The No Kings Count is... 4.1 to 5.2 Million & State by State Totals

The state-by-state counts from No Kings Day—documented and cited

Today, after weeks of gathering data, cross-checking, and citing the data, I am thrilled to announce that a team of volunteers and I have finished compiling the counts from No Kings Day.

4.1 to 5.2 MILLION

• We have numbers from 92% of the 2,300 estimated sites.

• 4,011,609 to 4,999,296 protesters have been counted.

• Using the averages of the last 500 sites counted, we can project the final number to lie between 4.1 to 5.2.

This is incredible news! No Kings Day is the second largest single-day protest in US history. The largest in 50+ years. Scroll down to see the state-by-state list.

What can we do with these numbers? Encourage one another. People need hope. I have created a state-by-state list to show the counts for each city. CREATE graphics. ADD them to newsletters. You have my permission to use these counts to encourage, to inform, and to learn. Please, cite us as your source.

Speaking of sources, 50501 Florida, Activate Maine, and this spreadsheet for Vermont, supplied several of our counts. Also, G Elliott Morris worked with others to create this spreadsheet. It helped us find counts for several small towns.

If you have questions about how we collected the data, skip to the end of this story to view the FAQ section.

HOW CAN WE GET A COUNT FASTER?

On July 17, we would like to release the count within days or less. To do this, we need two things: volunteer counters and organizers reporting.

VOLUNTEER COUNTERS | Be a counter at your next protest or search for counts after the protests. Both requires a little training.

To count at a protest, CLICK HERE

To give a 3-10 hours a month gathering protest counts using search engines, MESSAGE ME.

ORGANIZERS | Invite organizers to report their counts. SHARE this story or CONNECT US by messaging me.

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A QUICK NOTE: There is a second count that conflicts with this count. My count is public to remove questions. I invite updates. Also, I am human and make errors. Let me know if I have. If you have additional questions, see the FAQ section.

STATE-BY-STATE COUNTS

If you have have counts to add or correct, please, DO NOT leave them in the comments. Use THIS FORM instead. Thanks!

A few states have been updated since the original email.

ALASKA | 21 SITES - 21 COUNTED
Estimated 8,941 to 12,772

ALABAMA | 14 SITES - 13 COUNTED
Estimated 5,954 to 8,196

ARKANSAS | 12 SITES - 10 COUNTED
Estimated 6,176 to 22,191

ARIZONA | 44 SITES - 38 COUNTED
Estimated 59,988 to 69,050

CALIFORNIA | 249 SITES - 225 COUNTED
Estimated 689,472 to 881,037

COLORADO | 59 SITES - 52 COUNTED
Estimated 65,278 to 97,138

CONNECTICUT | 35 SITES - 32 COUNTED
Estimated 38,750 to 46,00

DELAWARE | 6 SITES - 6 COUNTED
Estimated 10,050 to 11,650

FLORIDA | 91 Sites - 85 COUNTED
Estimated 104,037 to 155,135

GEORGIA | 42 SITES - 40 COUNTED
Estimated 36,138 to 46,756

HAWAII | 11 SITES - 10 COUNTED
Estimated 17,288 to 22,100

IOWA | 38 SITES - 35 COUNTED
Estimated 22,850 to 43,040

IDAHO | 19 SITES - 18 COUNTED
Estimated 26,090 to 28,680

ILLINOIS | 68 SITES - 60 COUNTED
Estimated 157,385 to 174,100

INDIANA | 67 SITES - 61 COUNTED
Estimated 51,270 to 54,235

KANSAS | 26 SITES - 21 COUNTED
Estimated 18,467 to 22,786

KENTUCKY | 15 SITES - 15 COUNTED
Estimated 13,425 to 16,775

LOUISANNA | 11 SITES - 9 COUNTED
Estimated 9,225 to 10,180

MAINE | 48 SITES - 46 COUNTED
Estimated 37,010 to 39,460

MARYLAND | 56 SITES - 38 COUNTED
Estimated 44,920 to 52,340

MASS. | 129 SITES - 112 COUNTED
Estimated 1,083,245 to 1,104,981

MICHIGAN | 81 SITES - 72 COUNTED
Estimated 74,972 to 119,297

MINNESOTA | 57 SITES - 50 COUNTED
Estimated 56,477 to 115,182

MISSOURI | 33 SITES - 29 COUNTED
Estimated 44,845 to 60,300

MISSISSIPPI | 7 SITES - 7 COUNTED
Estimated 2,380 to 3,370

MONTANA | 27 SITES - 25 COUNTED
Estimated 21,922 to 30,882

NEBRASKA | 13 SITES - 12 COUNTED
Estimated 3,742 to 5,587

NEVADA | 10 SITES - 8 COUNTED
Estimated 20,910 to 25,920

NEW HAMPSH. | 33 SITES - 32 COUNTED
Estimated 22,897 to 27,785

NEW JERSEY | 51 SITES - 46 COUNTED
Estimated 54,497 to 65,394

NEW MEXICO | 19 SITES - 18 COUNTED
Estimated 22,581to 29,391

NEW YORK | 108 SITES - 100 COUNTED
Estimated 241,323 to 331,056

N. CAROLINA | 68 SITES - 64 COUNTED
Estimated 116,859 to 144,573

N. DAKOTA | 8 SITES - 8 COUNTED
Estimated 6,090 to 6,440

OHIO | 91 SITES - 81 COUNTED
Estimated 77,949 to 99,744

OKLAHOMA | 21 SITES - 21 COUNTED
Estimated 12,820 to 16,011

OREGON | 72 SITES - 68 COUNTED
Estimated 93,592 to 124,418

PENNSLYVANIA | 87 SITES - 75 COUNTED
Estimated 137,838 to 174,832

RHODE ISLAND | 7 SITES - 6 COUNTED
Estimated 9,050 to 11,750

S. CAROLINA | 14 SITES - 14 COUNTED
Estimated 16,150 to 23,693

S. DAKOTA | 10 SITES - 9 COUNTED
Estimated 5,650 to 8,010

TENNESSEE | 23 SITES - 22 COUNTED
Estimated 78,195 to 114,540

TEXAS | 79 SITES - 72 COUNTED
Estimated 22,687 to 37,472

UTAH | 14 SITES - 14 COUNTED
Estimated 22,680 to 62,550

VIRGINIA | 62 SITES - 59 COUNTED
Estimated 45,539 to 64,137

VERMONT | 50 SITES - 50 COUNTED
Estimated 36,598 to 41,068

WASHINGTON | 103 SITES - 94 COUNTED
Estimated 195,707 to 270,087

WISCONSIN | 68 SITES - 58 COUNTED
Estimated 52,428 to 57,218

WEST VIRGINIA | 17 SITES - 17 COUNTED
Estimated 5,350 to 6,045

WYOMING | 14 SITES - 13 COUNTED
Estimated 2,640 to 2,940

FAQ

How do you determine counts?

We receive counts from three sources: Form submissions, volunteer counters, and volunteer researchers. The first two are primarily attendees and organizers. They submit a high and low estimate for their protest. Volunteer researchers collect counts after the demonstration using a combination of news articles, organizer posts on social media, and lists reporting numbers from states. We cite our sources when possible.

Who we count?

We count people participating in the protest, not a driver who honks. Though these are encouraging, this count is of participants demonstrating.

However, if a protest involves a caravan (such as in Tucson, AZ) or drivers with signs who loop the block several times, they are counted. This list is not meant to capture every person who dissents. It is meant to capture the people protesting on June 14.

How do we resolve conflicting account?

If we receive counts that conflict, we resolve these two ways. First, we research. We seek for news stories or additional sources to verify the count. Second, we list the numbers as the low and high estimate. If we receive a count of 5,000 from the local police and 8,000 from the organizer, we list those as the high and low estimates.

What about 13 million? Is there a path to that number?

While 13 million Americans may be dissenting on a regular basis, the estimates do not support 13 million protesting on June 14.

Here’s why.

We can easily verify counts from the 100 sites with the highest participation. They dominated the nightly news, as well as social media. My count reflects the highest estimates reported for these cities (Boston-1,000,000, LA-200,000, etc).

Combined, these 100 cities constitute 63% of the count. They total 2,525,830 to 3,067,749 with 92% of the 2,300 estimated sites reported. If the count were to reach 13 million, suburbs and towns is where the remaining 10 million+ would lie.

The data we collected does not support this.

The remaining sites would have to average 4,648 a piece to hit that 10 million mark. They do not. They average 730 to 950 a piece. Even if we missed 1000 pop-up protests in rural towns of 100 a piece, that only adds 100,000 to the count.

This count may be off by 100,000 or even one million, but too many of our counts come directly from the organizers themselves or have been verified by published sources for me to believe that we are off by 10 million.

Our numbers are in line with the estimate by Indivisible of 5 million. Should other groups produce their data, I will compare and, if needed, print a retraction.