AMA Facts & Figures

Founded: 1924
Organization type: Not-for-profit, incorporated 501(C)4
Members: 245,913*
Member's age: Average 48 (median 50)
Riding experience: Average 27.5 years
Gender: 94 percent male
6 percent female
Household income: Average $100,000
Education: 12 percent postgraduate study/degree
17 percent four-year college degree
11 percent two-year college degree
22 percent some college
13 percent percent post-high school/vocational training
19 percent graduated high school
Number of motorcycles owned: 750,000 total (Avg. 3 per AMA member)
Motorcycle usage: 76 percent on-road riding
40 percent off-road riding
26 percent on-road and off-road riding
23 percent off-road/motocross racing
5 percent roadracing
Total annual riding (on-road): 1.1 billion miles
National, state legislation
Reviewed/tracked:

17,000/1410**
Number of legislative alerts and
bulletins issued:

210**
Number of advocacy messages sent to elected officials: More than 112,000**
Member benefits supplied by the AMA
and AMA Partners:
35* (AmericanMotorcyclist.com/JoinAMA)
Chartered clubs, promoters: 1294*
Events sanctioned annually (competition
and recreation):
3328**
Racing series/championships: 26* (AmericanMotorcyclist.com/amrace/AMASports.asp)
Recreational riding events/series: 7* (AmericanMotorcyclist.com/riding)
Other AMA properties: AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum
AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days
AMA International Women & Motorcycling Conference
AMA Racing (amateur and pro-am)
AMA Racing Awards Banquet
AMA Congress
AMA Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Concours d'Elegance
AMA Leather & Ice Auction
MotoStars: Celebrities + Motorcycles
All Terrain Vehicle Association (ATVA)
AMA Roadside Assistance
Publications: American Motorcyclist
AMA Racer
AMA News & Notes
AMA Organizer News
ATVA News
AMA websites, networks: AmericanMotorcyclist.com
MotorcycleMuseum.org
ATVAonline.org
AMAVintageMotorcycleDays.com
WomenandMotorcycling.com
AMARacing.com
AMATeamUSA.com
Facebook: AmericanMotorcyclist
YouTube: AmericanMotorcyclist, MotorcycleMuseum
Twitter: WomenandMoto, AMA_Racing, LetsRock
Average annual charitable donations by
AMA clubs and promoters:
More than $7 million***

*As of October 1, 2009.
**Calendar year 2009 (Jan. - Sept.)
***Fiscal year 2008 (Oct. 2007 - Sept. 2008)

Demographic information from the 2008 AMA Reader Profile Study of American Motorcyclist magazine (the official journal of the American Motorcyclist Association) by Readex Research.