Comparative Statistics 1996
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Table 14
Race-Ethnicity and Gender
of PC(USA) Members, Elders, Deacons, and Ministers -- 1996

Members

Elders

Deacons

Ministers

RACE/ETHNICITY

White

Black

Asian

Hispanic

Native American

Other

93.2%

2.6%

1.8%

0.9%

0.4%

1.1%

92.7%

3.8%

1.4%

1.2%

0.5%

0.4%

84.9%

4.6%

8.1%

1.4%

0.4%

0.6%

92.5%

2.7%

3.2%

1.5%

0.1%

-

TOTAL

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

GENDER

Female

Male

59.2%

40.8%

46.9%

53.1%

66.3%

33.7%

15.4%

84.6%

TOTAL

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

- = no such category for ministers


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