Table 12. --Number of members in 47 cooperatives processing fruits 

 and vegetables by geographic regions, 1968-69 



Geographic 

 region 



Number : 



Number 



: Average 



of : 



of 



: number of 



cooperatives: 



members 



: members 



17 



6,056 



356 



5 



419 



84 



22 



22,968 



1,044 



1/44 



29,443 



669 



Eastern States 

 Central States 

 Western States 



Total/average 



1/ Does not include three federated cooperatives that had other 

 cooperatives as members. 



The average number of members for the 44 cooperatives was 669. The 

 average number of members for the 22 cooperatives in the Western 

 States was 1,044 per cooperative. The average number of members 

 for the 17 cooperatives in the Eastern States was 356. The 5 coop- 

 eratives in the Central States averaged only 84 members per col ->er- 

 ative. 



About one-third of the 44 cooperatives with direct membership had 

 less than 100 members (Table 13) . Another one-third had a member- 

 ship ranging between 100 and 500 members, and the remaining one- 

 third had a membership exceeding 500 members. 



Table 13 . --Distribution of 47 cooperatives processing fruits and 

 vegetables, by number of members, 1968-69 



Number of : 

 memberships ; 



Less than 100 



100 - 500 



500 and over 



Total 



_1/ Three federations did not give membership 



Number of 



: Percent of 



cooperatives 



: cooperatives 



14 



32 



16 



36 



14 



32 



1/44 



100 



11 



