Comparative Statistics 1997
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Table 3
PCUSA Membership by State/Territory -- 1997

 State/Territory Number of Members

Population1
Members as a Percent of State Population Percent of Total PC(USA) Membership Number of Congregations
 Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

District of Columbia

Florida

28,506

4,717

27,892

21,669

183,574

37,977

7,219

11,321

7,046

131,516

4,319,154

609,311

4,554,966

2,522,819

32,268,301

3,892,644

3,269,858

731,581

528,964

14,653,945

.66

.77

.61

.86

.57

.98

.22

1.55

1.33

.90

1.09

.18

1.07

.83

7.04

1.46

.28

.43

.27

5.04

167

37

99

129

583

125

20

37

17

362

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

85,152

1,324

7,889

109,726

60,282

60,028

42,008

31,786

18,103

667

7,486,242

1,186,602

1,210,232

11,895,849

5,864,108

2,852,423

2,594,840

3,908,124

4,351,769

1,242,051

1.14

.11

.65

.92

1.03

2.10

1.62

.81

.42

.05

3.26

.05

.30

4.21

2.31

2.30

1.61

1.22

.69

.03

305

6

51

462

267

307

196

199

118

10

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

35,166

4,331

88,006

47,529

14,807

56,032

8,149

33,306

5,331

1,966

5,094,289

6,117,520

9,773,892

4,685,549

2,730,501

5,402,058

878,810

1,656,870

1,676,809

1,172,709

.69

.07

.90

1.01

.54

1.04

.93

2.01

.32

.17

1.35

.17

3.37

1.82

.57

2.15

.31

1.28

.20

.08

143

32

274

193

129

305

54

146

19

10

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

97,891

10,676

136,878

165,520

7,841

139,397

29,708

28,158

276,300

1,984

8,052,849

1,729,751

18,137,226

7,425,183

640,883

11,186,331

3,317,091

3,243,487

12,019,661

987,429

1.22

.62

.75

2.23

1.22

1.25

.90

.87

2.30

.20

3.75

.41

5.25

6.34

.30

5.34

1.14

1.08

10.59

.08

371

68

724

741

66

610

154

134

1,095

9

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

81,602

10,727

55,258

145,196

4,749

743

111,473

57,363

25,897

34,476

5,813

3,760,181

737,973

5,368,198

19,439,337

2,059,148

588,978

6,733,996

5,610,362

1,815,787

5,169,677

479,743

2.17

1.45

1.03

.75

.23

.13

1.66

1.02

1.43

.67

1.21

3.13

.41

2.12

5.56

.18

.03

4.27

2.20

.99

1.32

.22

326

86

308

555

23

9

519

221

205

167

30

Puerto Rico (1996) 8,516 3,782,862 0.23 .33 72
Total 2,609,191 267,636,061 0.97 100.01 11,295

1 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Press release (December 30, 1997) "Estimates of the Resident Population of States: July 1, 1990 to July 1, 1997" and Press release (April 30, 1997) "Estimates of the Resident Population of Puerto Rico Municipios, July 1, 1996," Public Information Office, U. S. Bureau of the Census.


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Membership Gains and Losses of PCUSA Synods and Presbyteries

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