Only

22 of 94 councils in the Southern Region achieved an increase in membership over an 8-year

period from 2003 to 2011. The chart below is a ranking of those councils in order of largest
increase over that period.

COUNCIL
Athens, GA
Dallas, TX
Little Rock, AR
Spartanburg, SC

2011
23,548
38,830
10,454

2003 DIFFERENCE # RANKING % CHANGE % RANKING YEARS OF

19,719
3,829
1
19.4
4
8
36,108
2,722
2
7.5
11
8
8,983
1,471
3
16.4
5
7

6253

4,914

1,339

27.2

19,051

17,843

1208

6.7

13

Tuscaloosa, AL

4,704

3,505

1,199

34

Jacksonville, FL

17,726

16,590

1136

6.8

12

Tampa, FL

16,839

16,094

745

4.6

17

Albany, GA

2,164

1,456

708

49

28,372

27,676

696

10

18

Mobile, AL

6,054

5,477

577

11

11

Savannak, GA

4,406

3,938

468

12

12

Tyler, TX

8,977

8,527

450

13

5.3

16

Goldsboro, NC

3744

3414

330

14

9.7

Irving, TX

3,022

2,694

328

15

12

Galveston, TX

5,674

5,386

288

16

5.4

15

Tupelo, MS

3,883

3,640

243

17

6.7

14

Albermarle, NC

9,250

9,008

242

18

2.7

20

Meridian, MS

1,880

1,739

141

19

10

Lubbock, TX

3,376

3,243

133

20

19

Lake Charles, LA

2,921

2,857

64

21

21

Wichita Falls, TX

1,670

1,664

22

0.3

22

Austin, TX

Fort Worth, TX