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Revision as of 12:25, August 5, 2008
The Boy Scouts of America will occasionally release statistical data on merit badges earned. Click on the ►◄ icons to sort by the different columns.
| MERIT BADGE | 1993 | 1996 | 2005 | 2006 | Total |
| American Business | 1,442 | 813 | 541 | 717 | 47,914 |
| American Cultures | 2,074 | 1,892 | 2,450 | 2,479 | 47,217 |
| American Heritage | 4,371 | 3,126 | 4,890 | 4,273 | 113,880 |
| American Labor | 1,358 | 802 | 576 | 582 | 15,484 |
| Animal Science | 2,288 | 2,180 | 3,151 | 3,195 | 32,082 |
| Archaeology | 35,292 | 1 | 3,766 | 4,946 | 90,714 |
| Archery | 3,470 | 37,020 | 46,902 | 47,297 | 1,240,056 |
| Architecture | 19,658 | 2,513 | 2,587 | 2,215 | 191,354 |
| Art | 14,363 | 22,988 | 33,031 | 32,856 | 1,079,078 |
| Astronomy | 6,817 | 16,979 | 11,229 | 9,796 | 534,742 |
| Athletics | 3,594 | 5,485 | 4,260 | 4,308 | 1,034,268 |
| Auto Mechanics | 3,566 | 4,724 | 8,175 | 7,600 | 91,647 |
| Aviation | 15,488 | 14,365 | 17,641 | 18,624 | 450,792 |
| Backpacking | 8,864 | 7,800 | 5,092 | 5,003 | 177,311 |
| Basketry | 48,773 | 53,365 | 32,165 | 30,454 | 2,250,924 |
| Bird Study | 1,521 | 1,481 | 5,357 | 5,260 | 532,362 |
| Bugling | 975 | 753 | 832 | 627 | 164,959 |
| Camping | 73,831 | 70,825 | 62,393 | 61,469 | 4,184,577 |
| Canoeing | 54,697 | 53,862 | 42,414 | 42,604 | 2,713,234 |
| Chemistry | 2,935 | 3,661 | 5,592 | 6,063 | 280,568 |
| Cinematography | 1,730 | 2,525 | 5,143 | 4,768 | 52,211 |
| Citizenship in the Community | 61,185 | 61,271 | 52,666 | 47,001 | 3,020,492 |
| Citizenship in the Nation | 62,307 | 62,466 | 58,715 | 54,993 | 2,716,441 |
| Citizenship in the World | 60,844 | 57,187 | 61,746 | 58,097 | 1,752,991 |
| Climbing | 22,316 | 22,628 | 226,910 | ||
| Coin Collecting | 4,209 | 3,599 | 5,011 | 5,134 | 448,467 |
| Collections | 7,524 | 7,065 | 5,406 | 4,784 | 100,839 |
| Communications | 52,533 | 54,288 | 54,633 | 53,558 | 1,594,030 |
| Computers | 12,744 | 14,489 | 14,647 | 14,215 | 403,880 |
| Cooking | 46,328 | 44,073 | 25,033 | 24,151 | 4,050,029 |
| Crime Prevention | 1,440 | 6,702 | 6,645 | 77,998 | |
| Cycling | 5,703 | 4,975 | 7,217 | 7,242 | 519,811 |
| Dentistry | 4,204 | 2,873 | 4,584 | 3,770 | 100,336 |
| Disabilities Awareness | 3,405 | 2,828 | 2,275 | 3,245 | 71,499 |
| Dog Care | 3,695 | 3,674 | 3,157 | 3,124 | 405,455 |
| Drafting | 2,423 | 1,655 | 1,659 | 1,499 | 213,371 |
| Electricity | 8,028 | 7,876 | 11,953 | 10,433 | 718,749 |
| Electronics | 2,988 | 3,103 | 6,219 | 5,596 | 157,041 |
| Emergency Preparedness | 44,142 | 46,502 | 46,346 | 47,362 | 1,448,221 |
| Energy | 2,680 | 1,227 | 3,019 | 2,506 | 53,286 |
| Engineering | 2,263 | 1,725 | 5,164 | 4,998 | 76,849 |
| Entrepreneurship | 1,605 | 1,161 | 8,447 | ||
| Environmental Science | 66,064 | 69,349 | 67,852 | 74,583 | 2,122,253 |
| Family Life | 2,932 | 61,305 | 52,538 | 52,671 | 722,770 |
| Farm Mechanics | 2,051 | 1,986 | 1,948 | 2,122 | 201,874 |
| Fingerprinting | 28,016 | 36,014 | 41,565 | 42,348 | 1,311,905 |
| Fire Safety | 14,150 | 12,147 | 13,261 | 13,358 | 2,489,883 |
| First Aid | 94,528 | 97,565 | 87,300 | 84,792 | 6,279,205 |
| Fish and Wildlife Management | 17,388 | 16,945 | 13,676 | 13,928 | 532,392 |
| Fishing | 29,726 | 32,541 | 27,203 | 26,496 | 1,755,781 |
| Fly Fishing | 1,040 | 701 | 6,773 | ||
| Forestry | 14,986 | 16,301 | 15,123 | 15,223 | 1,026,662 |
| Gardening | 2,523 | 2,237 | 1,904 | 1,813 | 370,749 |
| Genealogy | 6,680 | 6,005 | 5,704 | 5,218 | 188,043 |
| Geology | 11,067 | 14,491 | 18,693 | 20,073 | 469,894 |
| Golf | 4,220 | 4,466 | 6,920 | 6,831 | 118,115 |
| Graphic Arts | 1,429 | 1,205 | 2,024 | 2,038 | 26,515 |
| Hiking | 10,309 | 8,306 | 8,275 | 7,901 | 1,267,956 |
| Home Repairs | 10,788 | 8,432 | 4,536 | 4,659 | 2,380,423 |
| Horsemanship | 13,451 | 11,408 | 11,650 | 12,203 | 541,721 |
| Indian Lore | 30,949 | 30,495 | 28,581 | 30,800 | 976,432 |
| Insect Study | 1,721 | 2,067 | 1,611 | 1,808 | 141,445 |
| Journalism | 1,080 | 805 | 1,428 | 1,272 | 97,256 |
| Landscape Architecture | 1,863 | 1,687 | 1,927 | 1,707 | 69,391 |
| Law | 5,067 | 4,725 | 5,666 | 5,652 | 131,896 |
| Leatherwork | 66,585 | 64,575 | 56,128 | 54,654 | 2,053,869 |
| Lifesaving | 37,828 | 38,445 | 28,552 | 29,119 | 2,816,965 |
| Mammal Study | 34,147 | 31,170 | 29,935 | 29,729 | 969,373 |
| Medicine | 2,495 | 2,079 | 3,396 | 3,493 | 39,449 |
| Metalwork | 16,562 | 20,626 | 9,362 | 9,625 | 1,037,345 |
| Model Design and Building | 1,904 | 1,665 | 2,699 | 2,365 | 198,331 |
| Motorboating | 13,228 | 13,566 | 13,724 | 13,552 | 488,062 |
| Music | 12,379 | 12,919 | 14,640 | 14,894 | 1,196,041 |
| Nature | 17,055 | 17,327 | 15,292 | 15,662 | 1,528,891 |
| Nuclear Science | 6,278 | 4,188 | 3,585 | 3,188 | 124,445 |
| Oceanography | 26,018 | 6,256 | 9,472 | 9,745 | 205,790 |
| Orienteering | 3,879 | 26,192 | 21,395 | 20,267 | 665,262 |
| Painting | 14,022 | 3,866 | 4,212 | 4,502 | 524,351 |
| Personal Fitness | 46,576 | 11,927 | 54,348 | 55,088 | 2,054,196 |
| Personal Management | 7,955 | 45,973 | 51,197 | 51,334 | 1,389,202 |
| Pets | 4,715 | 7,228 | 6,919 | 6,350 | 610,427 |
| Photography | 36,389 | 4,167 | 9,302 | 10,448 | 371,086 |
| Pioneering | 1,366 | 31,029 | 24,204 | 23,025 | 2,244,250 |
| Plant Science | 3,571 | 978 | 900 | 753 | 28,547 |
| Plumbing | 7,115 | 3,769 | 5,949 | 5,914 | 344,948 |
| Pottery | 4,363 | 11,358 | 9,218 | 9,272 | 307,598 |
| Public Health | 1,956 | 2,028 | 1,123 | 1,503,220 | |
| Public Speaking | 2,405 | 2,318 | 4,640 | 5,239 | 589,253 |
| Pulp and Paper | 1,776 | 2,328 | 2,878 | 2,914 | 69,271 |
| Radio | 1,549 | 1,655 | 4,963 | 5,058 | 119,616 |
| Railroading | 2,850 | 3,680 | 6,922 | 5,809 | 175,793 |
| Reading | 7,848 | 7,440 | 7,155 | 6,561 | 1,435,643 |
| Reptile and Amphibian Study | 12,989 | 12,322 | 11,093 | 10,286 | 571,616 |
| Rifle Shooting | 37,029 | 43,968 | 50,337 | 47,996 | 935,617 |
| Rowing | 27,330 | 26,636 | 17,889 | 16,412 | 1,602,406 |
| Safety | 64,097 | 56,311 | 4,040 | 4,123 | 2,903,277 |
| Salesmanship | 5,654 | 4,515 | 4,880 | 4,978 | 276,290 |
| Scholarship | 8,049 | 7,866 | 6,496 | 6,719 | 1,225,067 |
| Sculpture | 5,440 | 5,042 | 8,760 | 9,450 | 215,184 |
| Shotgun Shooting | 19,713 | 15,188 | 23,562 | 23,062 | 321,049 |
| Skating | 5,059 | 7,770 | 3,841 | 3,564 | 151,006 |
| Skiing | 12,623 | 12,798 | 3,841 | 3,564 | 276,831 |
| Small Boat Sailing | 16,261 | 17,813 | 17,224 | 17,961 | 506,870 |
| Soil and Water Conservation | 17,164 | 16,129 | 14,426 | 13,862 | 1,009,930 |
| Snow Sports | 11,734 | 11,423 | 93,970 | ||
| Space Exploration | 10,838 | 13,902 | 23,155 | 21,256 | 381,511 |
| Sports | 31,446 | 28,989 | 12,315 | 12,349 | 1,069,585 |
| Stamp Collecting | 1,720 | 1,270 | 1,451 | 1,112 | 380,712 |
| Surveying | 1,806 | 1,337 | 1,567 | 1,201 | 141,417 |
| Swimming | 93,488 | 90,922 | 75,796 | 76,692 | 5,702,696 |
| Textile | 2,441 | 1,428 | 4,173 | 3,502 | 114,862 |
| Theater | 1,389 | 1,466 | 2,032 | 2,267 | 65,452 |
| Traffic Safety | 2,351 | 2,865 | 5,576 | 5,428 | 100,016 |
| Truck Transportation | 3,334 | 2,924 | 3,295 | 3,109 | 114,165 |
| Veterinary Medicine | 1,355 | 1,166 | 2,400 | 2,204 | 50,842 |
| Water Skiing | 5,053 | 4,801 | 3,560 | 3,701 | 215,116 |
| Weather | 12,108 | 14,520 | 17,223 | 16,158 | 443,168 |
| Whitewater | 2,274 | 3,021 | 4,157 | 4,212 | 58,462 |
| Wilderness Survival | 46,405 | 46,843 | 38,512 | 46,912 | 1,289,755 |
| Wood Carving | 48,234 | 48,002 | 49,168 | 46,407 | 1,932,105 |
| Woodwork | 5,733 | 4,315 | 4,846 | 4,990 | 930,452 |
| Unclassified | 21,569 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10,324,955 |
| TOTAL | 1,978,746 | 2,009,296 | 1,949,049 | 1,930,058 | 111,759,475 |
