We thought you would enjoy these demographic statistics from the Yale University Office of Alumni Records.  Please note, a significant number of alumni do not provide responses to some or all of the Office of Alumni Records questions, and therefore the numbers do not always "add up."  Moreover, information is not always updated by alumni (now that we have our new fillable form, it should be easy to update your information!)  With those disclaimers, please enjoy these stats which do provide a general, if fuzzy, snapshot of our alumni population!

Number of living alumni: 12,197 

Average age:
males: 52
females: 40 

Gender  
Males: 9,004 
Females: 3,161 

Alumni live in all 50 states in the United States.
Alumni live in 84 countries abroad.

Number of alumni living in the 15 metro-areas with the most alumni: 
New York, NY  1,598 
Washington, DC  1,260 (includes the Virginia/Maryland suburbs) 
San Francisco/Berkeley/Oakland, CA  346
Los Angeles, CA  302 
New Haven, CT  203 
Chicago, IL  197
Boston/Cambridge, MA  148 
Seattle, WA  119
Philadelphia, PA  110
Denver, CO  92
Houston, TX  78 
Portland, OR  72
Baltimore, MD  66
Miami, FL  64
Austin, TX  64

Number of alumni living in the 15 states with the most alumni:
New York  2,213
California  1,444
Connecticut  811
Washington, D.C. 745
Maryland  606
Massachusetts  463
Virginia  453
Florida  351
New Jersey  343
Illinois  334
Pennsylvania  332
Texas  280
Washington  209
Ohio  169
Colorado  163

Number of alumni living in the 15 countries outside the Unites States with the most alumni:
Canada 89
England 80
Germany 47
Israel 42
France 39
Japan 38
Switzerland 35
Philippines 33
Australia 30
Belgium 30
Italy 26
Peoples Republic of China 24
Hong Kong, PRC 23
Brazil 20
India 18

Industry:
Private practice: 3746
Education: 1134
Government: 703
Public interest law: 577
Finance/consulting: 503
Media/entertainment: 344
Court system: 167
Other: 705

(Updated 10/1/07)