Comparative Statistics 1996
Research Services

Table 2
Distribution of PCUSA Congregations by Church Membership Size and Synod -- 1996

 

Congregation Size by Number of Members

 

 

1-50

51-100

101-150

151-200

201-300

301-500

501-800

801-1200

1201-1600

>1600

Totals

 

Synods

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

 

Percent of
PC(USA)
Congregations

Alaska-Northwest

Boriquen en Puerto Rico

Covenant

Lakes & Prairies

58

12

128

188

21.5

16.9

15.6

19.5

52

30

151

235

19.3

42.3

18.3

24.4

41

15

117

151

15.2

21.1

14.2

15.7

22

8

84

95

8.1

11.3

10.2

9.9

32

1

108

113

11.9

1.4

13.1

11.7

34

3

117

102

12.6

4.2

14.2

10.6

23

2

70

49

8.5

2.8

8.5

5.1

3

0

25

22

1.1

0.0

3.0

2.3

1

0

12

5

0.4

0.0

1.5

0.5

4

0

11

4

1.5

0.0

1.3

0.4

270

71

823

964

2.4

0.6

7.3

8.5

Lincoln Trails

Living Waters

Mid-America

Mid-Atlantic

133

325

137

360

18.6

40.0

26.7

24.4

153

157

122

306

21.4

19.3

23.8

20.7

115

77

76

182

16.1

9.5

14.8

12.3

71

65

52

143

9.9

8.0

10.1

9.7

97

78

31

162

13.6

9.6

6.0

11.0

72

59

54

158

10.1

7.3

10.5

10.7

41

27

20

93

5.7

3.3

3.9

6.3

18

15

10

47

2.5

1.8

1.9

3.2

6

7

5

16

0.8

0.9

1.0

1.1

9

3

6

11

1.3

0.4

1.2

0.7

715

813

513

1,478

6.3

7.2

4.5

13.1

Northeast

Pacific

Rocky Mountains

South Atlantic

159

69

41

197

13.4

14.9

17.3

19.9

242

92

56

195

20.5

19.8

23.6

19.7

222

78

33

101

18.8

16.8

13.9

10.2

145

43

21

86

12.3

9.3

8.9

8.7

172

62

27

109

14.5

13.4

11.4

11.0

149

56

33

128

12.6

12.1

13.9

12.9

59

36

16

98

5.0

7.8

6.8

9.9

21

15

5

46

1.8

3.2

2.1

4.7

10

7

2

14

0.8

1.5

0.8

1.4

4

6

3

15

0.3

1.3

1.3

1.5

1,183

464

237

989

10.5

4.1

2.1

8.8

Southern California

and Hawaii

Southwest

Sun

Trinity

 

27

35

264

241

 

8.6

21.1

27.6

18.0

 

67

37

187

268

 

21.3

22.3

19.6

20.0

 

44

25

140

200

 

14.0

15.1

14.7

14.9

 

29

17

76

135

 

9.2

10.2

8.0

10.1

 

47

16

100

191

 

15.0

9.6

10.5

14.3

 

46

17

94

164

 

14.6

10.2

9.8

12.2

 

23

11

47

94

 

7.3

6.6

4.9

7.0

 

18

3

26

23

 

5.7

1.8

2.7

1.7

 

5

3

7

11

 

1.6

1.8

0.7

0.8

 

8

2

14

13

 

2.5

1.2

1.5

1.0

 

314

166

955

1,340

 

2.8

1.5

8.5

11.9

Totals

2,374

 

2,350

 

1,617

 

1,092

 

1,346

 

1,286

 

709

 

297

 

111

 

113

 

11,2951

100.1

Percent of PC(USA) Congregations

21.0

20.8

14.3

9.7

11.9

11.4

6.3

2.6

1.0

1.0

100.0

1 This number is less than the total number of congregations shown in Table 1 because there were 33 churches either with no members or for which no membership data were received.


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