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Jobs in environment and conservation nearly triple from January 2001 to June 2019

February 06, 2020

Employment in membership associations and organizations, such as environment and conservation organizations, tends to be seasonal. Like environment and conservation organizations, employment in civic and social organizations peaks in the summer months. Employment in religious organizations tends to peak during the holiday season, while employment in political organizations peaks during election cycles. In June 2019, there were 1,444,865 jobs in private membership associations and organizations, compared with 1,219,056 in January 2001.

Employment in environment and conservation organizations reached a high of 76,569 in June 2019, and nearly tripled from its January 2001 level of 26,070. Over that period, employment in professional organizations also reached a high of 89,095 in June 2019.

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Employment in membership associations and organizations, January 2001–June 2019
Month	Civic and social organizations	Religious organizations	Business associations	Other similar professional organizations	Labor unions and similar labor organizations	Other social advocacy organizations
Jan 2001	388,146	155,344	118,950	79,087	137,729	81,726
Feb 2001	397,519	157,362	119,332	79,338	138,702	82,854
Mar 2001	402,020	158,451	120,418	80,649	145,181	83,368
Apr 2001	402,936	159,765	120,445	82,314	142,089	83,899
May 2001	409,034	160,847	121,621	84,898	143,546	84,578
Jun 2001	437,209	159,951	123,895	92,599	146,074	81,187
Jul 2001	451,761	155,447	123,110	95,827	137,567	80,283
Aug 2001	435,223	154,490	122,793	95,989	138,213	83,658
Sep 2001	400,538	157,857	121,324	88,901	141,967	84,981
Oct 2001	402,546	162,733	121,077	83,166	143,570	86,148
Nov 2001	405,930	164,110	120,838	82,698	143,025	86,813
Dec 2001	407,290	164,192	120,976	82,284	148,985	87,471
Jan 2002	398,864	163,674	117,689	79,623	137,063	83,460
Feb 2002	406,909	165,319	118,063	79,685	137,002	84,448
Mar 2002	410,076	165,971	118,116	80,928	142,902	84,879
Apr 2002	413,116	167,430	118,478	82,707	141,713	85,679
May 2002	419,773	168,786	119,605	85,279	143,586	85,758
Jun 2002	448,095	167,042	120,857	93,254	146,712	83,010
Jul 2002	458,258	163,314	120,009	96,216	137,281	81,841
Aug 2002	441,283	162,371	120,797	95,629	136,888	84,269
Sep 2002	407,295	165,681	119,327	89,780	142,774	85,757
Oct 2002	409,544	169,952	118,807	84,002	142,024	86,772
Nov 2002	411,440	170,867	118,714	83,198	140,424	87,465
Dec 2002	411,627	171,009	119,292	83,415	147,235	87,419
Jan 2003	400,906	170,886	117,167	81,442	135,183	84,037
Feb 2003	406,363	172,771	117,516	81,421	134,928	84,337
Mar 2003	409,171	173,624	117,479	82,426	141,807	84,880
Apr 2003	410,415	174,047	117,930	83,908	140,602	84,534
May 2003	416,908	174,120	118,656	86,956	139,982	84,800
Jun 2003	444,023	173,118	120,315	94,623	143,260	81,670
Jul 2003	455,297	167,917	119,474	97,419	135,954	80,231
Aug 2003	438,138	165,940	120,258	97,110	135,230	81,762
Sep 2003	403,173	171,319	118,341	90,979	140,070	83,292
Oct 2003	403,446	175,237	118,776	85,069	140,514	84,305
Nov 2003	405,116	176,007	118,275	83,971	137,917	84,399
Dec 2003	405,868	177,045	118,809	84,451	144,341	84,976
Jan 2004	392,703	173,421	116,287	85,149	132,636	83,147
Feb 2004	399,006	174,974	116,445	85,244	132,806	83,633
Mar 2004	402,739	176,467	116,615	85,998	137,927	84,094
Apr 2004	404,123	175,568	116,972	88,110	137,680	84,933
May 2004	411,196	177,077	117,623	90,882	137,305	84,879
Jun 2004	437,281	176,168	119,237	98,799	141,117	82,175
Jul 2004	452,237	171,105	119,347	102,081	131,789	81,292
Aug 2004	434,496	169,793	118,738	100,981	132,538	82,836
Sep 2004	399,943	173,838	117,622	95,804	138,183	84,458
Oct 2004	402,527	176,556	117,897	88,674	139,424	86,306
Nov 2004	405,110	177,883	117,935	87,788	135,254	87,216
Dec 2004	403,633	178,582	117,532	88,237	141,427	85,654
Jan 2005	393,750	175,021	116,915	86,793	129,423	84,676
Feb 2005	400,018	176,348	116,961	86,730	129,482	85,325
Mar 2005	403,149	177,037	117,426	87,563	135,470	85,394
Apr 2005	408,727	178,917	118,218	89,576	134,328	86,352
May 2005	414,083	179,672	118,598	92,251	134,301	86,239
Jun 2005	440,009	178,706	120,074	100,114	137,867	83,606
Jul 2005	452,321	172,795	119,886	103,256	127,493	82,220
Aug 2005	435,294	172,089	120,256	102,614	128,400	83,782
Sep 2005	403,036	176,623	119,389	96,759	132,592	85,423
Oct 2005	404,102	179,365	118,384	90,406	134,563	85,917
Nov 2005	407,550	180,249	118,380	89,394	133,379	85,907
Dec 2005	407,385	180,703	118,646	89,920	139,630	86,351
Jan 2006	395,517	176,455	118,430	88,712	129,182	83,288
Feb 2006	400,222	177,811	118,729	89,004	128,630	83,991
Mar 2006	404,458	178,756	119,511	89,962	134,223	84,349
Apr 2006	406,685	180,009	119,330	92,135	134,180	84,825
May 2006	413,948	181,423	120,043	95,134	134,915	85,111
Jun 2006	443,654	180,685	122,051	102,947	137,435	82,105
Jul 2006	452,455	174,288	121,414	105,215	127,904	81,613
Aug 2006	434,734	173,805	121,560	105,030	128,762	82,890
Sep 2006	404,611	179,567	121,215	99,495	132,619	85,039
Oct 2006	406,771	182,259	120,976	93,416	133,796	85,521
Nov 2006	409,776	183,670	120,884	92,628	131,646	86,212
Dec 2006	411,908	184,415	121,273	92,857	138,128	86,289
Jan 2007	397,278	181,399	120,162	91,643	127,570	84,355
Feb 2007	402,944	183,700	120,334	92,333	127,571	85,209
Mar 2007	406,901	184,027	121,235	93,399	132,816	85,792
Apr 2007	408,554	184,264	121,160	95,073	133,033	86,116
May 2007	415,995	186,500	121,761	98,204	132,496	86,454
Jun 2007	446,242	184,961	123,850	106,949	136,076	83,749
Jul 2007	454,426	178,088	123,341	109,665	127,072	83,246
Aug 2007	436,157	176,845	123,365	108,851	127,148	84,536
Sep 2007	404,214	182,654	122,530	102,657	130,391	86,024
Oct 2007	408,560	186,488	122,652	97,439	133,455	87,235
Nov 2007	411,437	187,630	122,520	96,766	131,660	87,971
Dec 2007	412,120	187,575	122,782	96,679	137,340	88,378
Jan 2008	399,610	185,354	121,055	95,368	126,909	88,217
Feb 2008	406,097	186,865	121,595	95,924	127,258	88,788
Mar 2008	408,821	186,766	121,879	96,704	130,937	89,532
Apr 2008	412,197	187,525	122,851	99,248	134,188	90,785
May 2008	419,709	188,508	123,682	102,983	134,622	90,926
Jun 2008	447,250	186,675	124,698	110,165	137,616	88,602
Jul 2008	455,251	182,344	125,239	113,499	130,571	88,675
Aug 2008	437,339	180,930	125,206	112,672	130,387	89,419
Sep 2008	402,949	185,176	124,101	105,271	133,864	90,725
Oct 2008	409,204	188,388	123,619	100,050	139,900	91,868
Nov 2008	409,890	188,951	122,943	98,822	134,589	91,181
Dec 2008	409,300	189,062	123,020	98,588	137,750	90,911
Jan 2009	384,302	186,746	121,015	97,201	125,742	89,213
Feb 2009	389,017	187,814	120,276	96,147	126,205	89,806
Mar 2009	390,403	187,508	120,028	96,866	129,674	89,814
Apr 2009	390,614	187,639	119,326	98,780	130,778	90,236
May 2009	397,020	188,755	119,677	102,179	130,000	90,673
Jun 2009	421,697	186,112	120,044	109,583	132,747	88,928
Jul 2009	429,385	179,683	119,846	112,565	125,155	88,467
Aug 2009	412,280	178,075	119,633	111,925	123,123	88,823
Sep 2009	381,691	181,779	118,472	105,969	125,887	90,663
Oct 2009	384,168	184,965	118,502	99,246	128,693	91,688
Nov 2009	385,157	185,274	117,558	98,022	126,673	92,458
Dec 2009	384,259	184,797	117,466	98,059	131,195	92,753
Jan 2010	375,487	180,628	115,168	95,408	119,527	91,176
Feb 2010	378,023	181,715	114,464	95,300	118,893	91,809
Mar 2010	381,516	181,955	114,898	95,829	123,371	92,340
Apr 2010	384,392	182,897	115,064	98,480	124,762	93,454
May 2010	390,769	184,397	115,954	101,280	123,986	94,162
Jun 2010	414,945	181,987	116,682	109,651	126,226	92,942
Jul 2010	425,949	176,413	116,518	113,600	119,241	92,118
Aug 2010	409,521	175,383	116,472	113,115	118,672	92,793
Sep 2010	379,450	180,071	115,249	105,615	120,862	92,937
Oct 2010	383,172	184,008	115,278	98,998	124,312	93,008
Nov 2010	384,184	184,157	114,749	98,037	121,680	93,347
Dec 2010	384,624	183,772	114,582	98,093	125,702	93,177
Jan 2011	376,182	181,942	113,474	97,185	115,518	92,002
Feb 2011	381,348	183,471	113,007	97,332	116,242	92,708
Mar 2011	383,569	183,764	113,410	97,714	119,369	92,933
Apr 2011	385,035	184,579	114,152	99,658	121,475	92,961
May 2011	391,396	185,496	114,600	102,875	121,024	93,037
Jun 2011	416,340	182,980	115,699	110,875	124,166	91,109
Jul 2011	427,142	177,760	115,988	114,670	116,108	90,790
Aug 2011	410,430	177,020	116,224	113,586	115,928	91,153
Sep 2011	382,750	182,113	114,845	106,804	118,200	92,319
Oct 2011	382,597	184,949	114,584	100,917	121,217	93,027
Nov 2011	384,132	185,207	114,213	99,901	118,789	93,184
Dec 2011	385,128	185,475	114,487	99,798	124,692	93,270
Jan 2012	375,692	180,877	113,025	95,464	115,544	92,013
Feb 2012	381,302	182,353	113,215	95,513	116,269	92,798
Mar 2012	383,897	182,992	113,715	96,191	119,295	93,169
Apr 2012	385,045	183,405	114,279	98,447	120,914	93,220
May 2012	392,099	185,080	115,111	101,492	120,452	93,988
Jun 2012	421,999	182,457	116,706	110,205	123,236	92,935
Jul 2012	426,921	178,665	116,045	113,157	114,873	92,420
Aug 2012	407,538	177,895	117,123	112,244	114,378	92,939
Sep 2012	381,992	182,168	115,963	105,480	116,861	93,273
Oct 2012	384,918	185,807	115,738	99,968	119,832	95,078
Nov 2012	385,662	186,029	115,660	98,812	116,568	94,697
Dec 2012	387,126	185,866	115,490	98,779	121,808	94,114
Jan 2013	375,318	183,641	114,047	96,090	112,924	93,469
Feb 2013	381,158	185,937	114,488	98,010	113,093	93,950
Mar 2013	384,520	186,245	115,022	96,876	115,801	94,623
Apr 2013	384,818	186,940	115,760	98,563	116,994	95,451
May 2013	393,730	187,271	116,279	102,198	116,527	95,843
Jun 2013	423,697	185,522	117,389	110,973	118,497	94,304
Jul 2013	430,334	181,866	117,429	113,698	111,569	94,571
Aug 2013	417,980	181,907	117,676	113,102	111,265	95,529
Sep 2013	392,102	185,868	116,322	105,720	113,293	94,427
Oct 2013	384,154	189,041	116,415	100,580	116,254	95,508
Nov 2013	385,886	190,467	116,570	99,930	115,286	95,878
Dec 2013	385,043	189,839	116,871	99,785	119,109	95,915
Jan 2014	375,752	187,346	114,742	98,324	111,662	94,234
Feb 2014	379,845	188,803	115,009	99,641	111,502	95,332
Mar 2014	383,645	188,764	115,468	99,943	114,372	95,818
Apr 2014	386,465	187,310	116,073	101,170	116,837	96,026
May 2014	396,753	189,240	117,096	104,691	116,767	96,977
Jun 2014	424,937	185,643	118,565	112,693	118,000	96,867
Jul 2014	430,522	180,476	119,316	115,224	112,358	97,046
Aug 2014	412,480	179,652	119,740	115,162	111,876	97,066
Sep 2014	382,241	184,397	118,331	107,365	114,279	96,800
Oct 2014	385,156	189,077	118,059	102,264	117,991	97,953
Nov 2014	385,830	190,304	117,988	101,553	116,304	97,464
Dec 2014	386,432	189,749	118,355	102,150	119,373	97,413
Jan 2015	379,534	186,900	116,918	98,774	110,249	92,225
Feb 2015	380,821	188,524	116,884	99,642	110,514	93,224
Mar 2015	384,165	188,236	117,328	99,435	113,436	93,827
Apr 2015	384,995	188,054	117,549	101,136	117,551	94,073
May 2015	394,926	189,183	118,322	104,689	116,182	94,514
Jun 2015	421,562	186,710	119,853	112,437	118,345	94,377
Jul 2015	432,505	181,981	120,325	115,562	111,617	93,733
Aug 2015	413,301	181,853	120,501	114,870	110,466	93,853
Sep 2015	382,271	185,673	119,118	108,584	112,669	93,666
Oct 2015	384,782	190,688	119,114	103,141	115,254	95,033
Nov 2015	386,284	191,617	118,711	102,637	114,418	95,050
Dec 2015	387,743	191,871	119,137	102,591	117,621	95,111
Jan 2016	373,171	189,523	117,061	101,324	109,784	93,222
Feb 2016	377,238	190,617	117,401	102,624	109,989	94,069
Mar 2016	381,638	189,949	117,732	102,121	112,740	94,872
Apr 2016	383,274	192,095	118,137	103,953	114,516	96,442
May 2016	391,261	193,915	118,469	106,582	114,201	96,723
Jun 2016	416,744	189,260	119,872	115,143	115,593	96,290
Jul 2016	427,515	183,629	120,316	118,760	109,963	96,372
Aug 2016	410,430	183,164	120,538	118,009	110,141	96,203
Sep 2016	379,980	188,386	119,104	110,759	112,813	96,308
Oct 2016	381,434	192,659	118,923	105,485	116,606	98,886
Nov 2016	383,347	193,663	118,739	104,790	113,050	98,187
Dec 2016	383,653	193,583	118,837	104,693	115,412	96,734
Jan 2017	375,116	191,245	117,104	101,208	107,498	94,299
Feb 2017	379,572	193,095	117,523	101,805	108,075	95,491
Mar 2017	383,906	192,843	118,335	102,464	110,169	96,190
Apr 2017	383,555	193,767	117,949	103,565	112,282	97,090
May 2017	391,533	194,877	118,726	106,201	112,145	97,393
Jun 2017	423,241	190,075	120,752	115,348	114,234	97,194
Jul 2017	426,535	184,182	119,935	117,958	107,493	96,592
Aug 2017	410,689	183,736	119,829	117,682	107,027	96,350
Sep 2017	380,870	189,446	118,661	109,607	109,238	96,321
Oct 2017	382,424	194,922	118,717	105,053	113,389	98,103
Nov 2017	384,211	196,045	118,287	104,819	110,747	98,260
Dec 2017	384,962	195,730	118,645	104,078	114,527	98,259
Jan 2018	371,879	194,967	116,265	102,335	107,395	96,846
Feb 2018	377,881	197,292	116,809	102,759	107,461	98,594
Mar 2018	380,114	197,440	117,134	103,380	110,447	99,156
Apr 2018	380,570	198,813	117,246	104,367	114,780	100,292
May 2018	388,596	199,372	118,110	107,285	114,090	101,107
Jun 2018	421,486	194,339	119,862	116,599	115,129	101,059
Jul 2018	424,382	187,764	119,579	119,440	108,491	100,269
Aug 2018	406,396	188,131	119,483	119,166	108,276	100,238
Sep 2018	375,879	192,967	118,175	109,954	109,618	100,463
Oct 2018	379,898	199,009	118,581	106,715	114,271	103,668
Nov 2018	380,021	199,804	118,255	106,671	110,221	102,520
Dec 2018	381,412	199,153	118,225	105,754	114,648	101,344
Jan 2019 ^[p]	373,435	200,171	116,841	104,054	106,851	98,993
Feb 2019 ^[p]	377,411	202,120	117,357	105,577	107,068	99,914
Mar 2019 ^[p]	381,406	201,538	117,549	104,488	109,945	100,420
Apr 2019 ^[p]	382,061	203,716	117,699	105,224	113,809	101,114
May 2019 ^[p]	391,430	203,813	118,230	109,057	112,023	101,442
Jun 2019 ^[p]	422,183	198,441	119,972	117,263	113,890	101,247
^[p] = preliminary.

Employment in membership associations and organizations, January 2001–June 2019 (Continued)
Month	Professional organizations	Environment and conservation organizations	Grantmaking foundations	Human rights organizations	Voluntary health organizations	Other grantmaking and giving services
Jan 2001	68,656	26,070	39,020	40,300	36,672	42,026
Feb 2001	68,507	26,409	41,101	40,824	37,310	42,775
Mar 2001	69,047	26,788	41,741	41,036	37,646	42,973
Apr 2001	68,597	27,239	42,143	41,360	37,624	43,108
May 2001	69,595	27,870	42,760	41,935	37,756	43,296
Jun 2001	69,960	29,161	42,221	42,563	37,827	43,566
Jul 2001	69,979	29,928	41,592	43,112	37,392	44,127
Aug 2001	70,278	29,506	41,505	42,855	37,815	44,078
Sep 2001	69,932	28,391	41,211	41,924	38,027	43,628
Oct 2001	70,276	28,311	43,565	42,264	38,290	44,745
Nov 2001	70,869	28,162	44,062	42,734	38,616	45,050
Dec 2001	70,793	28,059	44,036	42,570	38,564	44,876
Jan 2002	71,143	28,615	42,212	42,324	36,449	42,349
Feb 2002	71,372	28,795	44,135	42,877	36,855	43,052
Mar 2002	71,553	29,109	44,120	42,951	36,947	43,146
Apr 2002	72,590	29,599	45,234	43,174	37,329	43,063
May 2002	72,474	30,094	45,545	43,619	37,365	43,252
Jun 2002	73,495	31,365	44,612	43,853	37,146	42,987
Jul 2002	72,697	32,142	44,775	44,139	37,156	44,257
Aug 2002	72,360	31,657	43,120	43,625	37,573	44,339
Sep 2002	71,943	30,447	43,071	43,025	37,661	43,521
Oct 2002	72,156	30,513	45,045	43,175	37,500	43,823
Nov 2002	72,915	30,374	45,286	43,431	37,844	44,150
Dec 2002	73,292	30,111	45,592	43,185	37,711	44,151
Jan 2003	70,807	31,331	40,011	42,824	37,507	42,359
Feb 2003	71,007	31,568	41,499	43,095	37,893	42,660
Mar 2003	71,184	31,788	42,033	43,264	38,278	42,643
Apr 2003	71,590	32,574	42,267	43,670	38,209	42,568
May 2003	72,017	33,272	42,460	43,863	38,337	42,866
Jun 2003	72,758	35,105	41,938	44,196	37,983	42,289
Jul 2003	71,745	35,696	41,146	44,184	37,774	42,199
Aug 2003	71,558	34,681	40,512	43,874	37,951	42,394
Sep 2003	71,330	33,133	40,558	43,409	37,569	42,172
Oct 2003	71,665	32,944	41,711	43,502	37,454	42,762
Nov 2003	72,184	32,779	41,529	43,584	37,495	42,682
Dec 2003	72,645	32,610	41,771	43,740	37,541	42,730
Jan 2004	70,308	33,266	39,118	42,605	35,764	40,236
Feb 2004	70,434	33,321	40,077	42,886	35,982	40,626
Mar 2004	70,766	33,725	40,224	42,924	36,343	40,850
Apr 2004	71,347	34,500	40,940	43,800	36,580	40,719
May 2004	71,267	35,431	40,884	44,188	36,514	40,587
Jun 2004	72,203	36,922	40,471	44,426	36,543	40,387
Jul 2004	71,708	38,408	40,096	45,025	36,821	40,261
Aug 2004	70,932	37,674	39,280	44,471	36,663	40,738
Sep 2004	70,677	36,261	39,925	44,019	36,552	40,733
Oct 2004	71,041	36,317	41,269	44,724	36,673	41,108
Nov 2004	71,307	35,743	41,199	44,475	36,845	41,397
Dec 2004	71,482	35,447	40,462	44,347	36,907	41,254
Jan 2005	69,208	35,583	40,110	42,063	36,161	39,276
Feb 2005	69,408	35,831	41,788	42,522	36,596	39,634
Mar 2005	69,730	35,963	41,668	42,173	36,692	39,731
Apr 2005	71,072	36,631	42,963	42,566	37,166	39,872
May 2005	71,024	37,232	42,817	42,925	37,111	39,842
Jun 2005	71,619	39,365	41,703	43,270	36,883	39,785
Jul 2005	70,704	40,189	41,264	43,726	36,866	39,776
Aug 2005	70,317	39,223	40,823	43,154	36,810	39,856
Sep 2005	70,438	37,608	41,757	42,619	36,782	39,890
Oct 2005	70,695	37,065	42,415	42,822	36,840	40,194
Nov 2005	71,104	36,939	42,548	43,150	36,982	40,523
Dec 2005	71,461	36,705	41,967	43,108	37,080	40,410
Jan 2006	71,058	36,523	40,664	43,273	36,228	38,518
Feb 2006	70,247	36,605	42,268	43,712	36,714	38,939
Mar 2006	70,626	37,074	42,248	43,773	36,939	39,180
Apr 2006	71,262	37,746	43,084	44,153	36,827	39,299
May 2006	71,415	38,612	43,484	44,150	36,835	39,455
Jun 2006	72,002	41,245	42,871	44,837	37,093	39,730
Jul 2006	71,097	41,926	42,331	45,701	37,249	39,322
Aug 2006	70,605	41,301	41,931	45,382	37,365	39,151
Sep 2006	70,593	39,290	42,683	44,988	37,472	39,286
Oct 2006	71,616	39,542	43,883	45,752	37,303	39,840
Nov 2006	71,963	39,354	43,865	45,759	37,587	40,110
Dec 2006	72,383	39,388	44,179	46,174	37,720	40,017
Jan 2007	71,518	40,542	42,770	44,236	38,023	37,770
Feb 2007	71,901	40,901	44,707	44,814	38,580	38,312
Mar 2007	72,290	41,504	44,845	45,210	38,842	38,585
Apr 2007	73,167	42,311	45,357	45,374	39,019	38,334
May 2007	73,672	44,662	45,519	45,577	39,149	38,426
Jun 2007	74,704	47,667	45,804	46,432	39,384	38,450
Jul 2007	73,499	47,145	45,520	46,728	39,126	38,619
Aug 2007	73,028	46,613	44,729	46,291	39,142	38,732
Sep 2007	73,063	45,225	45,148	46,139	39,287	38,440
Oct 2007	74,069	44,146	46,748	46,365	39,479	39,357
Nov 2007	74,600	43,993	47,300	46,717	39,670	39,550
Dec 2007	74,860	44,054	47,281	46,921	39,812	39,434
Jan 2008	73,623	43,952	45,733	46,502	38,828	37,868
Feb 2008	73,770	44,356	47,533	47,241	39,232	38,320
Mar 2008	74,304	44,650	47,503	47,156	39,524	38,495
Apr 2008	75,286	45,330	48,831	47,926	39,717	38,461
May 2008	75,682	48,102	48,899	48,564	39,917	38,527
Jun 2008	76,543	52,055	48,539	48,881	39,926	38,456
Jul 2008	75,922	52,418	48,869	49,076	40,190	38,684
Aug 2008	75,767	52,529	47,940	48,766	40,054	38,891
Sep 2008	74,905	51,145	48,024	48,846	39,775	38,229
Oct 2008	75,533	48,585	50,030	48,804	40,104	39,104
Nov 2008	75,820	48,482	50,435	48,684	40,065	39,447
Dec 2008	76,074	48,076	50,113	48,264	39,974	39,168
Jan 2009	75,191	46,548	48,185	48,518	39,807	37,425
Feb 2009	75,303	47,098	49,851	48,915	40,039	37,675
Mar 2009	75,466	47,547	49,775	48,977	39,829	37,508
Apr 2009	76,237	47,582	49,868	49,231	39,957	37,462
May 2009	76,345	49,765	50,093	49,526	39,921	37,531
Jun 2009	76,417	52,683	49,505	49,738	40,002	37,051
Jul 2009	74,659	52,285	50,171	49,446	39,474	37,014
Aug 2009	74,358	52,281	48,879	48,946	39,290	37,021
Sep 2009	73,625	48,216	48,541	48,543	38,110	36,882
Oct 2009	74,231	48,331	50,238	49,001	38,836	37,536
Nov 2009	74,633	48,071	50,202	49,033	38,612	37,719
Dec 2009	74,633	47,884	50,189	48,710	38,418	37,523
Jan 2010	73,393	46,547	48,364	47,851	37,595	35,434
Feb 2010	73,230	46,880	50,033	48,102	37,830	35,754
Mar 2010	73,520	47,793	50,414	48,391	37,791	35,680
Apr 2010	73,943	48,566	51,123	48,517	38,103	35,570
May 2010	74,656	50,758	51,441	48,599	38,111	35,366
Jun 2010	75,662	54,862	51,361	48,983	38,242	35,414
Jul 2010	74,066	54,856	51,922	48,339	38,027	35,069
Aug 2010	74,036	54,389	50,873	48,024	37,927	35,062
Sep 2010	74,020	49,870	51,076	47,855	37,379	35,251
Oct 2010	74,399	49,869	52,560	48,945	37,897	35,841
Nov 2010	74,751	49,641	52,746	49,351	37,963	36,123
Dec 2010	75,255	49,588	52,629	48,995	38,080	35,955
Jan 2011	74,750	48,618	51,157	48,448	37,096	34,747
Feb 2011	74,710	49,180	52,961	48,593	37,584	35,140
Mar 2011	75,059	49,643	53,215	48,725	37,735	35,014
Apr 2011	75,675	50,207	53,867	48,947	37,836	35,149
May 2011	75,805	52,331	53,678	49,615	37,911	35,117
Jun 2011	76,893	56,066	53,294	49,536	38,387	35,209
Jul 2011	76,353	56,986	54,403	49,038	38,368	35,134
Aug 2011	75,487	56,075	53,608	48,749	38,292	35,353
Sep 2011	75,198	52,693	53,350	48,523	37,905	34,815
Oct 2011	75,882	51,665	54,214	49,023	38,039	35,177
Nov 2011	76,635	51,400	54,464	49,376	37,980	35,349
Dec 2011	77,075	51,063	54,523	49,082	38,087	35,500
Jan 2012	76,957	50,885	53,536	47,427	37,133	34,150
Feb 2012	77,247	51,354	55,849	47,738	37,570	34,474
Mar 2012	77,634	51,682	56,219	47,703	37,728	34,526
Apr 2012	78,324	52,702	56,326	47,750	37,701	34,445
May 2012	78,930	54,999	56,812	48,343	37,779	34,517
Jun 2012	79,764	59,854	56,398	48,952	37,926	34,813
Jul 2012	78,885	59,850	56,435	48,462	38,180	34,336
Aug 2012	78,401	58,522	55,643	48,249	37,967	34,506
Sep 2012	78,144	56,162	55,186	47,988	37,577	34,492
Oct 2012	78,902	54,054	57,224	48,550	37,301	35,056
Nov 2012	79,087	53,410	57,491	48,748	37,332	35,262
Dec 2012	79,715	53,490	57,663	48,514	37,449	35,181
Jan 2013	78,246	53,140	56,026	46,513	36,854	34,652
Feb 2013	78,434	53,745	58,088	46,810	37,205	34,946
Mar 2013	78,615	54,002	58,471	47,081	37,483	34,997
Apr 2013	79,734	54,355	58,978	46,971	37,611	35,022
May 2013	79,917	56,951	58,773	47,207	37,475	34,843
Jun 2013	81,141	60,828	58,158	47,315	37,684	34,785
Jul 2013	80,282	62,272	58,706	47,126	37,553	35,187
Aug 2013	79,587	60,674	56,988	47,013	37,598	35,137
Sep 2013	79,276	57,908	57,232	46,631	37,223	35,022
Oct 2013	79,997	55,889	59,571	47,146	37,292	35,729
Nov 2013	80,265	55,639	60,039	47,540	37,442	35,840
Dec 2013	80,891	54,761	59,981	47,116	37,419	36,067
Jan 2014	80,662	54,703	57,255	47,091	37,086	35,217
Feb 2014	80,888	55,239	59,281	47,276	37,203	35,613
Mar 2014	80,915	55,785	59,617	47,474	37,251	35,804
Apr 2014	82,082	56,219	60,671	48,011	37,434	35,675
May 2014	82,124	58,812	60,570	48,621	37,618	35,750
Jun 2014	83,279	62,608	60,602	49,352	37,911	35,214
Jul 2014	81,654	64,143	61,419	49,312	37,821	35,798
Aug 2014	81,525	62,389	60,155	48,859	37,914	35,705
Sep 2014	81,183	59,413	60,054	48,630	37,361	35,675
Oct 2014	81,444	58,419	61,794	49,239	37,523	36,270
Nov 2014	81,645	57,474	62,234	49,289	37,669	36,647
Dec 2014	82,070	57,285	62,033	49,079	37,768	36,736
Jan 2015	81,186	56,674	59,007	45,479	37,645	36,099
Feb 2015	81,509	57,213	60,642	45,742	37,821	36,301
Mar 2015	81,828	57,591	61,209	45,780	37,782	36,313
Apr 2015	83,006	58,422	62,062	45,891	38,600	36,477
May 2015	83,090	60,380	62,203	46,346	38,713	36,546
Jun 2015	84,497	63,997	62,322	46,581	38,979	36,289
Jul 2015	82,777	66,036	63,831	47,116	38,410	36,777
Aug 2015	82,837	65,468	61,148	46,824	38,607	36,869
Sep 2015	82,443	63,012	60,882	45,849	38,433	36,710
Oct 2015	83,289	60,387	63,086	46,950	38,822	37,177
Nov 2015	83,553	59,945	63,535	47,073	38,830	37,457
Dec 2015	83,837	59,616	63,404	47,022	38,718	37,186
Jan 2016	83,305	58,445	60,933	46,304	39,305	35,560
Feb 2016	83,353	59,129	62,899	46,670	39,593	35,824
Mar 2016	83,657	59,923	63,074	46,644	39,610	36,193
Apr 2016	84,825	60,626	64,345	47,186	39,807	36,498
May 2016	84,723	62,789	64,266	47,369	39,772	36,318
Jun 2016	86,168	67,609	64,694	47,481	40,018	35,923
Jul 2016	84,866	69,172	65,543	48,034	40,460	36,669
Aug 2016	85,135	69,105	63,272	47,829	40,229	36,410
Sep 2016	84,530	66,629	63,573	47,561	39,955	36,515
Oct 2016	85,048	63,733	65,025	47,945	39,793	36,897
Nov 2016	85,249	63,108	65,545	48,194	39,892	37,085
Dec 2016	85,788	62,335	65,295	47,778	39,888	36,990
Jan 2017	84,707	61,323	63,753	47,271	40,141	35,365
Feb 2017	84,770	62,375	66,393	47,580	40,260	35,842
Mar 2017	85,257	63,095	66,826	47,789	40,322	35,893
Apr 2017	86,329	64,387	67,861	48,042	40,330	35,911
May 2017	86,525	66,755	68,169	48,407	40,392	35,994
Jun 2017	88,105	71,993	68,327	49,094	40,488	35,743
Jul 2017	86,382	72,504	68,278	49,095	40,255	35,773
Aug 2017	86,649	71,890	66,254	48,523	39,979	35,605
Sep 2017	85,685	67,906	67,975	48,032	39,744	35,556
Oct 2017	86,267	65,949	68,603	48,751	39,598	36,121
Nov 2017	86,430	65,144	69,023	49,020	39,641	36,266
Dec 2017	86,852	64,560	68,662	48,886	39,525	36,129
Jan 2018	85,914	64,246	64,139	48,286	39,075	35,664
Feb 2018	85,681	65,439	66,317	48,984	39,367	36,245
Mar 2018	86,042	66,458	66,717	49,059	39,492	36,281
Apr 2018	86,934	67,391	67,591	49,707	39,459	36,161
May 2018	86,870	70,002	67,869	49,860	39,556	36,105
Jun 2018	88,206	74,271	68,488	50,408	39,921	35,873
Jul 2018	86,477	76,130	69,809	51,347	40,015	36,173
Aug 2018	86,194	74,409	68,052	51,096	39,733	35,917
Sep 2018	85,716	69,831	67,457	50,848	39,234	35,860
Oct 2018	86,498	69,984	69,044	52,113	39,573	37,378
Nov 2018	87,074	68,791	69,474	52,063	39,641	36,516
Dec 2018	87,352	67,631	69,481	51,524	39,429	36,195
Jan 2019 ^[p]	86,178	66,848	66,133	49,695	38,765	35,536
Feb 2019 ^[p]	86,415	67,530	68,858	50,540	39,151	35,886
Mar 2019 ^[p]	86,743	68,158	69,335	50,129	39,196	35,873
Apr 2019 ^[p]	87,545	70,117	69,818	50,722	39,318	36,125
May 2019 ^[p]	87,779	73,092	69,496	50,932	39,408	36,024
Jun 2019 ^[p]	89,095	76,569	69,764	51,448	39,759	35,856
^[p] = preliminary.

Employment in membership associations and organizations, January 2001–June 2019 (Continued)
Month	Political organizations
Jan 2001	5,330
Feb 2001	5,175
Mar 2001	5,184
Apr 2001	5,297
May 2001	5,581
Jun 2001	5,889
Jul 2001	6,115
Aug 2001	6,387
Sep 2001	6,232
Oct 2001	6,473
Nov 2001	6,430
Dec 2001	6,300
Jan 2002	6,607
Feb 2002	7,179
Mar 2002	7,513
Apr 2002	7,841
May 2002	8,418
Jun 2002	9,522
Jul 2002	10,684
Aug 2002	11,532
Sep 2002	12,383
Oct 2002	12,475
Nov 2002	11,312
Dec 2002	7,272
Jan 2003	5,227
Feb 2003	5,175
Mar 2003	5,293
Apr 2003	5,353
May 2003	5,540
Jun 2003	5,812
Jul 2003	6,117
Aug 2003	6,358
Sep 2003	6,763
Oct 2003	7,450
Nov 2003	7,617
Dec 2003	7,644
Jan 2004	8,334
Feb 2004	8,596
Mar 2004	8,403
Apr 2004	8,519
May 2004	9,460
Jun 2004	11,404
Jul 2004	13,436
Aug 2004	14,411
Sep 2004	15,212
Oct 2004	19,981
Nov 2004	15,646
Dec 2004	7,894
Jan 2005	5,431
Feb 2005	5,432
Mar 2005	5,499
Apr 2005	5,604
May 2005	5,824
Jun 2005	6,279
Jul 2005	6,499
Aug 2005	6,648
Sep 2005	6,681
Oct 2005	7,101
Nov 2005	6,963
Dec 2005	6,763
Jan 2006	7,106
Feb 2006	7,334
Mar 2006	7,701
Apr 2006	8,597
May 2006	9,339
Jun 2006	11,369
Jul 2006	12,496
Aug 2006	12,549
Sep 2006	13,157
Oct 2006	15,142
Nov 2006	13,588
Dec 2006	8,138
Jan 2007	6,384
Feb 2007	6,474
Mar 2007	6,761
Apr 2007	6,779
May 2007	7,246
Jun 2007	7,527
Jul 2007	8,142
Aug 2007	8,348
Sep 2007	8,458
Oct 2007	8,987
Nov 2007	9,097
Dec 2007	9,492
Jan 2008	9,234
Feb 2008	8,928
Mar 2008	8,878
Apr 2008	9,365
May 2008	10,269
Jun 2008	10,921
Jul 2008	13,356
Aug 2008	15,876
Sep 2008	18,854
Oct 2008	20,207
Nov 2008	16,019
Dec 2008	8,177
Jan 2009	6,963
Feb 2009	6,590
Mar 2009	6,148
Apr 2009	6,163
May 2009	6,435
Jun 2009	6,967
Jul 2009	7,730
Aug 2009	7,924
Sep 2009	7,912
Oct 2009	8,589
Nov 2009	9,215
Dec 2009	9,047
Jan 2010	8,024
Feb 2010	8,231
Mar 2010	8,550
Apr 2010	9,308
May 2010	10,131
Jun 2010	11,749
Jul 2010	12,619
Aug 2010	13,087
Sep 2010	13,507
Oct 2010	16,205
Nov 2010	13,497
Dec 2010	8,311
Jan 2011	6,121
Feb 2011	5,866
Mar 2011	6,071
Apr 2011	6,362
May 2011	6,873
Jun 2011	6,974
Jul 2011	7,223
Aug 2011	7,612
Sep 2011	7,796
Oct 2011	7,871
Nov 2011	8,349
Dec 2011	7,683
Jan 2012	8,128
Feb 2012	8,426
Mar 2012	9,113
Apr 2012	10,012
May 2012	11,763
Jun 2012	13,326
Jul 2012	14,458
Aug 2012	14,945
Sep 2012	16,376
Oct 2012	19,073
Nov 2012	16,221
Dec 2012	9,444
Jan 2013	6,709
Feb 2013	6,187
Mar 2013	6,299
Apr 2013	6,376
May 2013	6,596
Jun 2013	7,103
Jul 2013	7,684
Aug 2013	7,995
Sep 2013	7,875
Oct 2013	8,284
Nov 2013	8,248
Dec 2013	7,473
Jan 2014	7,626
Feb 2014	8,176
Mar 2014	8,554
Apr 2014	9,496
May 2014	11,142
Jun 2014	12,514
Jul 2014	13,456
Aug 2014	14,571
Sep 2014	15,399
Oct 2014	17,790
Nov 2014	15,600
Dec 2014	7,879
Jan 2015	6,623
Feb 2015	6,579
Mar 2015	6,748
Apr 2015	6,853
May 2015	7,216
Jun 2015	7,605
Jul 2015	7,892
Aug 2015	8,020
Sep 2015	8,118
Oct 2015	8,688
Nov 2015	8,895
Dec 2015	8,712
Jan 2016	9,412
Feb 2016	10,034
Mar 2016	10,308
Apr 2016	10,765
May 2016	11,119
Jun 2016	12,213
Jul 2016	13,635
Aug 2016	15,716
Sep 2016	19,145
Oct 2016	22,367
Nov 2016	19,478
Dec 2016	7,825
Jan 2017	6,217
Feb 2017	6,337
Mar 2017	6,497
Apr 2017	6,986
May 2017	7,192
Jun 2017	7,630
Jul 2017	7,744
Aug 2017	8,059
Sep 2017	8,372
Oct 2017	8,828
Nov 2017	9,347
Dec 2017	8,806
Jan 2018	8,716
Feb 2018	9,493
Mar 2018	10,181
Apr 2018	11,336
May 2018	12,744
Jun 2018	15,082
Jul 2018	15,092
Aug 2018	16,868
Sep 2018	19,316
Oct 2018	23,724
Nov 2018	19,854
Dec 2018	9,281
Jan 2019 ^[p]	7,365
Feb 2019 ^[p]	7,450
Mar 2019 ^[p]	7,859
Apr 2019 ^[p]	7,969
May 2019 ^[p]	8,325
Jun 2019 ^[p]	9,378
^[p] = preliminary.

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Employment in labor unions and similar labor organizations fell from 137,729 in January 2001 to 113,890 in June 2019, while employment in political organizations remained fairly constant over that period.

From the quarter ending March 2001 to the quarter ending June 2019, the number of business establishments in membership associations and organizations increased from 128,148 to 150,545, or 17 percent. Over that period, the number of business establishments in environment and conservation organizations increased from 2,865 to 7,121, its highest over that period. Other membership organizations reaching highs over that period included religious, professional, human rights, and voluntary health organizations as well as grantmaking foundations.

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Number of business establishments in membership associations and organizations, March 2001–June 2019
Quarter	Civic and social organizations	Religious organizations	Business associations	Other similar professional organizations	Labor unions and similar labor organizations	Other social advocacy organizations
Mar 2001	30,098	16,868	18,898	14,275	16,606	7,083
Jun 2001	30,115	17,053	18,910	14,268	16,551	7,179
Sep 2001	30,197	17,520	18,972	14,252	16,523	7,330
Dec 2001	30,192	17,717	19,049	14,234	16,507	7,439
Mar 2002	29,895	17,817	19,025	14,291	16,396	7,469
Jun 2002	29,831	17,864	19,033	14,265	16,280	7,533
Sep 2002	29,796	18,069	19,133	14,306	16,195	7,636
Dec 2002	29,799	18,232	19,205	14,299	16,149	7,681
Mar 2003	29,468	18,407	19,239	14,342	16,017	7,700
Jun 2003	29,456	18,549	19,298	14,371	15,975	7,780
Sep 2003	29,398	18,610	19,335	14,333	15,940	7,811
Dec 2003	29,305	18,682	19,397	14,293	15,875	7,839
Mar 2004	28,935	18,726	19,255	14,421	15,746	7,792
Jun 2004	28,924	18,895	19,263	14,424	15,685	7,861
Sep 2004	28,913	19,006	19,301	14,424	15,615	7,932
Dec 2004	28,881	19,048	19,271	14,408	15,557	7,950
Mar 2005	28,600	19,100	19,215	14,457	15,494	8,096
Jun 2005	28,782	19,267	19,223	14,479	15,416	8,170
Sep 2005	28,759	19,339	19,221	14,473	15,389	8,234
Dec 2005	28,683	19,511	19,121	14,435	15,347	8,257
Mar 2006	28,509	19,658	19,200	14,451	15,231	8,217
Jun 2006	28,521	19,791	19,224	14,496	15,186	8,245
Sep 2006	28,501	20,058	19,264	14,568	15,160	8,320
Dec 2006	28,550	20,186	19,324	14,599	15,136	8,393
Mar 2007	28,171	20,133	19,291	14,749	15,057	8,436
Jun 2007	28,205	20,252	19,342	14,799	15,020	8,508
Sep 2007	28,242	20,383	19,467	14,867	14,975	8,631
Dec 2007	28,138	20,434	19,486	14,872	14,956	8,714
Mar 2008	27,801	20,464	19,527	15,043	14,896	8,736
Jun 2008	27,834	20,604	19,730	15,100	14,830	8,838
Sep 2008	27,886	20,708	19,794	15,152	14,800	8,937
Dec 2008	27,878	20,752	19,811	15,166	14,774	9,011
Mar 2009	27,477	20,823	19,704	15,194	14,679	8,939
Jun 2009	27,483	20,905	19,680	15,210	14,671	9,010
Sep 2009	27,467	21,004	19,693	15,322	14,646	9,108
Dec 2009	27,382	21,039	19,685	15,352	14,604	9,137
Mar 2010	27,149	21,085	19,511	15,331	14,604	9,150
Jun 2010	27,145	21,162	19,535	15,386	14,582	9,278
Sep 2010	27,186	21,296	19,520	15,401	14,547	9,383
Dec 2010	27,130	21,373	19,508	15,322	14,522	9,468
Mar 2011	26,824	21,464	19,451	15,377	14,434	9,511
Jun 2011	26,783	21,605	19,445	15,414	14,372	9,606
Sep 2011	26,789	21,771	19,453	15,495	14,334	9,679
Dec 2011	26,773	21,832	19,428	15,449	14,299	9,770
Mar 2012	26,539	21,832	19,365	15,521	14,228	9,959
Jun 2012	26,527	21,950	19,343	15,506	14,214	10,038
Sep 2012	26,535	22,062	19,347	15,516	14,162	10,110
Dec 2012	26,551	22,242	19,361	15,522	14,149	10,226
Mar 2013	26,361	22,375	19,351	15,556	14,134	10,260
Jun 2013	26,323	22,488	19,343	15,561	14,087	10,358
Sep 2013	26,385	22,595	19,411	15,582	14,089	10,447
Dec 2013	26,310	22,634	19,438	15,599	14,025	10,456
Mar 2014	26,268	22,746	19,456	15,773	13,987	10,444
Jun 2014	26,288	22,854	19,465	15,849	13,973	10,567
Sep 2014	26,344	22,903	19,479	15,886	13,941	10,626
Dec 2014	26,334	22,934	19,498	15,904	13,917	10,633
Mar 2015	26,108	22,919	19,466	15,771	13,831	10,510
Jun 2015	26,099	22,815	19,455	15,706	13,826	10,556
Sep 2015	26,133	22,939	19,491	15,739	13,800	10,692
Dec 2015	26,136	23,005	19,459	15,778	13,750	10,713
Mar 2016	25,915	23,032	19,402	15,786	13,689	10,705
Jun 2016	25,919	23,165	19,454	15,844	13,642	10,822
Sep 2016	25,927	23,174	19,468	15,834	13,632	10,903
Dec 2016	25,917	23,168	19,441	15,811	13,619	10,983
Mar 2017	25,691	23,028	19,310	15,575	13,489	10,959
Jun 2017	25,757	23,158	19,381	15,580	13,474	11,079
Sep 2017	25,800	23,269	19,423	15,537	13,478	11,264
Dec 2017	25,836	23,239	19,443	15,467	13,456	11,409
Mar 2018	25,683	23,268	19,254	15,367	13,412	11,558
Jun 2018	25,675	23,394	19,473	15,385	13,387	11,647
Sep 2018	25,720	23,486	19,532	15,380	13,377	11,793
Dec 2018	25,730	23,501	19,602	15,363	13,358	11,943
Mar 2019 ^[p]	25,589	23,587	19,608	15,336	13,298	12,014
Jun 2019 ^[p]	25,646	23,666	19,644	15,337	13,306	12,125
^[p] = preliminary.

Number of business establishments in membership associations and organizations, March 2001–June 2019 (Continued)
Quarter	Professional organizations	Environment and conservation organizations	Grantmaking foundations	Human rights organizations	Voluntary health organizations	Other grantmaking and giving services
Mar 2001	5,838	2,865	4,243	3,168	2,830	3,691
Jun 2001	5,841	2,879	4,340	3,177	2,823	3,703
Sep 2001	5,968	2,932	4,456	3,183	2,837	3,716
Dec 2001	6,023	2,981	4,546	3,187	2,841	3,735
Mar 2002	6,047	3,089	4,643	3,265	2,800	3,659
Jun 2002	6,089	3,135	4,707	3,267	2,793	3,672
Sep 2002	6,192	3,163	4,780	3,289	2,803	3,678
Dec 2002	6,334	3,186	4,822	3,302	2,799	3,683
Mar 2003	6,381	3,354	4,861	3,288	2,831	3,674
Jun 2003	6,476	3,375	4,919	3,292	2,840	3,671
Sep 2003	6,552	3,391	4,957	3,307	2,843	3,635
Dec 2003	6,605	3,395	4,994	3,321	2,846	3,618
Mar 2004	6,538	3,525	4,973	3,338	2,813	3,514
Jun 2004	6,506	3,586	5,034	3,399	2,836	3,482
Sep 2004	6,511	3,616	5,070	3,427	2,848	3,503
Dec 2004	6,530	3,634	5,119	3,433	2,836	3,510
Mar 2005	6,522	3,766	5,151	3,430	2,896	3,409
Jun 2005	6,542	3,786	5,218	3,444	2,911	3,410
Sep 2005	6,561	3,811	5,240	3,446	2,939	3,405
Dec 2005	6,563	3,841	5,299	3,464	2,940	3,390
Mar 2006	6,480	3,930	5,381	3,501	2,937	3,331
Jun 2006	6,528	3,974	5,460	3,507	2,930	3,315
Sep 2006	6,592	4,028	5,539	3,558	2,927	3,322
Dec 2006	6,605	4,092	5,598	3,581	2,937	3,313
Mar 2007	6,630	4,279	5,635	3,570	3,094	3,312
Jun 2007	6,686	4,330	5,708	3,633	3,122	3,306
Sep 2007	6,732	4,386	5,835	3,762	3,145	3,315
Dec 2007	6,761	4,449	5,900	3,785	3,157	3,316
Mar 2008	6,776	4,546	5,937	3,828	3,178	3,280
Jun 2008	6,841	4,617	6,003	3,847	3,177	3,291
Sep 2008	6,882	4,690	6,114	3,857	3,188	3,315
Dec 2008	6,923	4,727	6,206	3,889	3,199	3,314
Mar 2009	6,882	4,839	6,271	3,908	3,205	3,284
Jun 2009	6,916	4,919	6,364	3,926	3,219	3,295
Sep 2009	6,965	4,934	6,431	3,959	3,238	3,298
Dec 2009	6,997	4,959	6,457	3,988	3,235	3,313
Mar 2010	6,999	5,042	6,514	3,999	3,262	3,248
Jun 2010	7,055	5,059	6,616	4,009	3,284	3,252
Sep 2010	7,074	5,101	6,687	4,033	3,308	3,265
Dec 2010	7,124	5,155	6,753	4,044	3,306	3,273
Mar 2011	7,120	5,241	6,730	4,032	3,299	3,272
Jun 2011	7,193	5,279	6,841	4,053	3,306	3,288
Sep 2011	7,238	5,327	6,884	4,094	3,304	3,328
Dec 2011	7,272	5,348	6,895	4,086	3,302	3,333
Mar 2012	7,267	5,455	7,044	4,080	3,317	3,309
Jun 2012	7,291	5,507	7,129	4,124	3,325	3,343
Sep 2012	7,354	5,540	7,227	4,166	3,498	3,338
Dec 2012	7,387	5,581	7,281	4,174	3,350	3,353
Mar 2013	7,412	5,674	7,381	4,173	3,390	3,348
Jun 2013	7,497	5,701	7,467	4,189	3,395	3,366
Sep 2013	7,627	5,736	7,545	4,213	3,424	3,391
Dec 2013	7,733	5,763	7,570	4,223	3,442	3,383
Mar 2014	7,834	5,867	7,604	4,274	3,568	3,398
Jun 2014	7,929	5,928	7,698	4,308	3,588	3,403
Sep 2014	7,961	5,964	7,771	4,301	3,593	3,431
Dec 2014	8,026	5,978	7,855	4,326	3,601	3,445
Mar 2015	8,056	6,028	7,848	4,332	3,667	3,412
Jun 2015	8,095	6,070	7,928	4,328	3,671	3,426
Sep 2015	8,151	6,095	7,996	4,371	3,696	3,444
Dec 2015	8,208	6,129	8,052	4,404	3,737	3,463
Mar 2016	8,201	6,156	8,050	4,429	3,793	3,432
Jun 2016	8,254	6,210	8,207	4,449	3,848	3,464
Sep 2016	8,276	6,236	8,306	4,460	3,840	3,486
Dec 2016	8,290	6,293	8,401	4,477	3,826	3,483
Mar 2017	8,253	6,473	8,526	4,464	3,808	3,464
Jun 2017	8,315	6,560	8,642	4,514	3,819	3,498
Sep 2017	8,421	6,621	8,777	4,535	3,845	3,544
Dec 2017	8,510	6,663	8,825	4,567	3,841	3,578
Mar 2018	8,566	6,804	8,906	4,612	3,881	3,584
Jun 2018	8,638	6,890	9,134	4,643	3,931	3,620
Sep 2018	8,685	6,956	9,269	4,707	3,952	3,657
Dec 2018	8,750	7,014	9,408	4,746	4,031	3,681
Mar 2019 ^[p]	8,811	7,072	9,432	4,795	4,065	3,703
Jun 2019 ^[p]	8,871	7,121	9,482	4,835	4,112	3,733
^[p] = preliminary.

Number of business establishments in membership associations and organizations, March 2001–June 2019 (Continued)
Quarter	Political organizations
Mar 2001	1,685
Jun 2001	1,693
Sep 2001	1,747
Dec 2001	1,817
Mar 2002	1,907
Jun 2002	2,068
Sep 2002	2,118
Dec 2002	2,079
Mar 2003	1,807
Jun 2003	1,800
Sep 2003	1,782
Dec 2003	1,897
Mar 2004	1,948
Jun 2004	2,029
Sep 2004	2,131
Dec 2004	2,066
Mar 2005	1,779
Jun 2005	1,785
Sep 2005	1,842
Dec 2005	1,892
Mar 2006	1,953
Jun 2006	2,045
Sep 2006	2,103
Dec 2006	2,110
Mar 2007	1,927
Jun 2007	1,921
Sep 2007	1,975
Dec 2007	2,037
Mar 2008	2,107
Jun 2008	2,182
Sep 2008	2,188
Dec 2008	2,162
Mar 2009	1,865
Jun 2009	1,885
Sep 2009	1,961
Dec 2009	2,045
Mar 2010	2,156
Jun 2010	2,311
Sep 2010	2,371
Dec 2010	2,371
Mar 2011	2,039
Jun 2011	2,082
Sep 2011	2,171
Dec 2011	2,255
Mar 2012	2,298
Jun 2012	2,395
Sep 2012	2,409
Dec 2012	2,359
Mar 2013	2,038
Jun 2013	2,040
Sep 2013	2,110
Dec 2013	2,132
Mar 2014	2,209
Jun 2014	2,338
Sep 2014	2,385
Dec 2014	2,355
Mar 2015	2,093
Jun 2015	2,138
Sep 2015	2,201
Dec 2015	2,260
Mar 2016	2,296
Jun 2016	2,341
Sep 2016	2,364
Dec 2016	2,305
Mar 2017	2,073
Jun 2017	2,129
Sep 2017	2,291
Dec 2017	2,396
Mar 2018	2,533
Jun 2018	2,710
Sep 2018	2,750
Dec 2018	2,693
Mar 2019 ^[p]	2,544
Jun 2019 ^[p]	2,667
^[p] = preliminary.

From the quarter ending March 2001 to the quarter ending June 2019, the number of business establishments decreased from 16,606 to 13,306, or about 20 percent, for labor unions and similar labor organizations and from 30,098 to 25,646, or about 15 percent, for civic and social organizations.

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Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Jobs in environment and conservation nearly triple from January 2001 to June 2019 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2020/jobs-in-environment-and-conservation-nearly-triple-from-january-2001-to-june-2019.htm (visited April 16, 2024).

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