US Counties With the Lowest Membership of Volunteering Groups

3,091 US counties ranked by membership of volunteering groups, from lowest to highest. First are Hidalgo County, NM (0.00965%), Starr County, TX (0.0111%) and Humphreys County, MS (0.0134%). The middle one of the 3,091 has 0.0733%.

What this measures

The percentage of Facebook users who belong to a volunteering or activism group. Source: Social Capital Atlas.

For most measures, a national ranking mostly sorts places by income and by how urban they are. Each county’s own page compares it with the 50 counties most like it instead, which is often the fairer view.

The 100 lowest counties

More on membership of volunteering groups

• US Counties With the Highest Membership of Volunteering Groups
• Membership of volunteering groups by US county: map by year and what it goes with

A ranking describes places, not the people in them, and a high or low place does not by itself say why. All US rankings.