526
1999 33,458
2000 34,217
2001 34,322
2002 33,664
2003 32,628
2004 32,057
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Tom Buchanan
Instructor Emeritus
Comm Pilot MSEL,G
Author: JUMP! Skydiving Made Fun and Easy

[Newbie 0]

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Members of the USPA that are current on their dues in 2002 was 33,664. 2001 was 34322. These numbers include a lot of people that paid for life memberships and no longer jump as well as a lot of students that joined the USPa for the insurance to do their student programs as some DZ's require.

Don't forget us foreigners who join for the occasional jump trip Stateside and for Parachutist

"Skydiving is a door"
Happythoughts

[jas8472 0]

I think uspa membership number are probably not the best gauge of how many current jumpers there are in the US.
Anybody have any actual figures.

[skyejumper 0]

exactly.... I was trying to gauge how many "active" jumpers there were... not just the one time only folks. I suppose USPA #'s wouldn't be completely on, but I didn't think there was any other way of seeing an accurate number.