Ever wonder how many people actually showed up to one of the Tea Parties? I've put together a list with the first reported numbers. If you have a better link with more accurate numbers or a link to another city not currently on this list, I will review and update. Only include links with number estimates because that is what I am trying to get my hands around.
If I receive tips from another source that say that the media report is wrong because they were there, or there is a better source, I'll put them in parenthesis in red. We can include this next to the reported number.
For a running total of the numbers, Wes Messamore of the Humble Libertarian has been totalling up the numbers for this information. Go to www.humblelibertarian.com to get an estimate of the numbers. Stay here is you want to see where the numbers come from.
Dozens Turn Out for Tax Day Tea Party - San Diego - Dozens
Hundreds of Tea Party activists gather at Legislature - Las Vegas - Hundreds
Freedom Czars don't need Senate confirmation - Atlanta, GA - 10,000
More than 10000 attend Madison Tea Party - Madison, WI - 10,000+
Handful of Tea Party Patriots Show Up to Protest on Tax Day in Pasadena & Burbank - Pasadena, CA - Dozen
Oklahoma Capitol tea party draws smaller crowd this year - Oklahoma City, OK - 1,200
Thousands Turn Out for Tax-Day Tea Party Rallies - Colorado - Thousands
Tax day brings out tea party protests - Charlotte, NC - 1,000
Tea Party rally draws crowd to Bristol's Cumberland Square Park on tax day - Bristol, VA - 200
Tax Day Tea Party Rally in Cumming - Cumming GA - 300
OC Tea Party rallies roil with discontent - Orange County, Ca - 300
Tea Party rally stirs local support - Muskingum, IA - 200
Tax Day Tea Party - Lewis, DE - 200+
Taxes forefront at local Tea Party rally - Chillicothe, OH - about 200
Tea Party protestors chant for lower taxes at statehouse - Atlantic City, NJ - 200
Grayson County Tea Party - Grayson Co, OK 100+
Tea Party rally stirs local support - Coshocton, OH - 200
Muskegon Tea Party rallies at Muskegon's - Muskegon, MI - 300
Tea Party held in Florence - Florence, NC - 300
Hundreds Gather At Tea Parties Across State - Oregon - Hundreds
Tax Day Tea Party not as large as last year but still draws hundreds - Gainesville, FL - 300
Hundreds gather for Tea Party protest in Thousand Oaks - Thousand Oaks, CA - 400
Tea Party again uses tax day as rallying point- Naperville 500
Tea Party rally draws about 400 downtown - Rochester, NY - 1000+
Tea Party protests return to State College - Central PA - 400
MN Tea party protests govt. spending on tax day - St Paul, MN - 500+
Tea Party rally draws hundreds - Springfield, OH - 500
Tea partiers' battle cry: 'Lawmakers, listen to us!' - Portland, OR - 500
RI Tea Party holds tax-day rally - Providence, RI - 2000
Hundreds gather for Tea: Protesters speak out on Tax Day - Cleveland, OH - 500+
Thousands Turn Out for Tax-Day Tea Party Rallies - Colorado Springs, CO - 600
Salina Tax Day Rallies - Salina, KS - 600
With Tax Day as Theme, Tea Party Groups Demonstrate - Manhattan, NY - 700
Tea Party holds rally in Yuma - Yuma, AZ - 700
About 800 people at Veterans Park in Hoover for Tea Party rally - Birmingham, AL - 800
Tea Party rally draws 2000 - Colorado Springs 2000
East Valley tea party protest draws 2000 - Gilbert, AZ - 2000+
Tea Party rallies on Tax Day across Washington - Olympia, WA - 3,000
Tea party rally centers on calls for lower taxes - Sacramento, CA - 3,000
Thousands converge for Tea Party rally - Indianapolis, IA - Thousands
Thousands of Idahoans Speak Out on Tax Day - Treasure Valley, ID - Thousands
Video: Thousands of Tea Party protesters gather around Mobile - Mobile, AL - Thousands
Tea Party Rally Draws Thousands - Tulsa, OK - Thousands
Tea Party activists protest in South Florida - Miami, FL - Few Hundred
10,000 tea party protesters stir it up in East Bay - Pleasanton, CA - 10,000
Tea Party rally draws large crowd - Wichita Falls, TX - Several Hundred
Local Tea Party activists hold Tax Day rallies - Chicago, IL - Several Thousand
Tea Party Gathering in Hornell - Hornell, NY - 200
Headlines: Tea Party can be 'difference makers' in 2010 election: organizer - Cleveland, OH - Several Hundred
Hundreds gather for tea party rally in Wichita - Wichita, KS - Several Hundred
Tea Party Activists Gather In Maine - Augusta, ME - Few hundred
Hundreds attend Tea Party rally in downtown Mason City - Mason City, IA - Hundreds
NC Tea Party groups demand action at Capitol rally - Raleigh, NC - Several Hundred
Tea Party rally turnout less than hoped for - Des Moines, IA - 1,100
Tea party and 9/12 supporters rally in Salt Lake City - Salt Lake City, UT - Few Hundred
Tampa, FL - (over 2,600)
Tax day 'tea' rally peaceful, heartfelt - Lafayette, IN - 400+
Tea Party rally draws thousands to Nutter Center - Dayton, OH - 8,000
Cincinnati Tea Party Responds to Allegations - Cincinnati, OH - 10,000
Tax Day tea date: Hundreds gather to protest paying taxes - Bloomington, IN - Hundreds
Tea party protesters rip taxes, government spending - Pensacola, FL - 1,000
UPDATED: Locals tea off in front of City Hall - Santa Clarita, CA - Nearly 1000
Over 200 attendees at local Tea Party - Schoharie County, NY - 200+
22 Scenes from the Pittsburgh Tea Party - Pittsburgh, PA - 4,000
1,500 attend Tucson Tea Party - Tuscon, AZ - 1,500
Protesters vent anger over taxes - All Delaware - 600
Joy!: April 15th - Oceanside Tea Party - Oceanside, CA - between 4,000-5,000
Protesters rally widely under Tea Party banner - Point Loma, CA - Hundreds
Protesters rally widely under Tea Party banner - Escondido, CA - 250
Protesters rally widely under Tea Party banner - Rancho Bernardo, CA - 190
Protesters rally widely under Tea Party banner - El Cajon, CA - 175
Protesters rally widely under Tea Party banner - Carmel Mountain Ranch, CA - 150
Protesters rally widely under Tea Party banner - Chula Vista, CA - 30
Estimates of 1,000: Images from Fayetteville’s Tea Party today - Fayetteville, AR - 1000
Photos with tag “huntsville tea party” - Huntsville, AL - 2,500
Tea party supporters rally for lower taxes, smaller government - Kansas City, MO - 2,000
Large Tea Party Turn Out In Sarasota Fl in Sarasota Fl - Sarasota, FL - 1,000
Large Tea Party Turn Out In Sarasota Fl in Sarasota Fl - Venice, FL - 400
Large Tea Party Turn Out In Sarasota Fl in Sarasota Fl - Punta Gorda, FL - 200
http://www.winchesterstar.com - Winchester, VA - 500
Laurel, MS - (1,000)
Eatonton, GA - (200)
Rochester, MN - (500)
Yakima, WA - (1,000+)
Tyler, TX - (3,000)
Tea supporters turn out for a party - Spokane, WA - 3,000
Hundreds turn out for tea party rally at Ely Square - Elyria, OH - 300
Hundreds turn out for Salem, tea party rally - Salem, OR - 1,000
Tea Partiers turn out in force in PTC - Peachtree City, GA - 1,800
Hundreds of tea party protesters turn out around Inland area - Redlands, CA - 600
Perrysburg, OH - (400)
Tea Party Draws Crowd - Fort Smith, AR - Several Hundred
NM tea party rallies draw thousands - Albequerque, NM - Thousands
Alamogordo tea party - Alamogordo, NM - 80
Hundreds attend Las Cruces tax-day protest - Las Cruces, NM, hundreds
Santa Fe Tea Party - Santa Fe, NM - 400
Tea partiers rally on tax day - Houston, TX - 6,000
Tea party protests smaller than last year's but no less angry - San Antonio, TX- 300
Tea Party protesters stir things up in Grand Prairie - Dallas/Grand Prarie - 18,000
4,000 Turn Out For El Paso Tea Party Event - El Paso, TX - 4,000
4,000 Turn Out For El Paso Tea Party Event - El Paso, TX - 4,000
KIAH COLLIER: Tea Party movement looks to affect elections - San Angelo, TX - 200
Tea Party Rally - Amarillo, TX - 1,800
Tea Party Rally - Amarillo, TX - 1,800
Tea Party supporters meet at Civic Center - Kinkade, OK - 350
Tea partiers make their case - Noman, OK - 250:
Last Roundup of Tea Party Attendance Reports - All North Carolina - 17,500
Tea party protesters hit Louisiana Capitol - Baton Rouge, LA - 1,000
Local Tea Party holds rally on tax day - Lafayette, LA - 300
Tax Day tea party rallies cool down - Nashville, TN - 300
Tea party rally upbraids 'gangster government' - Boise, ID - 1,000
Tea party rally upbraids 'gangster government' - Montpelier, VT - 60
Tea party rally upbraids 'gangster government' - Colorado Springs, CO - 2,000
ST Francois County Journal - Farmington, MO - 300
Tea Party raises cry on tax day - Crown Point, IN - 100+
Tea Party tax day amuses Obama - Long Island, NY - 1,000
Tax day rallies spark debate - Westchester County, NY - 1,200
Tax day rallies spark debate - White Plains, NY - 800
Tea Party rally in Albany draws calls for smaller government - Albany, NY - 1,000
Tea party activists decry 'gangster government' and hear GOP appeals to help them in November - Annapolis, MD - Hundreds
Tax protesters take to the streets of Bakersfield - Bakersfield, CA - 200
Tax Day Is Met With Tea Parties - Boston, MA - 500
5,000 attend tax-day 'tea party' at Capitol - Denver, CO - 5,000+
Tea Party Turnout: A Rundown of Estimates - Hartford, CN - 3,000
Tea Party Turnout: A Rundown of Estimates - Lansing, MI - 4,000
Tea Party Turnout: A Rundown of Estimates - Montgomery, AL - 4,000
Tea Party Turnout: A Rundown of Estimates - Morristown, NJ - 300
Tea Party Turnout: A Rundown of Estimates - New Haven, CT 1,000
TAX DAY REVOLT- Washington DC 2010 - Washington, DC - 55,000
About Crowd Estimates *Update* | St. Louis Tea Party - St Louis, MO - 8,000
Philadelphia Tax Day Tea Party 2010 : America's Right - Philadelphia, PA - 10,000+
Floridians reject Obama, radicals at Tea Party rally - St. Augustine, FL - 5,000
Local News | Anti-tax "Tea Party" protesters take aim at Olympia .. - Olympia, WA - 4,000
Tea Party Express Attendance
New Boston tea party: Sarah Palin leads defensive, defiant crowd - Boston, MA - Several
Tea Party at Erie Canal Commercial Slip - Buffalo - 1,500
'Tea Partiers' flood streets of capital - Washington DC - Several Thousand
Palin Tells Tea Party Rally in Boston to Fight Obama - Searchlight, NV - 10,000
Tea Party Express stops in Syracuse on Monday - Syracuse, NY - Hundreds
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"more than 400" in Lafayette, IN. http://www.jconline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=20104160336 Thanks for compiling!
ReplyDeleteTwo I didn't see on list from Ohio http://tiny.cc/p9di5 Dayton 8,000 http://tinyurl.com/y2uve7q Cinci 10,000
ReplyDelete"Hundreds" in Bloomington, IN http://idsnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=75281
ReplyDeleteAbout 1,000 in Pensacola, FL.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.pnj.com/article/20100416/NEWS01/4160317/1006/NEWS01/Tea-party-protesters-rip-taxes--government-spending
I was there. Sounds about right.
Randall Current
Gulf Breeze, FL
1000 plus in Santa Clarita, CA (north LA county)
ReplyDeletehttp://www.the-signal.com/news/article/27410/
200+ in Schoharie County New York.
ReplyDeletehttp://jumpinginpools.blogspot.com/2010/04/over-200-attendees-at-local-tea-party.html
3-4,000 in Pittsburgh, PA
ReplyDeletehttp://reddogreport.wordpress.com/2010/04/15/22-scenes-from-the-pittsburgh-tea-party/
Thanks everyone for this work in progress. This is everyone's list as there is no way that I could do this by myself.
ReplyDeleteHere are some -
ReplyDeleteFayetteville, AR - 1000
http://www.ozarksunbound.com/estimates-of-1000-images-from-fayettevilles-teaparty-today/9411
Huntsville, AL - 2500
http://topics.al.com/tag/huntsville%20tea%20party/photos.html
Kansas City, MO (CommunityAmerica ballpark in Wyandotte County) - 2000
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2010/apr/15/tea-party-activists-expected-rally-near-legends-to/
Des Moines, Iowa - 1100
http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2010/04/15/tea-party-rally-turnout-less-than-hoped-for/
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From comments at this link - http://www.atr.org/send-tea-party-attendance-a3139 :
WE HAD OVER 600 IN ATTENDANCE IN ASHLAND OHIO YESTERDAY @ FIN FEATHER FUR OUTFITTERS
Our Tea Party in Winchester, Virginia was attended by 500 according to The Wincheter Star.
Laurel MS had approximately 1000
I live in a small town in Eatonton Ga. 200 hundred showed up
I attended a Tea Party in Rochester, Minnesota...I am bad at estimating crowds, but I bet there was 500
We had 1000+ attend in Yakima, WA
Tyler, Texas had between 2000-3000 Peaceful, Proud American citizens show up for their Tea Party.
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Spokane, WA - 3000
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/apr/15/tea-supporters-turn-out-party/
Elyria, OH - 300
http://chronicle.northcoastnow.com/2010/04/15/tax-day-tea-party-rally-this-afternoon-on-ely-square/
Salem, OR - 1000
http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2010/04/16/news/hundreds_turn_salem_tea_party__1201.txt
Peachtree City, GA - 1800
http://www.thecitizen.com/articles/04-16-2010/tea-partiers-turn-out-force-ptc
East Bay - Alameda County Fairgrounds - 10,000
http://www.insidebayarea.com/ci_14890870
Redlands, CA - 600
http://www.pe.com/localnews/politics/stories/PE_News_Local_W_rb16_protest.43a270f.html
Sarasota, FL - 1000
Venice, FL - 400
Punta Gorda, FL - 200
http://pibillwarner.wordpress.com/2010/04/16/large-tea-party-turn-out-in-sarasota-fl-tea-partys-passion-on-prominent-display-in-sarasota-fl/
Here is a detailed list of cities totaling 615,000 and counting
http://www.atr.org/people-attended-yesterdays-tax-tea-parties-a3138
Perrysburg Tea Party--about 400.
ReplyDeleteSeveral hundred attend Fort Smith, AR lunchtime tea party to hear Dick Morris.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.swtimes.com/news/article_b91b0c08-4965-11df-abd8-001cc4c03286.html?mode=story
~800 in Las Cruces, NM. We were pretty careful about counting.
ReplyDeleteMore than a hundred Crown Point Indiana: http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/article_c38ac9b1-1e08-5a14-af46-f30bd4570845.html
ReplyDeletelow estimate Farmington Mo 300 ST Francois County Journal
ReplyDeleteHere is the turnout for Oahu, Hawaii. I know there were protests on every island, but I don't have that information yet. There were about 1000 at the State Capital, which seems about right since I was there.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=20104160347