Comparative Statistics 1997
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Table 2
Distribution of PCUSA Congregations by Church Membership Size and Synod -- 1997

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


11

134

196

21.4


15.3

16.3

20.4

54


28

143

227

19.9


38.9

17.4

23.7

41


21

128

154

15.1


29.2

15.5

16.0

24


6

80

95

8.9


8.3

9.7

9.9

33


1

111

108

12.2


1.4

13.5

11.2

31


3

119

106

11.4


4.2

14.4

11.0

23


2

63

46

8.5


2.8

7.6

4.8

2


0

23

20

0.7


0.0

2.8

2.1

1


0

13

5

0.4


0.0

1.6

0.5

4


0

10

5

1.5


0.0

1.2

0.5

271


72

824

962

2.4


0.6

7.3

8.5

Lincoln Trails

Living Waters

Mid-America

Mid-Atlantic

132

318

145

367

18.6

39.6

28.4

24.8

152

158

117

297

21.4

19.6

22.9

20.1

115

74

76

188

16.2

9.2

14.9

12.7

68

64

51

132

9.6

8.0

10.0

8.9

103

79

30

170

14.5

9.8

5.9

11.5

69

59

51

157

9.7

7.3

10.0

10.6

40

27

22

94

5.6

3.4

4.3

6.4

16

15

7

44

2.2

1.9

1.4

3.0

8

7

6

16

1.1

0.9

1.2

1.1

8

3

6

13

1.1

0.4

1.2

0.9

711

804

511

1,478

6.3

7.1

4.5

13.1

Northeast

Pacific

Rocky Mountains

South Atlantic

164

70

42

203

13.9

15.2

17.7

20.5

245

87

58

191

20.8

18.9

24.5

19.3

216

80

31

99

18.3

17.4

13.1

10.0

141

48

22

93

12.0

10.4

9.3

9.4

180

55

22

104

15.3

11.9

9.3

10.5

137

61

36

124

11.6

13.2

15.2

12.5

59

32

17

94

5.0

6.9

7.2

9.5

23

15

4

51

2.0

3.2

1.7

5.2

10

7

2

15

0.8

1.5

0.8

1.5

4

6

3

16

0.3

1.3

1.3

1.6

1,179

461

237

990

10.5

4.1

2.1

8.8

Southern California and Hawaii

Southwest

Sun

Trinity



29

37

262

253

 



9.4

22.2

27.6

18.9

 



59

37

198

267

 



19.0

22.2

20.8

19.9

 



50

28

130

207

 



16.1

16.8

13.7

15.4

 



25

14

80

124

 



8.1

8.4

8.4

9.2

 



43

14

90

185

 



13.9

8.4

9.5

13.8

 



49

19

98

168

 



15.8

11.4

10.3

12.6

 



24

10

49

87

 



7.7

6.0

5.2

6.5

 



19

2

21

24

 



6.1

1.2

2.2

1.8

 



3

4

6

13

 



1.0

2.4

0.6

1.0

 



9

2

16

12

 



2.9

1.2

1.7

0.9

 



310

167

950

1,340



2.8

1.5

8.4

11.9

Totals 2,421 2,318 1,638 1,067 1,328 1,287 689 286 116 117 11,2671 99.9
Percent of PC(USA) Congregations
21.5

20.6

14.5

9.5

11.8

11.4

6.1

2.5

1.0

1.0

99.9

1 This number is less than the total number of congregations shown in Table 1 because there were 28 churches either with no members or for which no membership data were received.


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