Conventions of Optimist International

Attendance figures prior to 1952 are not available
Location Year Attendance
Louisville, KY 1919 Unknown
St. Louis, MO 1920 Unknown
Springfield, IL 1921 Unknown
Kansas City, MO 1922 Unknown
Chattanooga, TN 1923 Unknown
Milwaukee, WI 1924 Unknown
Houston, TX 1925 Unknown
Lexington, KY 1926 Unknown
Denver, CO 1927 Unknown
Asheville, NC 1928 Unknown
Tulsa, OK 1929 Unknown
Erie, PA 1930 Unknown
Detroit, MI 1931 Unknown
San Francisco, CA 1932 Unknown
Washington, DC 1933 Unknown
Toronto, ON 1934 Unknown
St. Louis, MO 1935 Unknown
Fort Worth, TX 1936 Unknown
Cincinnati, OH 1937 Unknown
Los Angeles, CA 1938 Unknown
Richmond, VA 1939 Unknown
Kansas City, MO 1940 Unknown
Minneapolis, MN 1941 Unknown
Chicago, IL (Wartime Conference) 1942 Unknown
Chicago, IL (Wartime Conference) 1943 Unknown
St. Louis, MO (Wartime Conference) 1944 Unknown
Minneapolis, MN (Wartime Conference) 1945 Unknown
Miami Beach, FL 1946 Unknown
Denver, CO 1947 Unknown
San Antonio, TX 1948 Unknown
San Francisco, CA 1949 Unknown
Atlantic City, NJ 1950 Unknown
Detroit, MI 1951 Unknown
Louisville, KY 1952 1,507
Washington, DC 1953 1,840
Houston, TX 1954 1,741
Montreal, QC 1955 1,501
Los Angeles, CA 1956 1,647
Philadelphia, PA 1957 1,416
Dallas, TX 1958 1,601
Miami Beach, FL 1959 1,781
Grand Rapids, MI 1960 1,444
Las Vegas, NV 1961 2,362
St Louis, MO 1962 1,825
Toronto, ON 1963 2,115
Denver, CO 1964 2,090
New Orleans, LA 1965 2,556
Baltimore, MD 1966 2,249
Portland, OR 1967 1,802
Louisville, KY 1968 2,980
Miami Beach, FL 1969 2,522
Los Angeles, CA 1970 2,502
Minneapolis, MN 1971 2,382
Montreal, QC 1972 3,298
San Antonio, TX 1973 2,988
Atlanta, GA 1974 3,105
San Francisco, CA 1975 2,507
Washington, DC 1976 2,504
Houston, TX 1977 2,644
San Diego, CA 1978 3,200
Kansas City, MO 1979 2,898
Toronto, ON 1980 3,917
Orlando, FL 1981 3,767
St. Louis, MO 1982 3,377
New Orleans, LA 1983 3,873
Philadelphia, PA 1984 3,418
Albuquerque, NM 1985 3,600
Charlotte, NC 1986 3,292
Montreal, QC 1987 5,221
Reno, NV 1988 3,721
Indianapolis, IN 1989 3,325
Seattle, WA 1990 2,664
Nashville, TN 1991 4,037
Anaheim, CA 1992 2,625
Louisville, KY 1993 3,305
Montreal, QC 1994 2,976
San Antonio, TX 1995 2,591
Las Vegas, NV 1996 2,876
Detroit, MI 1997 2,099
Atlanta, GA 1998 2,157
Toronto, ON 1999 2,229
Reno, NV 2000 2,153
Orlando, FL 2001 2,130
Indianapolis, IN 2002 1,677
Kansas City, MO 2003 1,779
St. Louis, MO 2004 1,642
New Orleans, LA 2005 2.066
Nashville, TN 2006 1,929
Montreal, QC 2007 1,727
Grapevine, TX 2008 1,274
Orlando, FL 2009 1,204
Denver, CO 2010 1,152
Baltimore, MD 2011 1,113
Milwaukee, WI 2012 1,107
Cincinnati, OH 2013 1,041
Las Vegas, NV 2014 1,077
New Orleans, LA 2015 1,035
Quebec City, QC 2016 1,006
Albuquerque, NM 2017 900
Ottawa, ON 2018 na
Louisville, KY 2019 na