KiraKira Findings: U.S. Volunteering Rates
KiraKira’s focus partially surrounds enabling non-profit organizations across the U.S. in reaching their potential such as through coalition building. Which fields require increased coalition building though? We conducted a descriptive statistical analysis of overall and per-sector volunteering rates in the U.S. during 2017 via data provided by AmeriCorps.
 Overall and Per-Sector Volunteering Rates in the U.S. (2017) |
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| 1 | Overall Volunteering1 |
Type of Volunteering
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civic1 | Education1 | Environment1 | Health1 | Safety1 | Religious1 | Service1 | Sports/Arts1 | Other1 | ||
| UT | 51.0% | 20.8% | 47.2% | 6.0% | 8.4% | 5.8% | 71.2% | 33.7% | 23.9% | 2.4% |
| MN | 45.8% | 25.8% | 36.6% | 9.9% | 12.0% | 3.9% | 42.6% | 35.2% | 19.8% | 2.3% |
| OR | 43.1% | 34.6% | 50.1% | 16.0% | 12.8% | 7.3% | 35.8% | 47.7% | 30.5% | 3.4% |
| AK | 42.5% | 29.6% | 45.1% | 17.2% | 14.1% | 9.8% | 29.6% | 43.4% | 35.7% | 2.4% |
| IA | 42.1% | 31.1% | 35.2% | 10.4% | 11.0% | 5.3% | 36.8% | 37.4% | 25.8% | 4.1% |
| DC | 40.8% | 45.8% | 43.7% | 16.4% | 13.9% | 4.1% | 24.8% | 44.9% | 26.2% | 3.2% |
| NE | 40.5% | 26.0% | 45.7% | 12.5% | 14.5% | 6.8% | 49.5% | 45.3% | 25.1% | 1.9% |
| MT | 40.0% | 30.8% | 44.8% | 16.9% | 13.3% | 9.9% | 34.7% | 42.6% | 33.2% | 3.2% |
| ND | 39.2% | 29.5% | 44.4% | 11.0% | 16.4% | 7.3% | 56.7% | 42.8% | 32.6% | 3.1% |
| ME | 38.4% | 30.6% | 42.5% | 21.8% | 19.4% | 9.9% | 25.0% | 39.7% | 34.9% | 5.2% |
| WI | 37.7% | 18.9% | 34.0% | 12.5% | 14.1% | 4.1% | 41.4% | 40.7% | 23.0% | 3.3% |
| ID | 37.5% | 24.6% | 43.0% | 10.1% | 11.1% | 6.5% | 52.5% | 40.7% | 23.6% | 2.0% |
| MD | 37.3% | 28.9% | 41.5% | 15.9% | 10.4% | 6.7% | 40.0% | 41.1% | 29.3% | 9.6% |
| KS | 37.2% | 25.4% | 42.7% | 11.5% | 12.2% | 4.1% | 40.7% | 41.4% | 18.3% | 3.1% |
| SD | 36.8% | 22.1% | 39.6% | 8.8% | 18.8% | 8.4% | 53.2% | 40.3% | 25.0% | 3.6% |
| NH | 36.7% | 31.4% | 31.7% | 13.8% | 15.3% | 4.9% | 26.2% | 35.2% | 28.5% | 4.6% |
| VT | 36.4% | 29.6% | 36.0% | 17.4% | 14.6% | 6.7% | 17.7% | 37.2% | 25.6% | 3.4% |
| IN | 36.3% | 28.6% | 42.9% | 9.6% | 17.0% | 4.9% | 45.6% | 34.3% | 23.1% | 2.5% |
| NC | 35.9% | 22.0% | 37.3% | 10.2% | 12.0% | 5.8% | 52.3% | 35.1% | 24.6% | 4.6% |
| WA | 35.9% | 22.4% | 43.0% | 12.9% | 10.6% | 5.2% | 32.8% | 38.2% | 24.0% | 2.9% |
| PA | 34.6% | 22.3% | 41.1% | 11.1% | 12.5% | 7.3% | 46.4% | 34.7% | 27.7% | 2.0% |
| VA | 34.5% | 21.7% | 35.2% | 9.8% | 11.4% | 5.8% | 43.6% | 34.3% | 18.9% | 4.2% |
| WY | 34.1% | 29.6% | 46.3% | 14.5% | 11.0% | 10.1% | 40.3% | 43.8% | 28.8% | 3.0% |
| OK | 33.7% | 26.5% | 44.6% | 8.9% | 8.6% | 4.9% | 46.8% | 33.2% | 26.2% | 3.1% |
| CO | 33.6% | 21.5% | 50.5% | 7.5% | 11.3% | 3.2% | 31.2% | 28.0% | 21.5% | 3.8% |
| OH | 33.5% | 22.7% | 43.0% | 11.2% | 13.5% | 5.3% | 45.0% | 38.1% | 27.3% | 3.3% |
| MO | 33.0% | 20.7% | 45.3% | 10.9% | 11.5% | 5.0% | 45.9% | 35.8% | 21.6% | 3.0% |
| CT | 32.8% | 28.0% | 36.7% | 11.9% | 14.7% | 6.4% | 28.4% | 40.8% | 26.6% | 5.0% |
| DE | 32.7% | 27.8% | 41.5% | 9.9% | 10.4% | 6.1% | 39.2% | 38.2% | 23.1% | 5.2% |
| MA | 32.2% | 30.9% | 39.3% | 12.8% | 13.6% | 4.9% | 24.9% | 40.5% | 26.4% | 3.5% |
| SC | 31.8% | 20.1% | 35.7% | 11.8% | 10.8% | 5.4% | 58.0% | 33.4% | 22.9% | 3.5% |
| RI | 31.5% | 27.4% | 37.6% | 16.1% | 14.0% | 8.6% | 32.3% | 36.0% | 25.3% | 1.6% |
| TN | 30.7% | 20.4% | 38.1% | 11.9% | 12.4% | 2.7% | 53.2% | 27.6% | 20.6% | 3.0% |
| AZ | 30.2% | 21.7% | 44.6% | 9.3% | 15.1% | 5.0% | 33.7% | 33.7% | 20.5% | 3.9% |
| IL | 29.9% | 29.8% | 42.1% | 13.9% | 12.1% | 3.5% | 37.9% | 40.8% | 23.1% | 3.3% |
| MI | 29.8% | 24.2% | 43.3% | 10.1% | 10.9% | 4.1% | 39.8% | 32.5% | 23.8% | 3.2% |
| AR | 29.7% | 24.6% | 39.7% | 10.2% | 14.8% | 8.3% | 51.7% | 32.0% | 24.0% | 3.7% |
| HI | 29.2% | 23.0% | 43.3% | 17.5% | 9.2% | 5.5% | 31.8% | 34.6% | 25.3% | 5.5% |
| TX | 28.9% | 21.5% | 39.6% | 8.8% | 9.2% | 5.6% | 44.0% | 36.8% | 18.2% | 3.6% |
| WV | 28.8% | 17.6% | 31.5% | 9.5% | 15.1% | 7.1% | 46.6% | 32.4% | 22.7% | 4.4% |
| NM | 28.6% | 26.8% | 41.8% | 13.5% | 10.1% | 5.5% | 29.1% | 29.7% | 25.6% | 3.2% |
| KY | 27.6% | 26.0% | 43.4% | 12.4% | 14.3% | 7.4% | 46.5% | 33.7% | 31.4% | 4.7% |
| AL | 27.2% | 19.6% | 29.5% | 9.6% | 10.9% | 6.8% | 51.9% | 31.1% | 18.6% | 2.8% |
| NJ | 27.0% | 23.5% | 36.1% | 10.7% | 10.7% | 6.8% | 32.2% | 34.2% | 22.4% | 4.4% |
| GA | 26.7% | 23.2% | 43.6% | 12.3% | 14.0% | 5.3% | 45.0% | 36.6% | 23.5% | 1.5% |
| CA | 26.5% | 22.3% | 47.6% | 13.7% | 9.7% | 4.5% | 31.4% | 33.1% | 25.0% | 3.4% |
| LA | 25.8% | 17.0% | 44.1% | 8.0% | 13.8% | 4.8% | 46.5% | 35.4% | 20.2% | 5.9% |
| NY | 25.6% | 26.9% | 42.4% | 10.9% | 13.3% | 5.9% | 30.1% | 40.3% | 19.6% | 4.3% |
| NV | 25.1% | 25.4% | 40.7% | 8.6% | 16.7% | 6.2% | 34.4% | 35.4% | 25.4% | 6.2% |
| MS | 24.0% | 15.8% | 38.1% | 5.9% | 8.2% | 5.3% | 60.1% | 23.2% | 14.1% | 1.8% |
| FL | 23.3% | 23.2% | 40.4% | 12.6% | 14.2% | 6.3% | 35.8% | 34.3% | 20.0% | 3.8% |
| 1 Source: AmeriCorps (2017) via https://data.americorps.gov/dataset/2017-CEV-Data-Current-Population-Survey-Civic-Enga/twy4-5nxu/about_data. | ||||||||||
