The members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. represent a unique segment of the nation's demographic profile. Delta women are movers and shakers--they hold political offices, own businesses and are influential in a range of fields from medicine to law to education. A recent survey of its members that resulted in the establishment of the Delta Sigma Theta Resource Bank, showed that 97 percent of all Deltas are registered to vote; they are well-educated, earn competitive incomes and maintain positions of influence and respect within the larger community.

Alumnae Deltas comprise the largest proportion (76%) of the membership. The largest segments of alumnae Deltas are almost equally divided among three of the seven regions, Eastern (21.8%), Southern (21%), and South Atlantic (20.5%).
Undergraduate Deltas comprise 24% of the membership and have the largest segments of their members in the Southern (23.6%) and South Atlantic (22.7%) regions.
Seventy-two percent of alumnae Deltas are homeowners and the majority, 52 percent, are married

A majority of the Delta members are employed in education as teachers, school administrators, counselors, professors, and higher education administrators. Other occupations frequently reported included management, social sciences, social work, medicine/health, law, engineering, architecture, the performing arts, information sciences, public administration (federal, state, and local levels), the judiciary, journalism, and religion.