[Elecraft] How Many Hams In USA?

[N2EY at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/14/07 7:38:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time, AJSOENKE at aol.com 
writes:


> in 1971  210,000 would have been pretty  close to actual number, in US.

More like 275,000.

Here are some numbers to think about while waiting for the sunspots to come 
back and the K3s to start shipping:

US population vs. hams - (numbers are rounded off, accurate to within 2%)


1930: US population 122 million, US hams 18,000, 1 ham per 6778 Americans 
1940: US population 131 million, US hams 50,000, 1 ham per 2620 Americans 
1950: US population 150 million, US hams 90,000, 1 ham per 1667 Americans 
1960: US population 179 million, US hams 230,000, 1 ham per 779 Americans 
1970: US population 223 million, US hams 270,000, 1 ham per 825 Americans 
1980: US population 227 million, US hams 350,000, 1 ham per 649 Americans 
1990: US population 249 million  US hams 550,000, 1 ham per 453 Americans 
2000: US population 281 million, US hams 683,000, 1 ham per 411 Americans 
2007: US population 301 million, US hams 655,000, 1 ham per 460 Americans

Note the tremendous growth (compared to the total population) in the 1930s 
despite the Great Depression, the fast growth of the '50s followed by the loss 
of the 1960s, and then the steady growth from 1970 to 1990. 

73 de Jim, N2EY



    



    




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