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FFA membership stands at 579,678

Membership in FFA stands at 579,678 students in grades seven through 12. More than 22,300 new students joined FFA during the 2012-13 school year. The number of new, local FFA chapters throughout the country has grown to 7,570.

The Texas FFA Association added more students and new chapters than any other state. With 8,533 new members, total FFA membership in the Lone Star state stands at 95,015 in 1,010 chapters. California, with 74,039 members, is the country’s second-largest FFA association, followed by Georgia with 35,398 members, Missouri with 25,073 members and Oklahoma with 24,896 members.

Alphabetical listing of states, 2012-13 chapters and membership:

Assoc. Name		12-13 Chapters	12-13Members
ALASKA	AK	6	186
ALABAMA	AL	266	13,700
ARKANSAS	AR	202	13,680
ARIZONA	AZ	74	8,347
CALIFORNIA	CA	310	74,029
COLORADO	CO	91	5,548
CONNECTICUT	CT	20	2,927
DELAWARE	DE	38	4,338
FLORIDA	FL	309	16,370
GEORGIA	GA	276	35,398
HAWAII	HI	9	153
IOWA	IA	216	13,445
IDAHO	ID	84	4,058
ILLINOIS	IL	313	17,684
INDIANA	IN	188	9,973
KANSAS	KS	163	8,526
KENTUCKY	KY	144	14,123
LOUISIANA	LA	173	9,297
MASSACHUSETTS	MA	16	1,939
MARYLAND	MD	40	2,290
MAINE	ME	15	450
MICHIGAN	MI	101	6,712
MINNESOTA	MN	179	10,019
MISSOURI	MO	332	25,073
MISSISSIPPI	MS	102	3,634
MONTANA	MT	80	2,596
NORTH CAROLINA	NC	259	19,908
NORTH DAKOTA	ND	78	4,717
NEBRASKA	NE	148	6,969
NEW HAMPSHIRE	NH	15	508
NEW JERSEY	NJ	36	2,611
NEW MEXICO	NM	73	3,782
NEVADA	NV	23	2,033
NEW YORK	NY	86	3,796
OHIO	OH	298	23,115
OKLAHOMA	OK	354	24,896
OREGON	OR	97	5,070
PENNSYLVANIA	PA	144	7,973
PUERTO RICO	PR	57	2,013
RHODE ISLAND	RI	5	139
SOUTH CAROLINA	SC	95	6,676
SOUTH DAKOTA	SD	77	3,957
TENNESSEE	TN	197	13,562
TEXAS	TX	1,010	95,015
UTAH	UT	78	6,110
VIRGINIA	VA	162	8,576
VIRGIN ISLANDS	VI	1	10
VERMONT	VT	12	390
WASHINGTON	WA	145	7,181
WISCONSIN	WI	253	19,135
WEST VIRGINIA	WV	69	4,736
WYOMING	WY	51	2,305