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Growth of Nonprofit Groups by Metropolitan Area

January 6, 2005

The number of nonprofit organizations registered with the Internal Revenue Service has grown rapidly over the past five years. The number of nonprofit organizations registered with the Internal Revenue Service has grown rapidly over the past five years. This table shows the growth in charities within each of the 276 metropolitan areas (as defined by the U.S. government). It can be sorted in a range of ways, such as by percentage change in number of new charities or population, by clicking on the labels at the top of each column.

Note: Metropolitan areas that cover more than one state are listed by their primary state only. For example, the Philadelphia/Wilmington/Atlantic City metropolitan area is listed under Pennsylvania, not Delaware or New Jersey.

Jump to the areas with a total number of nonprofit groups of:
3,000 or more | 1,000-2,999 | 500-999 | 375-499 | Fewer than 375

Metropolitan area	State	All nonprofit groups	New nonprofit groups	Percentage growth of nonprofit groups	Population
New York/Northern New Jersey/Long Island	N.Y.	75,714	8,841	13.2%	21,199,865
Los Angeles/Riverside/Orange County	Calif.	45,531	5,855	14.8%	16,373,645
Washington/Baltimore	D.C.	36,328	4,489	14.1%	7,608,070
San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose	Calif.	26,819	3,162	13.4%	7,039,362
Chicago/Gary/Kenosha	Ill.	25,955	2,991	13.0%	9,157,540
Boston/Worcester/Lawrence	Mass.	21,027	2,241	11.9%	5,819,100
Philadelphia/Wilmington/Atlantic City	Pa.	20,317	2,300	12.8%	6,188,463
Dallas/Fort Worth	Tex.	15,841	2,091	15.2%	5,221,801
Detroit/Ann Arbor/Flint	Mich.	14,073	1,672	13.5%	5,456,428
Houston/Galveston/Brazoria	Tex.	13,586	2,182	19.1%	4,669,571
Seattle/Tacoma/Bremerton	Wash.	13,486	1,478	12.3%	3,554,760
Atlanta	Ga.	12,448	2,324	23.0%	4,112,198
Minneapolis/St. Paul	Minn.	10,949	1,192	12.2%	2,968,806
Cleveland/Akron	Ohio	10,264	945	10.1%	2,945,831
Miami/Fort Lauderdale	Fla.	9,832	1,555	18.8%	3,876,380
Denver/Boulder/Greeley	Colo.	9,686	1,124	13.1%	2,581,506
St. Louis	Mo.	8,886	980	12.4%	2,603,607
Portland/Salem	Ore.	8,262	1,018	14.1%	2,265,223
San Diego	Calif.	7,976	1,069	15.5%	2,813,833
Memphis	Tenn.	7,581	480	6.8%	1,135,614
Metropolitan area	State	All nonprofit groups	New nonprofit groups	Percentage growth of nonprofit groups	Population
Phoenix/Mesa	Ariz.	7,464	1,036	16.1%	3,251,876
Kansas City	Mo.	7,320	760	11.6%	1,776,062
Pittsburgh	Pa.	7,186	651	10.0%	2,358,695
Milwaukee/Racine	Wisc.	6,498	583	9.9%	1,689,572
Cincinnati/Hamilton	Ohio	6,170	650	11.8%	1,979,202
Tampa/St. Petersburg/Clearwater	Fla.	5,852	777	15.3%	2,395,997
Columbus	Ohio	5,685	661	13.2%	1,540,157
Sacramento/Yolo	Calif.	5,644	694	14.0%	1,796,857
Indianapolis	Ind.	5,477	605	12.4%	1,607,486
Charlotte/Gastonia/Rock Hill	N.C.	5,364	787	17.2%	1,499,293
Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill	N.C.	4,739	624	15.2%	1,187,941
Providence/Fall River/Warwick	R.I.	4,661	455	10.8%	1,188,613
Austin/San Marcos	Tex.	4,628	642	16.1%	1,249,763
Orlando	Fla.	4,509	751	20.0%	1,644,561
West Palm Beach/Boca Raton	Fla.	4,256	598	16.3%	1,131,184
Nashville	Tenn.	4,038	608	17.7%	1,231,311
New Orleans	La.	4,020	552	15.9%	1,337,726
Hartford	Conn.	4,007	395	10.9%	1,183,110
Greensboro//Winston/Salem//High Point	N.C.	3,985	461	13.1%	1,251,509
San Antonio	Tex.	3,984	493	14.1%	1,592,383
Metropolitan area	State	All nonprofit groups	New nonprofit groups	Percentage growth of nonprofit groups	Population
Norfolk/Virginia Beach/Newport News	Va.	3,866	510	15.2%	1,569,541
Salt Lake City/Ogden	Utah	3,837	406	11.8%	1,333,914
Oklahoma City	Okla.	3,614	373	11.5%	1,083,346
Grand Rapids/Muskegon/Holland	Mich.	3,549	352	11.0%	1,088,514
Augusta/Aiken	Ga.	3,442	158	4.8%	477,441
Jacksonville	Fla.	3,425	470	15.9%	1,100,491
Richmond/Petersburg	Va.	3,405	444	15.0%	996,512
Louisville	Ky.	3,324	353	11.9%	1,025,598
Honolulu	Hawaii	3,290	321	10.8%	876,156
Tulsa	Okla.	3,264	329	11.2%	803,235
Buffalo/Niagara Falls	N.Y.	3,253	286	9.6%	1,170,111
Rochester	N.Y.	3,191	290	10.0%	1,098,201
Albany/Schenectady/Troy	N.Y.	3,107	283	10.0%	875,583
Las Vegas	Nev.	3,065	524	20.6%	1,563,282
Birmingham	Ala.	2,932	435	17.4%	921,106
Dayton/Springfield	Ohio	2,841	247	9.5%	950,558
Omaha	Neb.	2,552	250	10.9%	716,998
Tucson	Ariz.	2,394	247	11.5%	843,746
Albuquerque	N.M.	2,377	267	12.7%	712,738
Greenville/Spartanburg/Anderson	S.C.	2,269	255	12.7%	962,441
Metropolitan area	State	All nonprofit groups	New nonprofit groups	Percentage growth of nonprofit groups	Population
Madison	Wisc.	2,257	214	10.5%	426,526
Columbia	S.C.	2,222	207	10.3%	536,691
Syracuse	N.Y.	2,086	201	10.7%	732,117
Fresno	Calif.	2,033	249	14.0%	922,516
Little Rock/North Little Rock	Ark.	2,028	246	13.8%	583,845
Baton Rouge	La.	2,027	286	16.4%	602,894
Sarasota/Bradenton	Fla.	2,026	288	16.6%	589,959
Des Moines	Iowa	2,025	165	8.9%	456,022
Harrisburg/Lebanon/Carlisle	Pa.	2,015	219	12.2%	629,401
Knoxville	Tenn.	1,917	189	10.9%	687,249
Toledo	Ohio	1,908	192	11.2%	618,203
Colorado Springs	Colo.	1,849	236	14.6%	516,929
Springfield	Mass.	1,807	169	10.3%	591,932
Santa Barbara/Santa Maria/Lompoc	Calif.	1,803	196	12.2%	399,347
Jackson	Miss.	1,781	218	13.9%	440,801
Fort Wayne	Ind.	1,724	163	10.4%	502,141
Lexington	Ky.	1,695	162	10.6%	479,198
Lansing/East Lansing	Mich.	1,660	160	10.7%	447,728
Wichita	Kan.	1,649	165	11.1%	545,220
Youngstown/Warren	Ohio	1,632	126	8.4%	594,746
Metropolitan area	State	All nonprofit groups	New nonprofit groups	Percentage growth of nonprofit groups	Population
Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	Pa.	1,585	130	8.9%	637,958
Bakersfield	Calif.	1,489	166	12.5%	661,645
Charleston/North Charleston	S.C.	1,461	200	15.9%	549,033
Boise City	Idaho	1,444	181	14.3%	432,345
Mobile	Ala.	1,440	177	14.0%	540,258
Scranton//Wilkes/Barre//Hazleton	Pa.	1,437	114	8.6%	624,776
Spokane	Wash.	1,385	154	12.5%	417,939
Kalamazoo/Battle Creek	Mich.	1,373	130	10.5%	452,851
Johnson City/Kingsport/Bristol	Tenn.	1,320	108	8.9%	480,091
Eugene/Springfield	Ore.	1,287	163	14.5%	322,959
Lancaster	Pa.	1,284	160	14.2%	470,658
Anchorage	Ark.	1,273	121	10.5%	260,283
Stockton/Lodi	Calif.	1,268	151	13.5%	563,598
Lincoln	Neb.	1,268	115	10.0%	250,291
Melbourne/Titusville/Palm Bay	Fla.	1,254	173	16.0%	476,230
Chattanooga	Tenn.	1,254	131	11.7%	465,161
Daytona Beach	Fla.	1,247	136	12.2%	493,175
Lakeland/Winter Haven	Fla.	1,228	166	15.6%	483,924
Portland	Maine	1,221	131	12.0%	243,537
Salinas	Calif.	1,212	101	9.1%	401,762
Metropolitan area	State	All nonprofit groups	New nonprofit groups	Percentage growth of nonprofit groups	Population
Reno	Nev.	1,199	140	13.2%	339,486
Tallahassee	Fla.	1,198	161	15.5%	284,539
Missoula	Mont.	1,196	51	4.5%	95,802
Davenport/Moline/Rock Island	Iowa	1,187	96	8.8%	359,062
Fort Myers/Cape Coral	Fla.	1,157	159	15.9%	440,888
Montgomery	Ala.	1,145	173	17.8%	333,055
Canton/Massillon	Ohio	1,128	120	11.9%	406,934
Pensacola	Fla.	1,084	140	14.8%	412,153
Saginaw/Bay City/Midland	Mich.	1,078	91	9.2%	403,070
Beaumont/Port Arthur	Tex.	1,059	114	12.1%	385,090
Springfield	Mo.	1,054	125	13.5%	325,721
Shreveport/Bossier City	La.	1,053	105	11.1%	392,302
Santa Fe	N.M.	1,050	127	13.8%	147,635
Appleton/Oshkosh/Neenah	Wisc.	1,030	101	10.9%	358,365
York	Pa.	1,021	111	12.2%	381,751
San Luis Obispo/Atascadero/Paso Robles	Calif.	1,009	110	12.2%	246,681
Evansville/Henderson	Ind.	1,006	71	7.6%	296,195
Peoria/Pekin	Ill.	997	59	6.3%	347,387
Gainesville	Fla.	989	102	11.5%	217,955
Modesto	Calif.	977	123	14.4%	446,997
New London/Norwich	Conn.	977	95	10.8%	293,566
Metropolitan area	State	All nonprofit groups	New nonprofit groups	Percentage growth of nonprofit groups	Population
Duluth/Superior	Minn.	969	67	7.4%	243,815
Rockford	Ill.	967	89	10.1%	371,236
Fort Collins/Loveland	Colo.	961	121	14.4%	251,494
Burlington	Vt.	958	113	13.4%	169,391
Corpus Christi	Tex.	944	88	10.3%	380,783
Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers	Ark.	939	129	15.9%	311,121
Charleston	W.Va.	927	78	9.2%	251,662
Huntsville	Ala.	893	95	11.9%	342,376
Asheville	N.C.	892	101	12.8%	225,965
Macon	Ga.	858	113	15.2%	322,549
Reading	Pa.	855	95	12.5%	373,638
South Bend	Ind.	843	76	9.9%	265,559
Roanoke	Va.	838	88	11.7%	235,932
Fort Pierce/Port St. Lucie	Fla.	831	101	13.8%	319,426
Springfield	Ill.	810	62	8.3%	201,437
Lubbock	Tex.	802	88	12.3%	242,628
Naples	Fla.	778	120	18.2%	251,377
Huntington/Ashland	W.Va.	768	66	9.4%	315,538
Binghamton	N.Y.	758	66	9.5%	252,320
Odessa/Midland	Tex.	758	66	9.5%	237,132
Metropolitan area	State	All nonprofit groups	New nonprofit groups	Percentage growth of nonprofit groups	Population
Lafayette	La.	755	92	13.9%	385,647
Barnstable/Yarmouth	Mass.	754	68	9.9%	162,582
Visalia/Tulare/Porterville	Calif.	753	60	8.7%	368,021
Medford/Ashland	Ore.	750	95	14.5%	181,269
Utica/Rome	N.Y.	749	58	8.4%	299,896
Savannah	Ga.	747	98	15.1%	293,000
McAllen/Edinburg/Mission	Tex.	746	64	9.4%	569,463
Columbus	Ga.	741	90	13.8%	274,624
Hickory/Morganton/Lenoir	N.C.	736	74	11.2%	341,851
Wilmington	N.C.	732	108	17.3%	233,450
Topeka	Kan.	724	58	8.7%	169,871
Charlottesville	Va.	721	90	14.3%	159,576
Tyler	Tex.	704	73	11.6%	174,706
Waco	Tex.	704	62	9.7%	213,517
Lynchburg	Va.	687	84	13.9%	214,911
Chico/Paradise	Calif.	677	66	10.8%	203,171
Columbia	Mo.	674	54	8.7%	135,454
Amarillo	Tex.	666	59	9.7%	217,858
Longview/Marshall	Tex.	663	66	11.1%	208,780
Bellingham	Wash.	662	82	14.1%	166,814
Metropolitan area	State	All nonprofit groups	New nonprofit groups	Percentage growth of nonprofit groups	Population
Sioux Falls	S.D.	655	58	9.7%	172,412
Fayetteville	N.C.	644	82	14.6%	302,963
Fargo/Moorhead	N.D.	639	57	9.8%	174,367
Cedar Rapids	Iowa	627	62	11.0%	191,701
Champaign/Urbana	Ill.	623	39	6.7%	179,669
Killeen/Temple	Tex.	617	56	10.0%	312,952
Provo/Orem	Utah	607	119	24.4%	368,536
Billings	Mont.	606	50	9.0%	129,352
Redding	Calif.	588	57	10.7%	163,256
Green Bay	Wisc.	585	56	10.6%	226,778
Lafayette	Ind.	581	45	8.4%	182,821
Biloxi/Gulfport/Pascagoula	Miss.	581	78	15.5%	363,988
Johnstown	Pa.	570	41	7.8%	232,621
Brownsville/Harlingen/San Benito	Tex.	567	47	9.0%	335,227
Richland/Kennewick/Pasco	Wash.	561	43	8.3%	191,822
Ocala	Fla.	560	74	15.2%	258,916
Fort Smith	Ark.	552	51	10.2%	207,290
Flagstaff	Ariz.	542	64	13.4%	122,366
Wheeling	W.Va.	535	41	8.3%	153,172
Yakima	Wash.	534	58	12.2%	222,581
Mansfield	Ohio	517	42	8.8%	175,818
Metropolitan area	State	All nonprofit groups	New nonprofit groups	Percentage growth of nonprofit groups	Population
Bloomington/Normal	Ill.	508	37	7.9%	150,433
Benton Harbor	Mich.	508	42	9.0%	162,453
Tuscaloosa	Ala.	499	61	13.9%	164,875
Athens	Ga.	497	59	13.5%	153,444
Eau Claire	Wisc.	491	34	7.4%	148,337
Parkersburg/Marietta	W.Va.	486	28	6.1%	151,237
State College	Pa.	483	45	10.3%	135,758
Terre Haute	Ind.	480	26	5.7%	149,192
St. Cloud	Minn.	476	54	12.8%	167,392
Joplin	Mo.	474	46	10.7%	157,322
Lima	Ohio	472	49	11.6%	155,084
Abilene	Tex.	463	36	8.4%	126,555
La Crosse	Wisc.	461	33	7.7%	126,838
Bryan/College Station	Tex.	456	44	10.7%	152,415
Sioux City	Iowa	455	37	8.9%	124,130
Iowa City	Iowa	445	43	10.7%	111,006
Las Cruces	N.M.	443	45	11.3%	174,682
Jamestown	N.Y.	443	36	8.8%	139,750
Greenville	N.C.	441	61	16.1%	133,798
Bangor	Maine	440	48	12.2%	90,864
Metropolitan area	State	All nonprofit groups	New nonprofit groups	Percentage growth of nonprofit groups	Population
Wichita Falls	Tex.	437	36	9.0%	140,518
Waterloo/Cedar Falls	Iowa	433	28	6.9%	128,012
Monroe	La.	433	42	10.7%	147,250
Bismarck	N.D.	432	30	7.5%	94,719
Bloomington	Ind.	430	50	13.2%	120,563
Fort Walton Beach	Fla.	429	62	16.9%	170,498
Rochester	Minn.	428	46	12.0%	124,277
Janesville/Beloit	Wisc.	428	40	10.3%	152,307
Muncie	Ind.	419	32	8.3%	118,769
Pueblo	Colo.	418	41	10.9%	141,472
Lawrence	Kan.	418	39	10.3%	99,962
Glens Falls	N.Y.	414	49	13.4%	124,345
Pittsfield	Mass.	413	31	8.1%	84,699
Myrtle Beach	S.C.	405	64	18.8%	196,629
Rapid City	S.D.	404	36	9.8%	88,565
Merced	Calif.	402	55	15.9%	210,554
Grand Forks	N.D.	401	24	6.4%	97,478
Lake Charles	La.	396	55	16.1%	183,577
Grand Junction	Colo.	391	39	11.1%	116,255
Jackson	Mich.	390	44	12.7%	158,422
Metropolitan area	State	All nonprofit groups	New nonprofit groups	Percentage growth of nonprofit groups	Population
Panama City	Fla.	388	58	17.6%	148,217
Steubenville/Weirton	Ohio	383	31	8.8%	132,008
Rocky Mount	N.C.	382	62	19.4%	143,026
San Angelo	Tex.	375	53	16.5%	104,010
Cheyenne	Wyo.	375	44	13.3%	81,607
St. Joseph	Mo.	374	31	9.0%	102,490
Wausau	Wisc.	370	24	6.9%	125,834
Decatur	Ill.	369	24	7.0%	114,706
Dover	Del.	366	45	14.0%	126,697
Houma	La.	366	46	14.4%	194,477
Sheboygan	Wisc.	365	26	7.7%	112,646
Great Falls	Mont.	360	29	8.8%	80,357
Yuba City	Calif.	358	34	10.5%	139,149
Albany	Ga.	356	65	22.3%	120,822
Corvallis	Ore.	356	35	10.9%	78,153
Erie	Pa.	356	36	11.3%	280,843
Alexandria	La.	342	38	12.5%	126,337
Dubuque	Iowa	337	32	10.5%	89,143
Williamsport	Pa.	337	22	7.0%	120,044
Clarksville/Hopkinsville	Tenn.	336	41	13.9%	207,033
Kokomo	Ind.	335	29	9.5%	101,541
Altoona	Pa.	333	15	4.7%	129,144
Metropolitan area	State	All nonprofit groups	New nonprofit groups	Percentage growth of nonprofit groups	Population
El Paso	Tex.	329	36	12.3%	679,622
Casper	Wyo.	327	35	12.0%	66,533
Dothan	Ala.	326	31	10.5%	137,916
Sherman/Denison	Tex.	325	34	11.7%	110,595
Cumberland	Md.	316	33	11.7%	102,008
Sharon	Pa.	315	26	9.0%	120,293
Goldsboro	N.C.	309	43	16.2%	113,329
Florence	S.C.	308	39	14.5%	125,761
Decatur	Ala.	306	37	13.8%	145,867
Lawton	Okla.	299	20	7.2%	114,996
Danville	Va.	295	19	6.9%	110,156
Hattiesburg	Miss.	288	36	14.3%	111,674
Texarkana	Tex.	287	25	9.5%	129,749
Florence	Ala.	286	33	13.0%	142,950
Punta Gorda	Fla.	282	43	18.0%	141,627
Pine Bluff	Ark.	278	36	14.9%	84,278
Auburn/Opelika	Ala.	276	27	10.8%	115,092
Lewiston/Auburn	Maine	276	24	9.5%	90,830
Anniston	Ala.	261	28	12.0%	112,249
Sumter	S.C.	258	36	16.2%	104,646
Victoria	Tex.	257	19	8.0%	84,088
Owensboro	Ky.	254	21	9.0%	91,545
Jackson	Tenn.	246	32	15.0%	107,377
Metropolitan area	State	All nonprofit groups	New nonprofit groups	Percentage growth of nonprofit groups	Population
Jacksonville	N.C.	228	31	15.7%	150,355
Laredo	Tex.	222	15	7.2%	193,117
Yuma	Ariz.	221	22	11.1%	160,026
Gadsden	Ala.	207	26	14.4%	103,459
Pocatello	Idaho	204	14	7.4%	75,565
Jonesboro	Ark.	174	17	10.8%	82,148
Elkhart//Goshen	Ind.	164	16	10.8%	182,791
Elmira	N.Y.	93	7	8.1%	91,070
Enid	Okla.	71	5	7.6%	57,813

SOURCE: Urban Institute’s National Center for Charitable Statistic

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Metropolitan area	State	All nonprofit groups	New nonprofit groups	Percentage growth of nonprofit groups	Population
New York/Northern New Jersey/Long Island	N.Y.	75,714	8,841	13.2%	21,199,865
Los Angeles/Riverside/Orange County	Calif.	45,531	5,855	14.8%	16,373,645
Washington/Baltimore	D.C.	36,328	4,489	14.1%	7,608,070
San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose	Calif.	26,819	3,162	13.4%	7,039,362
Chicago/Gary/Kenosha	Ill.	25,955	2,991	13.0%	9,157,540
Boston/Worcester/Lawrence	Mass.	21,027	2,241	11.9%	5,819,100
Philadelphia/Wilmington/Atlantic City	Pa.	20,317	2,300	12.8%	6,188,463
Dallas/Fort Worth	Tex.	15,841	2,091	15.2%	5,221,801
Detroit/Ann Arbor/Flint	Mich.	14,073	1,672	13.5%	5,456,428
Houston/Galveston/Brazoria	Tex.	13,586	2,182	19.1%	4,669,571
Seattle/Tacoma/Bremerton	Wash.	13,486	1,478	12.3%	3,554,760
Atlanta	Ga.	12,448	2,324	23.0%	4,112,198
Minneapolis/St. Paul	Minn.	10,949	1,192	12.2%	2,968,806
Cleveland/Akron	Ohio	10,264	945	10.1%	2,945,831
Miami/Fort Lauderdale	Fla.	9,832	1,555	18.8%	3,876,380
Denver/Boulder/Greeley	Colo.	9,686	1,124	13.1%	2,581,506
St. Louis	Mo.	8,886	980	12.4%	2,603,607
Portland/Salem	Ore.	8,262	1,018	14.1%	2,265,223
San Diego	Calif.	7,976	1,069	15.5%	2,813,833
Memphis	Tenn.	7,581	480	6.8%	1,135,614
Metropolitan area	State	All nonprofit groups	New nonprofit groups	Percentage growth of nonprofit groups	Population
Phoenix/Mesa	Ariz.	7,464	1,036	16.1%	3,251,876
Kansas City	Mo.	7,320	760	11.6%	1,776,062
Pittsburgh	Pa.	7,186	651	10.0%	2,358,695
Milwaukee/Racine	Wisc.	6,498	583	9.9%	1,689,572
Cincinnati/Hamilton	Ohio	6,170	650	11.8%	1,979,202
Tampa/St. Petersburg/Clearwater	Fla.	5,852	777	15.3%	2,395,997
Columbus	Ohio	5,685	661	13.2%	1,540,157
Sacramento/Yolo	Calif.	5,644	694	14.0%	1,796,857
Indianapolis	Ind.	5,477	605	12.4%	1,607,486
Charlotte/Gastonia/Rock Hill	N.C.	5,364	787	17.2%	1,499,293
Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill	N.C.	4,739	624	15.2%	1,187,941
Providence/Fall River/Warwick	R.I.	4,661	455	10.8%	1,188,613
Austin/San Marcos	Tex.	4,628	642	16.1%	1,249,763
Orlando	Fla.	4,509	751	20.0%	1,644,561
West Palm Beach/Boca Raton	Fla.	4,256	598	16.3%	1,131,184
Nashville	Tenn.	4,038	608	17.7%	1,231,311
New Orleans	La.	4,020	552	15.9%	1,337,726
Hartford	Conn.	4,007	395	10.9%	1,183,110
Greensboro//Winston/Salem//High Point	N.C.	3,985	461	13.1%	1,251,509
San Antonio	Tex.	3,984	493	14.1%	1,592,383
Metropolitan area	State	All nonprofit groups	New nonprofit groups	Percentage growth of nonprofit groups	Population
Norfolk/Virginia Beach/Newport News	Va.	3,866	510	15.2%	1,569,541
Salt Lake City/Ogden	Utah	3,837	406	11.8%	1,333,914
Oklahoma City	Okla.	3,614	373	11.5%	1,083,346
Grand Rapids/Muskegon/Holland	Mich.	3,549	352	11.0%	1,088,514
Augusta/Aiken	Ga.	3,442	158	4.8%	477,441
Jacksonville	Fla.	3,425	470	15.9%	1,100,491
Richmond/Petersburg	Va.	3,405	444	15.0%	996,512
Louisville	Ky.	3,324	353	11.9%	1,025,598
Honolulu	Hawaii	3,290	321	10.8%	876,156
Tulsa	Okla.	3,264	329	11.2%	803,235
Buffalo/Niagara Falls	N.Y.	3,253	286	9.6%	1,170,111
Rochester	N.Y.	3,191	290	10.0%	1,098,201
Albany/Schenectady/Troy	N.Y.	3,107	283	10.0%	875,583
Las Vegas	Nev.	3,065	524	20.6%	1,563,282
Birmingham	Ala.	2,932	435	17.4%	921,106
Dayton/Springfield	Ohio	2,841	247	9.5%	950,558
Omaha	Neb.	2,552	250	10.9%	716,998
Tucson	Ariz.	2,394	247	11.5%	843,746
Albuquerque	N.M.	2,377	267	12.7%	712,738
Greenville/Spartanburg/Anderson	S.C.	2,269	255	12.7%	962,441
Metropolitan area	State	All nonprofit groups	New nonprofit groups	Percentage growth of nonprofit groups	Population
Madison	Wisc.	2,257	214	10.5%	426,526
Columbia	S.C.	2,222	207	10.3%	536,691
Syracuse	N.Y.	2,086	201	10.7%	732,117
Fresno	Calif.	2,033	249	14.0%	922,516
Little Rock/North Little Rock	Ark.	2,028	246	13.8%	583,845
Baton Rouge	La.	2,027	286	16.4%	602,894
Sarasota/Bradenton	Fla.	2,026	288	16.6%	589,959
Des Moines	Iowa	2,025	165	8.9%	456,022
Harrisburg/Lebanon/Carlisle	Pa.	2,015	219	12.2%	629,401
Knoxville	Tenn.	1,917	189	10.9%	687,249
Toledo	Ohio	1,908	192	11.2%	618,203
Colorado Springs	Colo.	1,849	236	14.6%	516,929
Springfield	Mass.	1,807	169	10.3%	591,932
Santa Barbara/Santa Maria/Lompoc	Calif.	1,803	196	12.2%	399,347
Jackson	Miss.	1,781	218	13.9%	440,801
Fort Wayne	Ind.	1,724	163	10.4%	502,141
Lexington	Ky.	1,695	162	10.6%	479,198
Lansing/East Lansing	Mich.	1,660	160	10.7%	447,728
Wichita	Kan.	1,649	165	11.1%	545,220
Youngstown/Warren	Ohio	1,632	126	8.4%	594,746
Metropolitan area	State	All nonprofit groups	New nonprofit groups	Percentage growth of nonprofit groups	Population
Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	Pa.	1,585	130	8.9%	637,958
Bakersfield	Calif.	1,489	166	12.5%	661,645
Charleston/North Charleston	S.C.	1,461	200	15.9%	549,033
Boise City	Idaho	1,444	181	14.3%	432,345
Mobile	Ala.	1,440	177	14.0%	540,258
Scranton//Wilkes/Barre//Hazleton	Pa.	1,437	114	8.6%	624,776
Spokane	Wash.	1,385	154	12.5%	417,939
Kalamazoo/Battle Creek	Mich.	1,373	130	10.5%	452,851
Johnson City/Kingsport/Bristol	Tenn.	1,320	108	8.9%	480,091
Eugene/Springfield	Ore.	1,287	163	14.5%	322,959
Lancaster	Pa.	1,284	160	14.2%	470,658
Anchorage	Ark.	1,273	121	10.5%	260,283
Stockton/Lodi	Calif.	1,268	151	13.5%	563,598
Lincoln	Neb.	1,268	115	10.0%	250,291
Melbourne/Titusville/Palm Bay	Fla.	1,254	173	16.0%	476,230
Chattanooga	Tenn.	1,254	131	11.7%	465,161
Daytona Beach	Fla.	1,247	136	12.2%	493,175
Lakeland/Winter Haven	Fla.	1,228	166	15.6%	483,924
Portland	Maine	1,221	131	12.0%	243,537
Salinas	Calif.	1,212	101	9.1%	401,762
Metropolitan area	State	All nonprofit groups	New nonprofit groups	Percentage growth of nonprofit groups	Population
Reno	Nev.	1,199	140	13.2%	339,486
Tallahassee	Fla.	1,198	161	15.5%	284,539
Missoula	Mont.	1,196	51	4.5%	95,802
Davenport/Moline/Rock Island	Iowa	1,187	96	8.8%	359,062
Fort Myers/Cape Coral	Fla.	1,157	159	15.9%	440,888
Montgomery	Ala.	1,145	173	17.8%	333,055
Canton/Massillon	Ohio	1,128	120	11.9%	406,934
Pensacola	Fla.	1,084	140	14.8%	412,153
Saginaw/Bay City/Midland	Mich.	1,078	91	9.2%	403,070
Beaumont/Port Arthur	Tex.	1,059	114	12.1%	385,090
Springfield	Mo.	1,054	125	13.5%	325,721
Shreveport/Bossier City	La.	1,053	105	11.1%	392,302
Santa Fe	N.M.	1,050	127	13.8%	147,635
Appleton/Oshkosh/Neenah	Wisc.	1,030	101	10.9%	358,365
York	Pa.	1,021	111	12.2%	381,751
San Luis Obispo/Atascadero/Paso Robles	Calif.	1,009	110	12.2%	246,681
Evansville/Henderson	Ind.	1,006	71	7.6%	296,195
Peoria/Pekin	Ill.	997	59	6.3%	347,387
Gainesville	Fla.	989	102	11.5%	217,955
Modesto	Calif.	977	123	14.4%	446,997
New London/Norwich	Conn.	977	95	10.8%	293,566
Metropolitan area	State	All nonprofit groups	New nonprofit groups	Percentage growth of nonprofit groups	Population
Duluth/Superior	Minn.	969	67	7.4%	243,815
Rockford	Ill.	967	89	10.1%	371,236
Fort Collins/Loveland	Colo.	961	121	14.4%	251,494
Burlington	Vt.	958	113	13.4%	169,391
Corpus Christi	Tex.	944	88	10.3%	380,783
Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers	Ark.	939	129	15.9%	311,121
Charleston	W.Va.	927	78	9.2%	251,662
Huntsville	Ala.	893	95	11.9%	342,376
Asheville	N.C.	892	101	12.8%	225,965
Macon	Ga.	858	113	15.2%	322,549
Reading	Pa.	855	95	12.5%	373,638
South Bend	Ind.	843	76	9.9%	265,559
Roanoke	Va.	838	88	11.7%	235,932
Fort Pierce/Port St. Lucie	Fla.	831	101	13.8%	319,426
Springfield	Ill.	810	62	8.3%	201,437
Lubbock	Tex.	802	88	12.3%	242,628
Naples	Fla.	778	120	18.2%	251,377
Huntington/Ashland	W.Va.	768	66	9.4%	315,538
Binghamton	N.Y.	758	66	9.5%	252,320
Odessa/Midland	Tex.	758	66	9.5%	237,132
Metropolitan area	State	All nonprofit groups	New nonprofit groups	Percentage growth of nonprofit groups	Population
Lafayette	La.	755	92	13.9%	385,647
Barnstable/Yarmouth	Mass.	754	68	9.9%	162,582
Visalia/Tulare/Porterville	Calif.	753	60	8.7%	368,021
Medford/Ashland	Ore.	750	95	14.5%	181,269
Utica/Rome	N.Y.	749	58	8.4%	299,896
Savannah	Ga.	747	98	15.1%	293,000
McAllen/Edinburg/Mission	Tex.	746	64	9.4%	569,463
Columbus	Ga.	741	90	13.8%	274,624
Hickory/Morganton/Lenoir	N.C.	736	74	11.2%	341,851
Wilmington	N.C.	732	108	17.3%	233,450
Topeka	Kan.	724	58	8.7%	169,871
Charlottesville	Va.	721	90	14.3%	159,576
Tyler	Tex.	704	73	11.6%	174,706
Waco	Tex.	704	62	9.7%	213,517
Lynchburg	Va.	687	84	13.9%	214,911
Chico/Paradise	Calif.	677	66	10.8%	203,171
Columbia	Mo.	674	54	8.7%	135,454
Amarillo	Tex.	666	59	9.7%	217,858
Longview/Marshall	Tex.	663	66	11.1%	208,780
Bellingham	Wash.	662	82	14.1%	166,814
Metropolitan area	State	All nonprofit groups	New nonprofit groups	Percentage growth of nonprofit groups	Population
Sioux Falls	S.D.	655	58	9.7%	172,412
Fayetteville	N.C.	644	82	14.6%	302,963
Fargo/Moorhead	N.D.	639	57	9.8%	174,367
Cedar Rapids	Iowa	627	62	11.0%	191,701
Champaign/Urbana	Ill.	623	39	6.7%	179,669
Killeen/Temple	Tex.	617	56	10.0%	312,952
Provo/Orem	Utah	607	119	24.4%	368,536
Billings	Mont.	606	50	9.0%	129,352
Redding	Calif.	588	57	10.7%	163,256
Green Bay	Wisc.	585	56	10.6%	226,778
Lafayette	Ind.	581	45	8.4%	182,821
Biloxi/Gulfport/Pascagoula	Miss.	581	78	15.5%	363,988
Johnstown	Pa.	570	41	7.8%	232,621
Brownsville/Harlingen/San Benito	Tex.	567	47	9.0%	335,227
Richland/Kennewick/Pasco	Wash.	561	43	8.3%	191,822
Ocala	Fla.	560	74	15.2%	258,916
Fort Smith	Ark.	552	51	10.2%	207,290
Flagstaff	Ariz.	542	64	13.4%	122,366
Wheeling	W.Va.	535	41	8.3%	153,172
Yakima	Wash.	534	58	12.2%	222,581
Mansfield	Ohio	517	42	8.8%	175,818
Metropolitan area	State	All nonprofit groups	New nonprofit groups	Percentage growth of nonprofit groups	Population
Bloomington/Normal	Ill.	508	37	7.9%	150,433
Benton Harbor	Mich.	508	42	9.0%	162,453
Tuscaloosa	Ala.	499	61	13.9%	164,875
Athens	Ga.	497	59	13.5%	153,444
Eau Claire	Wisc.	491	34	7.4%	148,337
Parkersburg/Marietta	W.Va.	486	28	6.1%	151,237
State College	Pa.	483	45	10.3%	135,758
Terre Haute	Ind.	480	26	5.7%	149,192
St. Cloud	Minn.	476	54	12.8%	167,392
Joplin	Mo.	474	46	10.7%	157,322
Lima	Ohio	472	49	11.6%	155,084
Abilene	Tex.	463	36	8.4%	126,555
La Crosse	Wisc.	461	33	7.7%	126,838
Bryan/College Station	Tex.	456	44	10.7%	152,415
Sioux City	Iowa	455	37	8.9%	124,130
Iowa City	Iowa	445	43	10.7%	111,006
Las Cruces	N.M.	443	45	11.3%	174,682
Jamestown	N.Y.	443	36	8.8%	139,750
Greenville	N.C.	441	61	16.1%	133,798
Bangor	Maine	440	48	12.2%	90,864
Metropolitan area	State	All nonprofit groups	New nonprofit groups	Percentage growth of nonprofit groups	Population
Wichita Falls	Tex.	437	36	9.0%	140,518
Waterloo/Cedar Falls	Iowa	433	28	6.9%	128,012
Monroe	La.	433	42	10.7%	147,250
Bismarck	N.D.	432	30	7.5%	94,719
Bloomington	Ind.	430	50	13.2%	120,563
Fort Walton Beach	Fla.	429	62	16.9%	170,498
Rochester	Minn.	428	46	12.0%	124,277
Janesville/Beloit	Wisc.	428	40	10.3%	152,307
Muncie	Ind.	419	32	8.3%	118,769
Pueblo	Colo.	418	41	10.9%	141,472
Lawrence	Kan.	418	39	10.3%	99,962
Glens Falls	N.Y.	414	49	13.4%	124,345
Pittsfield	Mass.	413	31	8.1%	84,699
Myrtle Beach	S.C.	405	64	18.8%	196,629
Rapid City	S.D.	404	36	9.8%	88,565
Merced	Calif.	402	55	15.9%	210,554
Grand Forks	N.D.	401	24	6.4%	97,478
Lake Charles	La.	396	55	16.1%	183,577
Grand Junction	Colo.	391	39	11.1%	116,255
Jackson	Mich.	390	44	12.7%	158,422
Metropolitan area	State	All nonprofit groups	New nonprofit groups	Percentage growth of nonprofit groups	Population
Panama City	Fla.	388	58	17.6%	148,217
Steubenville/Weirton	Ohio	383	31	8.8%	132,008
Rocky Mount	N.C.	382	62	19.4%	143,026
San Angelo	Tex.	375	53	16.5%	104,010
Cheyenne	Wyo.	375	44	13.3%	81,607
St. Joseph	Mo.	374	31	9.0%	102,490
Wausau	Wisc.	370	24	6.9%	125,834
Decatur	Ill.	369	24	7.0%	114,706
Dover	Del.	366	45	14.0%	126,697
Houma	La.	366	46	14.4%	194,477
Sheboygan	Wisc.	365	26	7.7%	112,646
Great Falls	Mont.	360	29	8.8%	80,357
Yuba City	Calif.	358	34	10.5%	139,149
Albany	Ga.	356	65	22.3%	120,822
Corvallis	Ore.	356	35	10.9%	78,153
Erie	Pa.	356	36	11.3%	280,843
Alexandria	La.	342	38	12.5%	126,337
Dubuque	Iowa	337	32	10.5%	89,143
Williamsport	Pa.	337	22	7.0%	120,044
Clarksville/Hopkinsville	Tenn.	336	41	13.9%	207,033
Kokomo	Ind.	335	29	9.5%	101,541
Altoona	Pa.	333	15	4.7%	129,144
Metropolitan area	State	All nonprofit groups	New nonprofit groups	Percentage growth of nonprofit groups	Population
El Paso	Tex.	329	36	12.3%	679,622
Casper	Wyo.	327	35	12.0%	66,533
Dothan	Ala.	326	31	10.5%	137,916
Sherman/Denison	Tex.	325	34	11.7%	110,595
Cumberland	Md.	316	33	11.7%	102,008
Sharon	Pa.	315	26	9.0%	120,293
Goldsboro	N.C.	309	43	16.2%	113,329
Florence	S.C.	308	39	14.5%	125,761
Decatur	Ala.	306	37	13.8%	145,867
Lawton	Okla.	299	20	7.2%	114,996
Danville	Va.	295	19	6.9%	110,156
Hattiesburg	Miss.	288	36	14.3%	111,674
Texarkana	Tex.	287	25	9.5%	129,749
Florence	Ala.	286	33	13.0%	142,950
Punta Gorda	Fla.	282	43	18.0%	141,627
Pine Bluff	Ark.	278	36	14.9%	84,278
Auburn/Opelika	Ala.	276	27	10.8%	115,092
Lewiston/Auburn	Maine	276	24	9.5%	90,830
Anniston	Ala.	261	28	12.0%	112,249
Sumter	S.C.	258	36	16.2%	104,646
Victoria	Tex.	257	19	8.0%	84,088
Owensboro	Ky.	254	21	9.0%	91,545
Jackson	Tenn.	246	32	15.0%	107,377
Metropolitan area	State	All nonprofit groups	New nonprofit groups	Percentage growth of nonprofit groups	Population
Jacksonville	N.C.	228	31	15.7%	150,355
Laredo	Tex.	222	15	7.2%	193,117
Yuma	Ariz.	221	22	11.1%	160,026
Gadsden	Ala.	207	26	14.4%	103,459
Pocatello	Idaho	204	14	7.4%	75,565
Jonesboro	Ark.	174	17	10.8%	82,148
Elkhart//Goshen	Ind.	164	16	10.8%	182,791
Elmira	N.Y.	93	7	8.1%	91,070
Enid	Okla.	71	5	7.6%	57,813

SOURCE: Urban Institute’s National Center for Charitable Statistic