Jason English
The Number of the Day: 53,715
by Jason English - June 28, 2010 - 9:30 AM


On the 2001 New Zealand census, 53,715 people listed their religion as “Jedi.”

[Source: The New Zealand Herald. See previous Numbers of the Day here.]

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Comments (10)

  1. That is awesome!!!!

    posted by dee on 6-28-2010 at 10:14 am

  2. 53715 is a ZIP code in Madison, Wisconsin. No word on how many Jedi reside there….

    posted by Mark on 6-28-2010 at 10:52 am

  3. Cool it is young padawan.

    posted by S. M. on 6-28-2010 at 12:32 pm

  4. I can proudly say that i was one of them.

    Apparently, the 2004 census had more –way more– enough to warrant it being listed as a religion on the next census. But the government basically said “nah – we’re not counting that”, so i dont think itll ever be counted officially.

    In a similar vein, NZ comedians bill and ben very nearly won a seat in parliment in our last political election. I’d totally vote for them again if they decide to give it a second shot.

    posted by Johnny Darko on 6-28-2010 at 12:36 pm

  5. This made my day! New Zealanders are too awesome. :)

    posted by Jordie on 6-28-2010 at 2:48 pm

  6. Johnny – after this last result, I think I’m going the B+B route, too.

    What I wonder though, is: Who would be prime minister?

    posted by Bakedpotatoes on 6-28-2010 at 4:55 pm

  7. Ooh, also in the vein of comedian politics, hear about the new mayor of Reykjavik?

    posted by Bakedpotatoes on 6-28-2010 at 4:55 pm

  8. may the forks be with you.

    posted by dirk alan on 6-29-2010 at 12:54 am

  9. When i worked for welfare dept. i saw the file with all 6 kids named George…even the girls.

    posted by CaliforniaCbee on 7-2-2010 at 6:08 pm

  10. I think there are far more in the UK…I had no idea there were so many here!

    posted by Logan on 7-7-2010 at 5:27 am

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