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When formed, the estimated membership was 5, 000, after the merger with the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee ( DSOC ), the membership had grown to an estimate 7, 000 in 1987.

In 2002, Fox News claimed there were 8, 000 members in the organization, and three years later the DSA announced on its website that its membership had increased by some 13 % since July 2003 as the result of a recent direct mail campaign.