The Occupy movement began in the United States initially with the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York City but spread to many other cities, both in the United States and worldwide. There have been hundreds of Occupy movement protests worldwide over time. This is a list of some of their locations in the United States. The state with the most protests is California, which has over fifty protest locations (see List of Occupy movement protest locations in California).
See main article: List of Occupy movement protest locations.
| State | City | Date (start) | Crowd (upper estimate) | References | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Auburn | style=white-space:nowrap | October 15, 2011 | 25 | ||
| Birmingham | October 15, 2011 | 300 | ||||
| Huntsville | October 29, 2011 | 150 | ||||
| Mobile | October 8, 2011 | 50 | ||||
| Montgomery | October 22, 2011 | |||||
| Tuscaloosa | October 8, 2011 | 40 | ||||
| Alaska | Anchorage | October 4, 2011 | 60 | |||
| Bethel | October 15, 2011 | 1 | ||||
| Fairbanks | October 15, 2011 | 100+ | By February 1, protesters consisted of "a core group of about 15 people with a larger group of supporters" | |||
| Homer | October 15, 2011 | 60 | ||||
| Juneau | October 15, 2011 | |||||
| Kenai | October 29, 2011 | |||||
| Unalaska | October 16, 2011 | 10 | ||||
| Arizona | Flagstaff | October 15, 2011 | ||||
| Phoenix | October 14, 2011 | 4,000 | ||||
| Prescott | October 6, 2011 | 25+ | ||||
| Tempe | October 15, 2011 | |||||
| Tucson | October 1, 2011 | |||||
| Yuma | November 19, 2011 | |||||
| Arkansas | Conway | October 26, 2011 | ||||
| Fayetteville | October 11, 2011 | |||||
| Jonesboro | October 15, 2011 | |||||
| Little Rock | October 15, 2011 | 400 | ||||
| California | See List of Occupy movement protest locations in California | |||||
| Colorado | Aspen | |||||
| Boulder | October 15, 2011 | [1] | By December, a tent encampment was set up at the pedestrian Pearl Street Mall downtown in the park in front of the City Courthouse. Another was then set up in Sister City's Plaza in front of the Municipal Building. | |||
| Colorado Springs | ||||||
| Denver | This Occupy faced quite a lot of police violence long after the encampment was brutally evicted twice. Cost to city: $365,000[2] | |||||
| Fort Collins | ||||||
| Grand Junction | ||||||
| Longmont | October 10, 2011 | 12 | ||||
| Pueblo | ||||||
| Connecticut | Branford | October 6, 2011 | ||||
| Bridgeport | October 11, 2011 | 30 | [3] | |||
| Hartford | October 7, 2011 | |||||
| New Haven | October 8, 2011 | As of March 5, 2012, Occupy New Haven on the New Haven green is the last occupying group in New England.[4] | ||||
| New London | ||||||
| Delaware | Wilmington | October 15, 2011 | 150 | |||
| District of Columbia | Washington | October 1, 2011 | 3,000 | Occupy D.C., sometimes also went by "Occupy K Street" | ||
| Florida | Daytona Beach | |||||
| Ft. Myers | ||||||
| Gainesville | ||||||
| Jacksonville | ||||||
| Lakeland | ||||||
| Melbourne | ||||||
| Miami | ||||||
| Orlando | ||||||
| Pensacola | ||||||
| Sarasota | ||||||
| St. Augustine | ||||||
| St. Petersburg | ||||||
| Tallahassee | October 6, 2011 | 150 | One of few remaining "full time" occupation sites. Located at the corner of Gaines St. and Duval in Tallahassee. www.occupytally.org | |||
| Tampa | September 24, 2011 | 2,000+ | [5] [6] | |||
| Vero Beach | ||||||
| West Palm Beach | ||||||
| Georgia | Athens | |||||
| Atlanta | Occupy Atlanta | |||||
| Augusta | ||||||
| Dalton | ||||||
| Fort Benning | ||||||
| Macon | ||||||
| Savannah | ||||||
| Valdosta | ||||||
| Hawaii | Hilo | |||||
| Honolulu | Group's name is (De)Occupy Honolulu, in solidarity with occupied peoples worldwide. | |||||
| Kauaʻi | ||||||
| Kona | ||||||
| Maui | Small band of occupiers camped on the outskirts of the State Building in Wailuku for a weekend in October before being evicted from the site by Maui Police under threat of charges of criminal trespass. Movement (dubbed "Occupy Wall Street Maui") holds weekly meetings at a local college.[8] | |||||
| Idaho | Boise | Deemed the most efficiently organized occupation of two dozen visited.[9] Now maintains a symbolic, highly-portable presence after a landscaping hiatus.[10] | ||||
| Idaho Falls | ||||||
| Moscow | ||||||
| Pocatello | ||||||
| Illinois | Bloomington –Normal | October 5, 2011 | Including tent city at Illinois State University. 2nd longest continuous student occupation. | |||
| Carbondale | ||||||
| Champaign –Urbana | ||||||
| Chicago | 8,000 | Occupy Chicago | ||||
| DeKalb | ||||||
| Galesburg | October 17, 2011 | 40 | [11] | [12] | ||
| Macomb | October 21, 2011 | 60 | [13] | |||
| Naperville | October 22, 2011 | 50-60 | [14] | |||
| Ottawa | [15] | |||||
| Peoria | ||||||
| Rockford | ||||||
| Springfield | ||||||
| Streator | November 30, 2011 | |||||
| Indiana | Bloomington | October 9, 2011 | ||||
| Elkhart | October 7, 2011 | |||||
| Evansville | October 10, 2011 | |||||
| Fort Wayne | ||||||
| Indianapolis | October 8, 2011 | 1,000 | ||||
| Kokomo | October 14, 2011 | 100 | [16] | |||
| Muncie | October 19, 2011 | 20 | ||||
| Portage | October 22, 2011 | |||||
| South Bend | October 7, 2011 | |||||
| West Lafayette | December 10, 2011 | 50 | ||||
| Iowa | Ames | October 13, 2011 | [17] | Occupy ISU; Weekly meetings, no encampments. | ||
| Cedar Valley | October 15, 2011 | Weekly meetings, no encampments. | ||||
| Cedar Rapids | October 22, 2011 | [18] | moved from Greene Square Park to corner of M Avenue and 1st Street N.W.; under eviction notice | |||
| Decorah | November 5, 2011 | [19] | Weekly meetings on Saturdays at 1PM at courthouse steps. No encampments. | |||
| Des Moines | October 9, 2011 | Camp on Capitol ground broken up by police Oct. 8; numerous arrests, including Ed Fallon;[20] now at E 14th and Grand. Cost to city: <$10,000 Protests continue.[21] | ||||
| Iowa City | October 7, 2011 | Encampment previously held as at College Green Park; General Assemblies still held there. | ||||
| Sioux City | October 8, 2011 | 100+ | [22] | Demonstrations outside the public library, Steve King's office, and the 2011 FOX News Republican debate | ||
| Kansas | Kansas City | |||||
| Lawrence | ||||||
| Manhattan | ||||||
| Pittsburg | ||||||
| Wichita | ||||||
| Kentucky | Ashland | |||||
| Bowling Green | ||||||
| Lexington | September 29, 2011 | | ||||
| Louisville | October 4, 2011 | 300 | Encampment at Founders Square | |||
| Owensboro | ||||||
| Paducah | ||||||
| Louisiana | Baton Rouge | October 24, 2011 | 120 | |||
| Lafayette | November 17, 2011 | 12 | Demonstration at federal courthouse. "The 'Occupy Lafayette' event was a low-key affair: No slogans were chanted or epithets hurled. In fact, it didn't even arouse the curiousity of security officials at the courthouse," said local media. | |||
| New Orleans | ||||||
| Shreveport | ||||||
| Maine | Augusta | |||||
| Bangor | ||||||
| Bar Harbor | October 15, 2011 | 70 | ||||
| Brunswick | ||||||
| Portland | ||||||
| Presque Isle | Occupy Aroostook | |||||
| Maryland | Annapolis | |||||
| Baltimore | October 3, 2011 | 200 | Occupy Baltimore | |||
| Cumberland | October 8, 2011 | 3 | ||||
| Frederick | November 11, 2011 | |||||
| Amherst | October 5, 2011 | 36 | ||||
| Berkshire County | October 10, 2011 | |||||
| Boston | style=white-space:nowrap | September 30, 2011 | 10,000+ | Occupy Boston | ||
| Cambridge | style=white-space:nowrap | November 9, 2011 | Including protest at Occupy Harvard | |||
| Cape Ann | February 4, 2012 | |||||
| Greenfield | style=white-space:nowrap | October 9, 2011 | 50 | |||
| Jamaica Plain | style=white-space:nowrap | November 13, 2011 | ||||
| Lenox | ||||||
| Lowell | February 4, 2012 | |||||
| Malden | February 4, 2012 | |||||
| Newton | ||||||
| Needham | ||||||
| Northampton | October 6, 2011 | 50 | Including protest at Smith College | |||
| Reading | 20 | [23] | ||||
| Salem | October 22, 2011 | |||||
| Somerville | February 4, 2012 | [24] | ||||
| Springfield | October 10, 2011 | |||||
| Williamstown | ||||||
| Woburn | February 4, 2012 | |||||
| Worcester | October 9, 2011 | 100 | ||||
| Michigan | Ann Arbor | |||||
| Detroit | October 14, 2011 | 500 | Encampment at Grand Circus Park from Oct 14 – November 21, 2011. Subsequent meeting locations included 5900 Michigan Ave and 1515 Broadway. Meetings continued through 2013. Activism around social, civic, and environmental issues attracted those from Occupy Detroit. Meeting and activity demands from these groups have overshadowed what was known through Occupy Detroit. Many of those regularly rallying learned more about the city and are contributing with both long-term and current issues - including Eviction Defense, Water justice, and Tar Sands Resistance. | |||
| East Lansing | Including protest at Michigan State University | |||||
| Flint | ||||||
| Grand Rapids | October 8, 2011 | 350 | ||||
| Kalamazoo | ||||||
| Lansing | October 8, 2011 | 350 | ||||
| Muskegon | ||||||
| Traverse City | ||||||
| Ypsilanti | ||||||
| Minnesota | Duluth | October 15, 2011 | ||||
| Minneapolis | October 7, 2011 | |||||
| Moorhead | ||||||
| Mississippi | Jackson | October 15, 2011 | 50 | |||
| Biloxi | October 15, 2011 | |||||
| Missouri | Cape Girardeau | November 5, 2011 | ||||
| Columbia | ||||||
| Kansas City | It has one of the longest encampments in the country with protestors camping by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City since September 28, 2011.[25] During this period the temporary 65 foot high IOU/USA Sculpture was erected in Penn Valley Park opposite the reserve headquarters at 1 Memorial Drive. On one side was a sign proclaiming "IOU" and the other was one saying "USA."[26] | |||||
| St. Joseph | October 5, 2011 | |||||
| St. Louis | October 1, 2011 | Occupy St. Louis | ||||
| Montana | Billings | |||||
| Bozeman | ||||||
| Butte | ||||||
| Great Falls | ||||||
| Helena | ||||||
| Kalispell | ||||||
| Missoula | ||||||
| Nebraska | Lincoln | October 15, 2011 | 500 | |||
| Omaha | September 29, 2011 | 40 | ||||
| Nevada | Carson City | October 15, 2011 | 70 | |||
| Las Vegas Valley | Occupy Las Vegas | |||||
| Reno | ||||||
| New Hampshire | Concord | |||||
| Conway | ||||||
| Exeter | ||||||
| Hanover | October 13, 2011 | 20 | [27] | Constituted as "Occupy Dartmouth" on campus of Dartmouth College. | ||
| Keene | ||||||
| Manchester | ||||||
| Nashua | ||||||
| New Jersey | Atlantic City | November 5, 2011 | 25 | |||
| Jersey City | ||||||
| Mount Olive | October 10, 2011 | 28 | ||||
| Newark | ||||||
| Princeton | ||||||
| Toms River | ||||||
| Trenton | October 6, 2011 | |||||
| New Mexico | Albuquerque | October 1, 2011 | 400 | Changed name to (un)Occupy Albuquerque, in recognition of colonization and racism's connections to economic injustice. | ||
| Las Cruces | ||||||
| Los Lunas | ||||||
| Santa Fe | ||||||
| Taos | ||||||
| New York | Albany | October 21, 2011 | Encampment held until December 22, 2011. Activism continues. | |||
| Binghamton | October 13, 2011 | |||||
| Buffalo | October 1, 2011 | 200+ | [28] | |||
| Fredonia | Including protest at State University of New York at Fredonia | |||||
| Ithaca | November 28, 2011 | Including protests at Ithaca College and Cornell University | ||||
| Kingston | ||||||
| New Paltz | ||||||
| New York City | September 17, 2011 | 30,000 | Initial Occupy Wall Street protest at Zuccotti Park has spread to other parts of the city, with separate occupations and occupy groups in Harlem and Washington Heights in Manhattan, in Jackson Heights in Queens, in Bushwick, Sunset Park, Williamsburg and Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn, Staten Island, and in The Bronx. See also: Timeline of Occupy Wall Street. | |||
| Poughkeepsie | October 15, 2011 | 200 | As of January 2013, participants and community supporters have formed two organizations: ENJAN (End the New Jim Crow Action Network), an anti-racist group focused on ending police brutality against minorities and stopping local jail and prison expansions, and Nobody Leaves Mid-Hudson, a home foreclosure defense group that aims to prevent and defend homeowners from home eviction due to bank foreclosures. | |||
| Rochester | Helped a family, Harold and Maria Steidel, get a moratorium on their home foreclosure.[29] [30] Protested the closing of a local school, school #6.[31] Reached agreement with mayor to camp until mid January 2012 | |||||
| Saranac Lake | ||||||
| Syracuse | October 2, 2011 | 200 | As of April 2012, Occupy Syracuse has continued to engage in organized meetings, events and actions.[32] | |||
| Utica | ||||||
| North Carolina | Asheville | |||||
| Chapel Hill | ||||||
| Charlotte | Occupy Charlotte | |||||
| Durham | ||||||
| Fayetteville | ||||||
| Greensboro | October 15, 2011 | 600 | ||||
| Hendersonville | ||||||
| Raleigh | October 15, 2011 | |||||
| Wilmington | ||||||
| Winston-Salem | ||||||
| North Dakota | Fargo | October 15, 2011 | ||||
| Grand Forks | October 15, 2011 | |||||
| Ohio | Akron | |||||
| Athens | ||||||
| Canton | October 15, 2011 | 150 | ||||
| Cincinnati | Occupy Cincinnati. The area around Piatt was continuously occupied from October 9 to sometime around December 25. | |||||
| Cleveland | October 6, 2011 | 150 | Occupy Cleveland | |||
| Columbus | September 27, 2011 | 70 | Including protest at Ohio State University | |||
| Dayton | ||||||
| Kent | Including protest at Kent State University | |||||
| Toledo | ||||||
| Youngstown | October 15, 2011 | |||||
| Oklahoma | Norman | Including protest at University of Oklahoma | ||||
| Oklahoma City | October 10, 2011 | 100 | ||||
| Tulsa | October 7, 2011 | |||||
| Shawnee | October 11, 2011 | 50 | [33] | |||
| Oregon | Ashland | Occupy Ashland | ||||
| Bend | ||||||
| Corvallis | October 6, 2011 | 60+ | ||||
| Eugene | Occupy Eugene | |||||
| Medford | ||||||
| Mosier | November 5, 2011 | 20 | ||||
| Portland | October 6, 2011 | 10,000 | [34] | Occupy Portland | ||
| Roseburg | ||||||
| Salem | Occupy Salem | |||||
| Pennsylvania | Allentown | October 3, 2011 | 75 | |||
| Bethlehem | October 24, 2011 | 20 | ||||
| Doylestown | ||||||
| Easton | November 17, 2011 | |||||
| Erie | ||||||
| Harrisburg | October 15, 2011 | 100+ | ||||
| Lancaster | October 15, 2011 | |||||
| Philadelphia | September 29, 2011 | Occupy Philadelphia | ||||
| Pittsburgh | October 16, 2011 | 2000+ | Occupy Pittsburgh | |||
| Pottsville | ||||||
| University Park | Including protest at Pennsylvania State University | |||||
| Scranton | ||||||
| York | ||||||
| San Juan | October 15, 2011 | 200 | ||||
| Rhode Island | Providence | October 15, 2011 | Occupy Providence | |||
| South Carolina | Charleston | |||||
| Columbia | ||||||
| Greenville | ||||||
| Hilton Head | December 29, 2011 | 12 | ||||
| South Dakota | Rapid City | October 15, 2011 | 50 | |||
| Sioux Falls | October 15, 2011 | 50 | ||||
| Spearfish | Including protest at Black Hills State University | |||||
| Vermillion | ||||||
| Tennessee | Chattanooga | |||||
| Clarksville | ||||||
| Johnson City | ||||||
| Knoxville | ||||||
| Memphis | October 15, 2011 | |||||
| Murfreesboro | ||||||
| Nashville | Occupy Nashville and Occupy Vanderbilt | |||||
| Texas | Amarillo | |||||
| Austin | Occupy Austin - including protests at Austin Community College | |||||
| Bryan | ||||||
| College Station | ||||||
| Corpus Christi | ||||||
| Dallas | Occupy Dallas | |||||
| Denton | October 15, 2011 | |||||
| El Paso | ||||||
| Ft. Worth | October 10, 2011 | 200 | On October 15, 5 arrests were made. 2 citations. Minor protest at Texas Christian University on Nov. 17. | |||
| Galveston | ||||||
| Houston | Occupy Houston | |||||
| Lewisville | ||||||
| Lubbock | ||||||
| Marfa | ||||||
| McAllen | ||||||
| San Angelo | ||||||
| San Antonio | October 3, 2011 | 200 | On October 6, 2011 Occupy San Antonio (OSA) began occupation in the Main Gazebo at the entrance of HemisFair Park in downtown San Antonio. OSA garnered a mutual respect and rapport with City, Park Police and District City Council member Bernal from the beginning of Occupation. On December 13, 2011 City Park Police gave notice of Violation of City Code and ordered OSA to vacate the Main Gazebo by December 17, 2011. Planned renovation of Hemisfair Park and preparations for the New Year's Eve celebration were to begin December 19, 2011. Occupier's were allowed to temporarily move to the South Gazebo, their secondary encampment used during Major Events previously booked by the City, until December 31, 2011. Under cover of night on December 27, 2011 Occupy San Antonio moved to the East side of the park at the base of the Tower of the Americas and Visitors Center. Public Bathrooms were closed and electricity was cut off until complaints by tourist's. Park Police began 24-hour surveillance and taped off all buildings and areas used by OSA during occupation. Police began arresting Occupier's crossing the taped areas for trespassing. OSA no longer occupies the Park full-time, but continues to claim the Park and holds GA's and other events at the Park. | |||
| San Marcos | October 5, 2011 | Occupy Texas State at Texas State University–San Marcos | ||||
| Utah | Ogden | November 6, 2011 | ||||
| Park City | October 31, 2011 | 1 | ||||
| Provo | October 29, 2011 | |||||
| Salt Lake City | October 7, 2011 | Occupy Salt Lake City | ||||
| St. George | October 7, 2011 | |||||
| Vermont | Bennington | November 19, 2011 | 10 | |||
| Brattleboro | October 7, 2011 | 1 | ||||
| Burlington | October 9, 2011 | 1,000 | ||||
| Central Vermont | October 9, 2011 | 300 | ||||
| Rutland | November 9, 2011 | 25 | ||||
| Upper Valley | December 9, 2011 | 20 | ||||
| Virginia | Arlington | |||||
| Blacksburg | ||||||
| Charlottesville | October 15, 2011 | 120 | Tent encampment removed November 30, 2011. General Assemblies Twice weekly. 18 trespassing Convictions in January 2012 | |||
| Martinsville | ||||||
| Norfolk | October 6, 2011 | |||||
| Richmond | October 15, 2011 | 200 | ||||
| Roanoke | ||||||
| Williamsburg | ||||||
| Washington | Bellevue | |||||
| Bellingham | Tent encampment removed under court order with one arrest | |||||
| Bremerton | ||||||
| Centralia | ||||||
| Cle Elum | ||||||
| Colville | ||||||
| Everett | October 25, 2011 | 150 | Tent encampment removed by mutual agreement on December 30, 2011. One tent left at Snohomish County Courthouse.[35] | |||
| Federal Way | ||||||
| Leavenworth | ||||||
| Longview | ||||||
| Mt. Vernon | ||||||
| Olympia | ||||||
| Port Townsend | ||||||
| Puyallup | ||||||
| Richland | ||||||
| Seattle | 5,000 | Occupy Seattle
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| Spokane | ||||||
| Stanwood | ||||||
| Tacoma | Evicted 2012-02-27 | |||||
| Vancouver | ||||||
| Walla Walla | ||||||
| Wenatchee | ||||||
| Yakima | ||||||
| West Virginia | Charleston | October 15, 2011 | ||||
| Davis | October 15, 2011 | |||||
| Fairmont | October 15, 2011 | |||||
| Huntington | October 9, 2011 | 100 | ||||
| Martinsburg | October 15, 2011 | 100 | ||||
| Morgantown | October 15, 2011 | |||||
| Oak Hill | October 15, 2011 | |||||
| Wisconsin | October 11, 2011 | 20 | ||||
| La Crosse | October 15, 2011 | 20 | ||||
| Madison | October 7, 2011 | 200 | ||||
| Milwaukee | October 15, 2011 | 1,000 | ||||
| Wyoming | Casper | October 8, 2011 | 50+ | |||
| Cheyenne | ||||||
| Jackson Hole | ||||||
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