Comparative Statistics 1996
Research Services

Table 5
PC(USA) Congregations with One-Fifth or More
Minority Racial/Ethnic Membership by Synod

Asian

African American

Hispanic

Native American

Other

Total

Total
Number of
Churches
in Synod

Synod

20%-
49%

50%-
89%

90%+

20%-
49%

50%-
89%

90%+

20%-
49%

50%-
89%

90%+

20%-
49%

50%-
89%

90%+

20%-
49%

50%-
89%

90%+
 

Alaska-Northwest

Boriquen en Puerto Rico

Covenant

Lakes and Prairies

 

Lincoln Trails

Living Waters

Mid-America

Mid-Atlantic

 

Northeast

Pacific

Rocky Mountains

South Atlantic

 

So. California and Hawaii

Southwest

Sun

Trinity

3

0

0

1

 

0

0

0

1

 

2

7

0

0

 

4

0

1

0

5

0

2

0

 

1

3

0

2

 

3

5

0

2

 

4

0

2

0

5

0

7

3

 

25

4

6

15

 

25

24

4

16

 

60

1

10

3

0

0

6

1

 

2

0

1

12

 

22

1

0

4

 

1

0

0

7

1

0

4

1

 

2

0

3

3

 

13

3

0

4

 

3

0

2

5

0

0

16

1

 

11

38

5

114

 

34

2

1

84

 

8

1

15

16

0

0

0

1

 

0

0

0

0

 

5

0

2

3

 

5

6

5

1

0

0

0

0

 

0

0

0

0

 

0

0

1

1

 

1

4

2

1

0

65

0

0

 

1

0

0

0

 

9

1

1

7

 

6

5

24

0

4

0

0

1

 

0

0

0

0

 

2

0

1

0

 

0

0

4

0

5

0

0

0

 

0

0

0

0

 

2

4

0

0

 

0

0

1

0

11

0

0

1

 

1

1

1

1

 

3

4

2

2

 

1

7

14

3

0

0

0

0

 

0

0

0

1

 

2

1

0

0

 

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

 

0

0

0

0

 

0

0

0

0

 

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

0

0

0

0

 

1

2

0

0

 

1

1

0

0

34

65

35

10

 

43

46

16

149

 

123

54

12

123

 

95

25

81

36

272

71

824

966

 

716

814

515

1,483

 

1,187

466

237

993

 

316

166

959

1,343

Churchwide Totals

19

29

208

57

44

346

28

10

119

12

12

52

6

0

5

947

11,328

Note: Data are based on reports from 90.0% of congregations. There is some evidence to suggest that there are disproportionately more racial-ethnic congregations among non-reporting congregations.

Go to: Comparative Statistics 1996 Table 6
Fifteeen Largest Congregations Based on Membership Size

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