Official NEA Membership Numbers for 2009-10
It took an extra few months, but here are NEA’s membership numbers for 2009-10. They don’t have a specific date, but traditionally they have been computed in May, in time for the end of the school year. Since most layoffs, retirements and “profession departures” occur during the summer, this represents a rosier picture than it would in September.
NEA’s retired membership is growing (up 9,200 in the last year) but it’s coming at the expense of active membership, that is, teachers and education support employees working in public school districts. NEA reports 3,204,185 total members, of whom 2,866,063 are active.
Here is the breakdown of each state’s active members, along with the percentage change from 2008-09.
ALABAMA – 75,590 (down 0.9%)
ALASKA – 11,567 (up 3.8%)
ARIZONA – 29,617 (down 5.2%)
ARKANSAS – 12,847 (down 4.4%)