Table 2

Distribution of PC(USA) Congregations by Church Membership Size and Synod -- 1999

 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 PuertoRico

Covenant

Lakes & Prairies

63

14

137

212

23.1

19.4

16.9

22.2

54

28

144

224

19.8

38.9

17.8

23.4

40

16

115

143

14.7

22.2

14.2

15.0

23

7

90

93

8.4

9.7

11.1

9.7

31

3

107

106

11.4

4.2

13.2

11.1

32

2

109

108

11.7

2.8

13.5

11.3

22

2

60

42

8.1

2.8

7.4

4.4

2

0

28

18

0.7

0.0

3.5

1.9

3

0

10

5

1.1

0.0

1.2

0.5

3

0

8

5

1.1

0.0

1.0

0.5

273

72

808

956

2.4

0.6

7.2

8.5

Lincoln Trails

Living Waters

Mid-America

Mid-Atlantic

135

313

150

375

19.3

39.8

29.9

25.4

150

153

121

298

21.4

19.4

24.1

20.2

123

73

66

181

17.5

9.3

13.1

12.2

57

63

46

139

8.1

8.0

9.2

9.4

101

76

40

172

14.4

9.7

8.0

11.6

65

59

37

153

9.3

7.5

7.4

10.4

40

29

24

86

5.7

3.7

4.8

5.8

11

13

6

47

1.6

1.7

1.2

3.2

10

4

6

13

1.4

0.5

1.2

0.9

9

4

6

14

1.3

0.5

1.2

0.9

701

787

502

1,478

6.3

7.0

4.5

13.2

Northeast

Pacific

Rocky Mountains

South Atlantic

173

66

44

212

14.7

14.3

18.6

21.4

247

104

58

187

20.9

22.5

24.5

18.9

221

73

32

106

18.7

15.8

13.5

10.7

141

44

21

82

12.0

9.5

8.9

8.3

175

60

22

110

14.8

13.0

9.3

11.1

132

51

35

117

11.2

11.0

14.8

11.8

53

39

17

100

4.5

8.4

7.2

10.1

23

14

3

45

2.0

3.0

1.3

4.5

9

6

2

17

0.8

1.3

0.8

1.7

5

5

3

16

0.4

1.1

1.3

1.6

1,179

462

237

992

10.5

4.1

2.1

8.9

Southern California and Hawaii

Southwest

Sun

Trinity

35

34

265

269

11.1

20.7

28.3

20.2

70

38

187

263

22.2

23.2

20.0

19.7

40

27

133

203

12.7

16.5

14.2

15.2

27

14

83

133

8.6

8.5

8.9

10.0

43

14

85

177

13.7

8.5

9.1

13.3

47

20

96

158

14.9

12.2

10.3

11.8

23

8

43

80

7.3

4.9

4.6

6.0

18

3

20

26

5.7

1.8

2.1

1.9

4

3

5

12

1.3

1.8

0.5

0.9

8

3

18

13

2.5

1.8

1.9

1.0

315

164

935

1,334

2.8

1.5

8.4

11.9

Totals 2,497 2,326 1,592 1,063 1,322 1,221 668 277 109 120 11,1951 99.9
Percent of PC(USA) Congregations
22.3

20.8

14.2

9.5

11.8

10.9

6.0

2.5

1.0

1.1

100.1

1 This number is less than the total number of congregations shown in Table 1 because there were 21 churches with no members.


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