Let’s give a big hand to Utah.
No state produced more Eagle Scouts in 2014 than Utah. Thanks in large part to the strong support Scouting receives from the LDS church there, 5,480 young men became Eagle Scouts in Utah last year.
That was enough for our nation’s 45th state to be No. 1 on the list for at least the sixth year in a row. That’s every year since 2009 — the first year for which detailed Eagle Scout statistics were made available to me.
California, Texas, Pennsylvania and New York round out 2014’s top 5. See the complete list — 1 to 50 — below.
Also, because it’s not really fair to compare the number of Eagle Scouts in the nation’s most populous state (California) and its least (Wyoming), I’ve included population-adjusted rankings as well. In that list, Wyoming leaps 42 spots to No. 3, while California drops 34 spots to No. 36.
Utah, though, tops both lists. Nicely done, Utah!
States ranked by number of 2014 Eagle Scouts
- Utah: 5,480
- California: 4,883
- Texas: 4,058
- Pennsylvania: 2,349
- New York: 1,954
- Virginia: 1,937
- North Carolina: 1,836
- Ohio: 1,748
- Illinois: 1,724
- Florida: 1,556
- Georgia: 1,413
- Missouri: 1,363
- New Jersey: 1,281
- Washington: 1,279
- Arizona: 1,209
- Michigan: 1,199
- Idaho: 1,182
- Minnesota: 1,045
- Massachusetts: 1,026
- Maryland: 952
- Colorado: 900
- Wisconsin: 893
- Tennessee: 885
- Indiana: 842
- Connecticut: 674
- South Carolina: 630
- Kansas: 606
- Oregon: 566
- Alabama: 559
- Iowa: 513
- Nevada: 465
- Kentucky: 459
- Oklahoma: 455
- Mississippi: 387
- Nebraska: 378
- Louisiana: 367
- Arkansas: 281
- Hawaii: 236
- Rhode Island: 220
- West Virginia: 212
- Montana: 180
- New Hampshire: 178
- New Mexico: 173
- Maine: 164
- Wyoming: 159
- Alaska: 123
- Delaware: 95
- South Dakota: 94
- Vermont: 92
- North Dakota: 90
States ranked by number of 2014 Eagle Scouts (population-adjusted)
It’s not fair to compare tiny Wyoming to California. So this list shows which states produced a disproportionately large (or small) number of Eagle Scouts in 2014 once you factor in population.
(FYI, I used these 2014 population numbers.)
- Utah
- Idaho
- Wyoming
- Virginia
- Missouri
- Kansas
- Rhode Island
- Nebraska
- Minnesota
- Connecticut
- North Carolina
- Pennsylvania
- Washington
- Arizona
- Montana
- Colorado
- Alaska
- Hawaii
- Iowa
- Nevada
- Maryland
- Wisconsin
- Massachusetts
- Ohio
- Texas
- Vermont
- New Jersey
- Oregon
- Georgia
- Tennessee
- New Hampshire
- Illinois
- South Carolina
- Mississippi
- Indiana
- California
- Maine
- North Dakota
- Michigan
- Oklahoma
- Alabama
- West Virginia
- South Dakota
- Kentucky
- Delaware
- New York
- Arkansas
- New Mexico
- Louisiana
- Florida
Eagle Scouts who don’t live in one of the 50
Not all Boy Scouts (and Eagle Scouts) live in one of the 50 United States. Here are those numbers from 2014:
- Puerto Rico: 161
- Transatlantic: 121
- Direct Services: 82
- Far East: 57
- Washington, D.C.: 28
- U.S. Virgin Islands: 4
Council-by-council rankings, 2014
As requested by a commenter, I’m adding the council rankings below. Take these with a big pinch of salt, though. Councils with more Scouts will, of course, have more young men earning the Eagle Scout award.
I don’t have the council-by-council membership numbers right now, so this list is purely a ranked list that doesn’t take into account council size.
The number before the council name is the council number, which is used for record-keeping.
- 591 Utah National Parks
- 590 Great Salt Lake
- 82 National Capital Area
- 589 Trapper Trails
- 10 Grand Canyon
- 576 Sam Houston Area
- 571 Circle Ten
- 250 Northern Star
- 307 Heart of America
- 39 Orange County
- 92 Atlanta Area
- 312 Greater St. Louis Area
- 662 Longhorn
- 107 Grand Teton
- 47 Golden Empire
- 492 Cascade Pacific
- 49 San Diego – Imperial
- 220 Baltimore Area
- 421 Occoneechee
- 609 Chief Seattle
- 272 Great Lakes (merged into 784)
- 61 Denver Area
- 527 Laurel Highlands
- 45 California Inland Empire
- 83 Central Florida
- 66 Connecticut Rivers
- 564 Capitol Area
- 106 Ore – Ida
- 160 Crossroads of America
- 328 Las Vegas Area
- 1 Greater Alabama
- 438 Dan Beard
- 127 Three Fires
- 358 Partriots’ Path
- 55 Silicon Valley Monterey Bay (25 & 55 merged)
- 583 Alamo Area
- 560 Middle Tennessee
- 23 Mount Diablo – Silverado
- 441 Simon Kenton
- 333 Northern New Jersey
- 205 Lincoln Heritage
- 525 Cradle of Liberty
- 602 Heart of Virginia
- 326 Mid – America
- 40 San Gabriel Valley
- 777 Washington Crossing (was Bucks County)
- 404 Suffolk County
- 635 Bay – Lakes
- 51 Western Los Angeles Area
- 782 Water and Woods FSC
- 546 Narragansett
- 101 Northeast Georgia
- 70 Old North State
- 611 Inland Northwest
- 415 Mecklenburg County
- 33 Los Angeles Area
- 544 New Birth of Freedom
- 783 Southern Shores FSC
- 386 Theodore Roosevelt
- 612 Pacific Harbors
- 104 Aloha
- 781 President Gerald R. Ford FSC
- 60 Pikes Peak
- 72 Connecticut Yankee
- 86 Gulf Ridge
- 397 Seneca Waterways
- 87 North Florida
- 558 Chickasaw
- 236 Yankee Clipper
- 502 Minsi Trails
- 539 Chester County
- 129 Northeast Illinois
- 480 Last Frontier
- 557 Great Smokey Mountain
- 31 Pacific Skyline
- 84 South Florida
- 347 Monmouth
- 249 Old Colony
- 62 Longs Peak
- 374 Hudson Valley
- 690 Burlington County
- 420 Piedmont
- 57 Ventura County
- 28 San Francisco Bay Area
- 315 Montana
- 751 Northwest Suburban
- 433 Great Trail
- 553 Indian Waters
- 606 Mount Baker
- 364 Twin Rivers
- 177 Mid – Iowa
- 244 Knox Trail
- 488 Indian Nations
- 330 Daniel Webster
- 595 Colonial Virginia
- 551 Blue Ridge
- 661 Puerto Rico
- 599 Blue Ridge Mountains
- 427 Old Hickory
- 81 Del – Mar – Va
- 388 Westchester – Putnam
- 660 Blackhawk Area
- 596 Tidewater
- 636 Three Harbors
- 85 Gulf Stream
- 95 Flint River
- 306 Ozark Trails
- 380 Greater Niagara Frontier
- 640 Greater New York Councils
- 426 East Carolina
- 147 Des Plains Valley
- 412 Great Southwest
- 373 Longhouse
- 429 Northern Lights
- 574 Bay Area
- 651 Potawatomi Area
- 18 Quapaw Area
- 111 Snake River
- 528 Hawk Mountain
- 440 Greater Cleveland
- 204 Blue Grass
- 620 Glacier’s Edge
- 88 Southwest Florida
- 198 Quivira
- 463 Great Western Reserve
- 138 W. D. Boyce
- 27 Sequoia
- 114 Lewis and Clark
- 303 Andrew Jackson
- 416 Central North Carolina
- 211 Istrouma Area
- 218 Pine Tree
- 329 Nevada Area
- 550 Coastal Carolina
- 617 Buckskin
- 11 Catalina
- 16 Westark Area
- 653 Great Rivers
- 802 Transatlantic
- 460 Erie Shores
- 585 East Texas Area
- 59 Greater Yosemite
- 436 Buckeye
- 450 Heart of Ohio
- 604 Blue Mountain
- 501 Northeastern Pennsylvania
- 763 Stonewall Jackson Area
- 89 West Central Florida
- 524 Pennsylvania Dutch
- 610 Great Alaska
- 425 Cape Fear
- 444 Miami Valley
- 156 Buffalo Trace
- 172 Hawkeye Area
- 512 Westmoreland – Fayette
- 53 Los Padres
- 227 Boston Minuteman
- 254 Mohegan
- 341 Jersey Shore
- 157 Anthony Wayne Area
- 118 Chicago Area
- 145 Hoosier Trails
- 234 Western Massachusetts
- 299 Gamehaven
- 449 Black Swamp Area
- 592 Green Mountain
- 491 Crater Lake
- 573 Yucca
- 577 South Texas
- 627 Samoset
- 598 Shenandoah Area
- 324 Cornhusker
- 549 Palmetto
- 559 West Tennessee Area
- 748 Yocona Area
- 702 Rainbow
- 214 Southeast Louisiana
- 414 Daniel Boone
- 91 Chattahoochee
- 733 Sioux
- 41 Redwood Empire
- 800 Direct Service
- 697 Oregon Trail
- 713 Sequoyah
- 230 Nashua Valley
- 773 Gulf Coast
- 32 Long Beach Area
- 96 Central Georgia
- 133 Illowa
- 311 Pony Express
- 99 Coastal ( Empire) Georgia – 3/1/14
- 173 Winnebago
- 532 French Creek
- 533 Susquehanna
- 58 Verdugo Hills
- 304 Pine Burr
- 578 Three Rivers
- 296 Central Minnesota
- 424 Tuscarora
- 439 Tecumseh
- 497 Juniata Valley
- 556 Cherokee Area
- 618 Allohak
- 638 Central Wyoming
- 4 Mobile Area
- 165 La Salle
- 376 Iroquois Trail
- 152 Calumet
- 400 Revolutionary Trails
- 552 Pee Dee Area
- 93 Georgia – Carolina
- 197 Jayhawk Area
- 614 Grand Columbia
- 368 Baden – Powell
- 500 Moraine Trails
- 144 Abraham Lincoln
- 30 Southern Sierra
- 322 Overland Trails
- 803 Far East
- 162 Sagamore
- 562 Golden Spread
- 286 Voyageurs Area
- 64 Western Colorado
- 375 Five Rivers
- 98 Alapaha Area
- 467 Muskingum Valley
- 584 Caddo Area
- 192 Coronado Area
- 5 Tukabatchee Area
- 117 Prairielands
- 664 Suwannee River Area
- 212 Evangeline Area
- 775 Rio Grande
- 121 Lincoln Trails
- 100 Northwest Georgia
- 215 Norwela
- 216 Katahdin Area
- 283 Twin Valley
- 509 Bucktail
- 213 Louisiana Purchase
- 637 Chippewa Valley
- 63 Rocky Mountain
- 561 Texas Trails
- 624 Gateway Area
- 225 Annawon
- 221 Mason – Dixon
- 178 Northeast Iowa
- 209 Calcasieu Area
- 474 Cimarron
- 504 Columbia – Montour
- 35 Marin
- 141 Mississippi Valley
- 382 Allegheny Highlands
- 694 South Plains
- 3 Alabama – Florida
- 405 Rip Van Winkle
- 741 Texas Southwest
- 413 Conquistador
- 580 NeTseO Trails
- 615 Mountaineer Area
- 691 Pushmataha Area
- 6 Black Warrior
- 302 Choctaw Area
- 695 Black Hills Area
- 69 Housatonic
- 393 Otschodela
- 469 Cherokee Area
- 587 Northwest Texas
- 567 Buffalo Trail
- 619 Ohio River Valley
- 102 Maui County
- 468 Arbuckle Area
- 538 Chief Complanter
- 42 Piedmont
- 22 Alameda
- 67 Greenwich
- 696 Midnight Sun
- 13 De Soto Area
- 224 Cape Cod and Islands
- 194 Santa Fe Trail
Hat tip: Thanks to the BSA’s Mike Lo Vecchio for getting these numbers for me.
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