Comparative Statistics 1998
Research Services
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

Table 2
Distribution of PCUSA Congregations by Church Membership Size -- 1998


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

Bor. en Puerto Rico

Covenant

Lakes & Prairies

61

13

136

204

22.3

18.1

16.7

21.3

57

30

144

221

20.9

41.7

17.7

23.0

41

16

120

156

15.0

22.2

14.7

16.3

21

6

85

89

7.7

8.3

10.4

9.3

32

2

107

112

11.7

2.8

13.1

11.7

29

3

118

108

10.6

4.2

14.5

11.3

24

2

60

42

8.8

2.8

7.4

4.4

3

0

25

18

1.1

0.0

3.1

1.9

2

0

11

5

0.7

0.0

1.3

0.5

3

0

9

5

1.1

0.0

1.1

0.5

273

72

815

960

2.4

0.6

7.3

8.5

Lincoln Trails

Living Waters

Mid-America

Mid-Atlantic

128

312

152

371

18.2

39.3

29.9

25.0

151

158

118

299

21.4

19.9

23.2

20.1

122

74

70

189

17.3

9.3

13.8

12.7

67

64

50

135

9.5

8.1

9.8

9.1

96

74

29

160

13.6

9.3

5.7

10.8

69

59

49

167

9.8

7.4

9.6

11.3

41

29

23

90

5.8

3.7

4.5

6.1

11

14

6

46

1.6

1.8

1.2

3.1

10

6

5

13

1.4

0.8

1.0

0.9

9

4

7

14

1.3

0.5

1.4

0.9

704

794

509

1,484

6.3

7.1

4.5

13.2

Northeast

Pacific

Rocky Mountains

South Atlantic

166

71

43

204

14.1

15.4

18.1

20.6

253

99

61

195

21.5

21.4

25.7

19.7

217

70

30

94

18.4

15.2

12.7

9.5

136

42

23

95

11.5

9.1

9.7

9.6

177

58

19

108

15.0

12.6

8.0

10.9

135

61

37

125

11.5

13.2

15.6

12.6

58

33

16

92

4.9

7.1

6.8

9.3

23

17

3

47

2.0

3.7

1.3

4.7

9

6

2

15

0.8

1.3

0.8

1.5

4

5

3

16

0.3

1.1

1.3

1.6

1,178

462

237

991

10.5

4.1

2.1

8.8

So. Calif. & Hawaii

Southwest

Sun

Trinity

 

31

35

261

261

 

9.9

21.1

27.7

19.5

 

60

36

196

263

 

19.2

21.7

20.8

19.7

 

52

30

126

204

 

16.6

18.1

13.4

15.3

 

23

15

89

125

 

7.3

9.0

9.4

9.4

 

44

13

88

186

 

14.1

7.8

9.3

13.9

 

51

17

94

162

 

16.3

10.2

10.0

12.1

 

22

12

48

84

 

7.0

7.2

5.1

6.3

 

19

3

17

27

 

6.1

1.8

1.8

2.0

 

3

2

7

11

 

1.0

1.2

0.7

0.8

 

8

3

17

13

 

2.6

1.8

1.8

1.0

 

313

166

943

1,336

2.8

1.5

8.4

11.9

Totals 2,449 2,341 1,611 1,065 1,305 1,284 676 279 107 120 11,237 100.0
Percent of PC(USA) Congregations 21.8 20.8 14.3 9.5 11.6 11.4 6.0 2.5 1.0 1.1 100.0

1 This number is less than the total number of congregations shown in Table 1 because there were 23 churches with no members.


Go to: Comparative Statistics 1998 Table 3
PC(USA) Membership by State/Territory -- 1998

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