The message was clear when I was in Colorado a few months ago - future = enthusiasts. That was the message being put out by DBH. Now he's gone. Good luck to whomever replaces him and here's to hoping USA Cycling doesn't fall back into the mess it was.
As for more non-racers than racers - we all have this. I just ran USAC database numbers on team sizes in IL. We are still second with 65 or so. We have 150+ member group on Facebook for the team. At one point xXx Racing in Chicago was a 200+ member club. While still the largest in Illinois they are only 86 members (IIRC) with licenses. To boot - not all of our license holders race in a year. Something between 30-40% actually register for a race in any given year. .