Table 5

PC(USA) Congregations with One-Fifth or More Minority Racial/Ethnic
Membership by Synod -- 1999

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 and Hawaii

Southwest

Sun

Trinity

1

0

1

3


0

0

0

0


5

5

0

1


6

0

1

0

2

0

0

0


1

1

0

3


1

5

1

4


6

0

0

0

9

0

7

3


24

5

3

24


38

21

4

15


37

2

8

5

0

0

9

2


5

1

1

13


26

2

0

6


1

0

0

6

1

0

6

1


2

1

3

4


11

2

0

6


2

0

2

4

0

0

15

1


10

48

5

112


38

1

1

88


10

1

14

15

0

0

1

2


1

0

0

0


6

1

4

3


5

6

8

1

0

0

0

0


1

0

0

0


2

1

1

2


0

8

0

0

0

63

1

0


2

0

0

0


16

0

1

9


10

2

21

0

3

0

0

1


0

0

0

0


1

0

0

1


1

0

4

0

8

0

0

0


0

0

0

0


3

1

0

0


0

0

1

0

5

0

0

5


0

0

0

0


2

4

0

0


0

12

5

0

0

0

0

0


0

0

0

2


3

0

0

1


1

0

0

1

0

0

0

0


0

0

0

0


2

0

0

1


0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0


0

0

0

0


1

0

0

1


1

0

0

0

29

63

40

18


46

56

12

158


155

43

12

138


80

31

64

32

273

72

808

957


701

788

502

1,481


1,183

467

237

997


315

164

936

1,335

Churchwide Totals 23 24 205 72 45 359 38 15 125 11 13 33 8 3 3 977 11,216

Note: Data are based on reports from 88.9% of congregations.  


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Fifteen Largest PCUSA Congregations Based on Membership Size -- 1999

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