Comparative Statistics 1997
Research Services

Table 5
PC(USA) Congregations with One-Fifth or More Minority Racial/Ethnic Membership by Synod -- 1997

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


Southern California & Hawaii

Southwest

Sun

Trinity

3

0

0

2


0

0

0

0


7

6

0

0


6

0

1

1

4

0

1

0


0

1

0

3


2

5

2

2


3

0

1

0

6

0

7

2


26

5

3

13


38

25

2

14


60

2

13

3

0

0

5

1


6

0

2

13


27

1

0

7


1

0

0

8

1

0

5

1


2

2

3

3


14

3

0

4


3

0

1

5

0

0

18

1


11

37

5

112


40

3

1

80


9

1

15

18

0

0

0

1


0

0

0

0


5

1

3

2


5

6

8

0

0

0

0

0


1

0

0

0


0

1

1

3


0

5

0

1

0

48

0

0


0

2

0

0


10

0

1

8


5

7

22

0

3

0

0

0


0

0

1

0


2

0

1

0


0

2

4

0

5

0

0

1


0

0

0

0


2

1

0

0


0

1

1

1

11

0

1

1


1

0

0

3


0

6

0

0


2

10

13

0

0

0

0

0


0

0

0

1


5

0

0

3


2

1

0

0

0

0

0

0


0

0

0

0


1

0

0

0


0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0


0

0

0

0


0

1

0

0


1

0

0

0

33

48

37

10


47

47

14

148


153

53

11

123


97

35

79

37

271

72

825

963


713

806

511

1,481


1,184

465

237

993


314

167

951

1,342

Churchwide Totals 26 24 219 71 47 351 31 12 103 13 12 48 12 1 2 972 11,295
 

Note: Data are based on reports from 92.3% of congregations. There is some evidence to suggest that there are disproportionately more racial-ethnic congregations among non-reporting congregations.


Go to: Comparative Statistics 1997 Table 6 --
Fifteen Largest Congregations Based on Membership Size

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