The members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. represent a unique segment of the nation's demographic profile. Delta women are movers and shakers--they hold political offices, own businesses and are influential in a range of fields from medicine to law to education. A recent survey of its members that resulted in the establishment of the Delta Sigma Theta Resource Bank.The survey showed that 97 percent of all Deltas are registered to vote, they are well-educated, earn competitive incomes and maintain positions of influence and respect within the larger community.
Alumnae Deltas comprise the largest proportion (76%) of the membership. The largest segments of alumnae Deltas are almost equally divided among three of the seven regions, Eastern (21.8%), Southern (21%), and South Atlantic (20.5%).
Undergraduate Deltas comprise 24% of the membership and have the largest segments of their members in the Southern (23.6%) and South Atlantic (22.7%) regions.
Seventy-two percent of alumnae Deltas are homeowners and the majority, 52 percent, are married.
A majority of the Delta members are employed in education as teachers, school administrators, counselors, professors, and higher education administrators. Other occupations frequently reported included management, social sciences, social work, medicine/health, law, engineering, architecture, the performing arts, information sciences, public administration (federal, state, and local levels), the judiciary, journalism, and religion.
