Comparative Statistics


Percentage Distribution of PCUSA Members and Congregations by
Membership Size of Congregation: 1994

Membership         Percent         Percent
   Size          of Members    of Congregations

    1-50            2.5%            20.1%
   51-100           6.4%            20.6%
  101-150           7.7%            14.6%
  151-200           7.1%             9.7%
  201-300          12.6%            12.2%
  301-500          18.9%            11.7%
  501-800          16.8%             6.4%
  801-1,200        10.9%             2.7%
1,201-1,600         6.1%             1.1%
more than 1,600    11.1%             1.1%

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has (1) many congregations with only a few members (over 40% of the PCUSA's congregations have 100 or fewer members, yet collectively they have only 8.9% of the total denominational membership), and (2) a few congregations with many members (congregations with more than 1,200 members are 2.1% of the total number of congregations, but have 17.2% of all PCUSA members.)


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