Wanting what you have can't get...

12/29/2011 10:31:04 AM

Anybody else ever wonder how many dancers/strippers there are in the USA? I was pondering this question the other day when as I realized there was no way to ever meet them all, no matter how hard I try...sigh.

If you take the total number of clubs in the US as counted on tuscl (n=2448) and multiple by the average number of dancers per club (for example 40-45, assuming 20 or so for each of two shifts), then the total number of dancers comes to about 100,000.

It's not an exact science I realize, does anyone else have a guess on the average number of dancers per club. It's probably a bell-shaped curve distribution with clubs like Dallas' Baby Dolls or Miami's Mons Venus on the high end with 100+ on their rosters and some very local clubs I've been in with less than 5.

And given the total US population at just over 300 million (half of which are women), if the 100K dancer number is correct, there's about a 0.05% chance that your little daughter is currently or might end up a stripper.

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gsv

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13 years ago

Interesting figures there. I know one club that probably have closer to as many as 200-300 different dancers in a pool that they pull from. But many just aren't available for working at the time, some just come to visit, etc.

jacobs.patrick7

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13 years ago

its about the quality, not the quantity!

txtittyfan

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13 years ago

I can say without question that there is a 0.00% chance my daughter will be a stripper.

JuiceBox69

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13 years ago

I've seen clubs with just 1 dancer to pull from and she didn't even show !!! Lol !....but if I had to guess let's see.....???? 3million divided by 000.0005 times 7 add 3 subtract 6 carry the 1 then times all that by my bank account $7.86......???? 200,000......so the juice would say their is a 10% chance of your kid dancing for me ! : ))) happy endings home boy !

Alucard

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13 years ago

Why would you wish to meet ALL the Dancers in the country?

JuiceBox69

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13 years ago

@Alucard......STDs ! Ofcourse ! Duh ?

Club_Goer_Seattle

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13 years ago

As for the total number of dancers at each club, and arriving at an average, I can give you some Seattle details. Since I've lived here (2006), that range has been app. 30 to 300. The latter was for a now-closed club. Presently, the max. is around 100 dancers at a couple of the larger clubs. When I was in Las Vegas, one year (2004), I asked about a particular dancer at the front desk, and the manager there said that they have around 1,000 dancers working there. I realize there are some extreme numbers out there. But, wouldn't it be fun to imagine a website where all dancers in the country are listed, like on some porn and escort sites? You could sort and filter for the types that interest you most!

Dougster

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13 years ago

Between 50 and 100k has been my guess.

JuiceBox69

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13 years ago

@club goer.....u know u r on to somethin ! Its could be like realistate ! All the houses have a listing number and iny realtor can pull iny house up iny wear ! This could be done for strippers ! Hell I bet it could improve biz for some girls !......this will make some money 4 some one ! Hell maybee this could be a new feature that founder adds to this place ! We could have a top 10 and every thang ! Reviews and all !

motorhead

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13 years ago

Probably difficult to know for sure. In Las Vegas where one has to have an entertainment license and a Sheriff's card to work in a club, I thought I once read there was 70,000 licensed dancers in Vegas alone. I realize many would not be currently working. But I'm thinking that 100,000 might be low nationwide. I've tried to find where I read that number and couldn't, so I could be way off base.

scatterbrain

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13 years ago

So no one is able to come up with a different number than 100k? Finding your ATF has become like looking for a needle in a haystack. There's something to be said for the phrase 'current ATF'

Ermita_Nights

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13 years ago

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics says there are about 3000 dancers working at "drinking places" and at other amusement and recreation industries in the US. They do not break out exotic dancers as a separate category. I checked for "stripper," "bar girl," etc but couldn't find anything else that might include strippers. That number does not include self-employed contractors, which I'm guessing almost all strippers are.

I find it outrageous that with all my tax money that goes to BLS, they can't even help us with this important question.

Club_Goer_Seattle

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13 years ago

@ Ermita_Nights: I forgot to mention name of the Las Vegas club, that I was referring to that said it had 1,000 dancers on staff. It was Sapphire (no surprise to those who have been there). I sense you're correct. The dancers category you researched likely doesn't include dancers who work as independent contractors. There's likely even more than 3,000 of those, just in Las Vegas, alone.

Clubber

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13 years ago

Not that is matters, but "Mons Venus", Florida, is in Tampa. I wish it were in Miami! :)

jackslash

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13 years ago

Many dancers work for only a short time. A dancer friend of mine has been working for 10 years, but she has 3 sisters who danced for a year or less. So if we could get a good estimate of the number of dancers currently working, we could probably multiply by 5 or 10 to get the number of women who have ever stripped.

JuiceBox69

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13 years ago

My head hurts from all tthis thanking !

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