2011 NCB Coop 100

Did you know?

• The majority of our country's 2 million farmers are members of the nearly 3,000 farmer-owned cooperatives. They provide over 250 thousand jobs and annual wages of over $8 billion.

• Approximately 8,000 housing cooperatives exist in the United States providing 1 million homes.

• Some 250 purchasing cooperatives offer group buying and shared services to more than 50,000 independent businesses.

• Minnesota was the first state to observe Co-op Month in 1948, and it spread quickly to the entire nation. Co-op Month became a government sponsored national event in 1964.

• More than 900 rural electric co-ops deliver electricity to more than 42 million people in 47 states.

• Over 7,500 Credit Unions provide financial services to nearly 90 million members

• There are more than 29,000 co-ops in the United States with Americans holding 350 million co-op memberships.