The Corporation for National & Community Service recently released a report on America’s volunteering trends in 2007 that includes a list of the top 50 metropolitan areas by volunteer rate and the top 50 metropolitan areas by volunteer hours. Here are the top ten of each list:

Top 10 Metropolitan Areas by Volunteer Rate
the percentage of residents that volunteer

1. Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN — 40.5%
2. Salt Lake City, UT — 38.4%
3. Austin, TX — 38.1%
4. Omaha, NE — 37.8%
5. Seattle, WA — 36.3%
6. Portland, OR — 35.8%
7. Kansas City, MO — 34.9%
8. Milwaukee, WI — 34.4%
9. Charlotte, NC — 34.3%
10. Tulsa, OK — 33.7%

Top 10 Metropolitan Areas by Volunteer Hours
the average hours served per resident

1. Tulsa, OK — 60.0 hrs
2. Charlotte, NC — 57.1 hrs
3. Salt Lake City, UT — 53.8 hrs
4. Seattle, WA — 53.5 hrs
5. Portland, OR — 51.0 hrs
6. Kansas City, MO — 49.4 hrs
7. Austin, TX — 49.2 hrs
8. Washington D.C. — 47.0 hrs
9. Indianapolis, IN — 45.9 hrs
10. Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN — 45.7 hrs

Other interesting findings include:

• Suburbs and rural areas have similar volunteer rates (29%), while urban areas lag behind (24%).
• Metro areas with high levels of community attachment, as demonstrated by higher homeownership rates, tend to have higher volunteer rates.
• Longer commuting times to work may limit opportunities for volunteering.

[via Forbes]