2009 Volunteering in the United States — 2010-01-26

NOTE: This version of the release was reissued, Wednesday, January 27, 2010, to include table A which was missing from the original posting. The PDF version of the release was not affected. Analysis and other data were not affected. Both the number of volunteers and the volunteer rate rose over the year ended in September 2009, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. About 63.4 million people, or 26.8 percent of the population, volunteered through or for an organization at least once between September 2008 and September 2009. In 2008, the volunteer rate was 26.4 percent. These data on volunteering were collected through a supplement to the Septem- ber 2009 Current Population Survey (CPS). The supplement was sponsored by the Corporation for National and Community Service. The CPS is a monthly survey of about 60,000 households that obtains information on employment and unemploy- ment among the nation's civilian noninstitutional population age 16 and over.