Mensa Demographics
Ever wondered how many men and women there are in Mensa? Ages, jobs etc. US Mensa did a survey sometime back and these are the figures.64.4% male, 35.4% female (0.2% won't say)
54% between 30-49 years of age, 14% under 29, 0.32% over 80
31.2% in first marriage, 29.82% never married, 13.32% divorced once,
9.53% in second marriage after a divorce
Just over half have no children, 12.4% have one child, 18.66% have 2, 9.95% have 3, 4.37% have 4, 1.29% have 9+
About 30% earn $20-40,000, 10% earn $50-75,000, 9% earn $40-50,000 and about 0.5% earn more than $250,000.
17.93% Master's degree or equivalent, 17.56% four year graduates, one in 11 are Ph.D.s.
41% work in private industry, 13% in government, 13% self employed.
88% have European ancestry.
49% Christian, 3% Unitarian, 9% Jewish, 7% agnostic, 3.6% atheist, 9% no religion
14% only children, 19+% older of two, 12.5% younger of two, 11.5% oldest of three, 6.8% middle of three, 5.8% youngest of three,
9.7% oldest of more than three, 10.8% middle of four or more, 4.4% youngest of four or more
Computer related occupations 10%, 3.75% own their own business, Electrical Engineers are 2.6%, 7.5% are in education, 3% lawyers, 0.11% judges, 0.02% are in astronomy.
eight comments:
C’mon, be brave. Tell us how it breaks down by race. I have yet to know of a MENSAN who is predoominantly of African descent. You would think that of the several hundred million Africans in the world, ONE of them would qualify for MENSA. Have you ever heard of one? This is a serious question.
Buckshot () - 30 08 06 - 03:55
I have only met one or two Black and Asian Mensans in the UK (photo here http://flickr.com/photos/davidbolton/162..) but I suspect this is a cultural issue, not race. At the Las Vegas convention in 2004 this was also true. There is only one entry requirement- passing the text. Nothing else and I include colour, religion, age and sexual preference matters.
I work in the city of London with both Black and Asian colleagues and have no doubt of their intelligence. It sometimes seems the other way!
David () - 31 08 06 - 20:05
Hi, my name is Nathaniel Fields, and I just wanted to add something. I was formerly a member of American Mensa (member # ....74753). I am African-American, and one of the reasons I left was because other Mensans would say ridiculous comments like “wow, it’s like meeting sasquatch!” I think it is attitudes like this, rather common in Mensa, that discourage African-Americans from staying members once they’ve joined. I know plenty of African-Americans that qualify (the same with any race). However, only a few enjoy the experience. If someone thinks perhaps African American Mensans may leave because they feel it is too mentally overwhelming, well first I’d have to say you’d never been to a Mensa meeting. Secondly, I am a member of Triple Nine Society, which is a group like Mensa, but with a higher minimum IQ requirement, and so far I love it.
Nathan () - 29 09 07 - 12:47
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