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

	Number of Congregations	Number of Members	Median Size of Congregations	Membership Change 1997-1998		Net Gain or Loss	Percent Gain or Loss 1997-1998
				Total Gains	Total Losses
Alaska-Northwest	273	61,811	129	5,179	5,269	-90	-0.15
Alaska Central Washington Inland Northwest North Puget Sound	15 44 50 34	1,420 8,300 10,268 7,891	54 97 95 219	93 423 895 895	53 997 704 732	40 -574 191 163	2.90 -6.47 1.90 2.11
Olympia Seattle Yukon	48 60 22	10,728 19,821 3,383	131 170 81	982 1,590 301	857 1,671 255	125 -81 46	1.18 -0.41 1.38
Boriquen en Puerto Rico	72	8,496	93	399	419	-20	-0.23
Noroeste (Northwest) San Juan Suroeste (Southwest)	29 14 29	4,070 2,005 2,421	96 93 67	160 83 156	86 191 142	74 -108 14	1.85 -5.11 0.58
Covenant	815	216,723	155	11,678	16,094	-4,416	-2.00
Cincinnati Detroit Eastminster Lake Huron	85 89 56 56	21,310 40,624 15,630 14,593	137 290 247 133	1,241 2,482 874 571	1,720 3,570 1,248 1,068	-479 -1,088 -374 -497	-2.20 -2.61 -2.34 -3.29
Lake Michigan Mackinac Maumee Valley Miami	70 42 84 66	21,740 7,374 16,018 18,311	219 112 115 189	1,259 536 766 881	1,572 366 923 1,074	-313 170 -157 -193	-1.42 2.36 -0.97 -1.04
Muskingum Valley Scioto Valley Western Reserve	98 113 56	15,920 28,149 17,054	91 123 192	613 1,478 977	1,219 1,945 1,389	-606 -467 -412	-3.67 -1.63 -2.36
Lakes and Prairies	961	188,442	117	8,862	12,794	-3,932	-2.04
Central Nebraska Dakota Des Moines East Iowa	42 23 65 85	7,887 1,101 12,196 18,944	106 46 121 155	298 -- 682 669	404 -- 853 1,055	-106 -- -171 -386	-1.33 -- -1.38 -2.00
Homestead John Knox Milwaukee Minnesota Valleys	61 64 51 68	12,183 11,937 12,145 12,659	100 125 162 139	585 501 618 453	866 726 1,101 778	-281 -225 -483 -325	-2.25 -1.85 -3.82 -2.50
Missouri River Valley North Central Iowa Northern Plains Northern Waters	58 55 76 64	13,966 10,912 9,137 8,747	161 136 47 74	853 572 351 473	1,195 627 561 614	-342 -55 -210 -141	-2.39 -0.05 -2.25 -1.59
Prospect Hill South Dakota Twin Cities Area Winnebago	59 71 77 42	10,525 9,848 27,285 8,970	131 94 163 111	335 428 1,552 492	627 676 1,834 877	-292 -248 -282 -385	-2.70 -2.46 -1.02 -4.12
Lincoln Trails	706	163,010	125	9,153	11,213	-2,060	-1.25
Blackhawk Chicago Great Rivers Midwest Hanmi	89 117 119 18	19,837 42,771 24,086 2,780	166 176 128 60	996 2,607 1,171 432	1,538 2,796 1,592 357	-542 -189 -421 75	-2.66 -0.44 -1.72 2.77
Ohio Valley Southeastern Illinois Wabash Valley Whitewater Valley	87 104 100 72	10,254 14,275 22,938 26,069	92 81 132 210	510 629 1,232 1,576	806 779 1,744 1,601	-296 -150 -512 -25	-2.81 -1.04 -2.07 -0.10
Living Waters	795	129,458	74	7,440	7,955	-515	-0.40
East Tennessee Holston Louisville Memphis	80 68 54 71	15,723 9,442 12,248 12,579	87 55 143 83	904 387 574 896	777 440 817 1,090	127 -53 -243 -194	0.81 -0.56 -1.95 -1.52
Middle Tennessee Mississippi North Alabama St. Andrew	95 47 35 79	19,129 7,476 6,097 7,103	72 66 98 30	1,495 490 281 390	787 521 532 587	708 -31 -251 -197	3.84 -0.41 -3.95 -2.70
Sheppards & Lapsley South Alabama Transylvania Western Kentucky	100 30 97 39	15,976 5,915 12,737 5,033	67 166 66 75	752 359 699 213	1,027 351 806 220	-275 8 -107 -7	-1.69 0.14 -0.83 -0.14
Mid-America	509	100,905	92	5,527	6,977	-1,450	-1.42
Giddings-Lovejoy Heartland John Calvin Missouri Union	102 114 64 81	27,213 29,444 9,900 9,516	111 101 84 63	1,616 1,893 610 366	1,998 2,174 593 686	-382 -281 17 -320	-1.38 -0.95 0.17 -3.25
Northern Kansas Southern Kansas	77 71	11,788 13,044	91 102	465 577	692 834	-227 -257	-1.89 -1.93
Mid-Atlantic	1,488	334,147	118	20,659	20,281	378	0.11
Abingdon Atlantic Korean-American* Baltimore Charlotte Coastal Carolina	58 13 72 139 190	5,130 1,263 21,622 43,662 31,292	47 55 215 176 85	292 384 1,457 2,587 1,718	218 71 1,454 2,206 1,540	74 313 3 381 178	1.46 -- 0.01 0.88 0.57
Eastern Virginia James National Capital New Castle	65 113 117 56	19,650 28,196 37,239 13,756	155 111 207 160	1,070 2,040 2,643 855	1,190 1,913 2,484 975	-120 127 159 -120	-0.61 0.44 0.43 -0.86
New Hope Peaks Salem Shenandoah	136 145 155 111	33,535 21,948 36,408 19,021	95 77 105 130	2,567 1,115 2,064 879	2,142 1,931 2,000 1,051	425 -816 64 -172	1.28 -3.58 0.18 -0.90
Western North Carolina	118	21,425	87	988	1,106	-118	-0.55
Northeast	1,182	249,308	135	14,894	17,126	-2,232	-0.89
Albany Boston Cayuga-Syracuse Eastern Korean	74 24 45 18	11,944 3,152 7,445 1,504	126 101 132 67	409 360 344 439	828 433 523 207	-419 -73 -179 232	-3.39 -2.26 -2.35 18.24
Elizabeth Genesee Valley Geneva Hudson River	51 74 61 95	17,434 18,941 9,560 19,116	224 179 118 131	979 890 436 898	1,223 1,276 518 1,229	-244 -386 -82 -331	-1.38 -2.00 -0.85 -1.70
Long Island Monmouth New Brunswick New York City	57 45 42 100	13,535 16,260 12,203 18,765	190 262 197 97	1,080 1,280 734 1,167	1,314 937 826 1,131	-234 343 -92 36	-1.70 2.15 -0.75 0.19
Newark Newton Northern New England Northern New York	45 64 32 38	8,801 16,672 3,953 3,966	131 203 87 81	608 1,123 303 160	547 1,182 270 312	61 -59 33 -152	0.70 -0.35 0.84 -3.69
Palisades Southern New England Susquehanna Valley Utica	51 34 58 39	9,768 9,492 7,919 5,248	127 179 81 99	633 597 316 212	700 843 458 258	-67 -246 -142 -46	-0.68 -2.53 -1.76 -0.87
West Jersey Western New York	66 69	16,148 17,482	175 189	932 994	946 1,165	-14 -171	-0.09 -0.97
Pacific	463	122,538	143	9,164	9,346	-182	-0.15
Boise Cascades Eastern Oregon Kendall	15 123 16 18	3,040 28,690 1,275 2,739	119 121 49 85	191 1,894 72 126	230 2,317 67 221	-39 -423 5 -95	-1.27 -1.45 0.39 -3.35
Nevada Redwoods Sacramento San Francisco	22 52 42 72	5,828 9,479 15,753 29,625	168 110 213 153	526 903 1,183 2,111	453 888 1,057 2,151	73 15 126 -40	1.27 0.16 0.81 -0.13
San Joaquin San Jose Stockton	37 43 23	8,784 12,563 4,762	143 204 155	877 971 310	673 929 360	204 42 -50	2.38 0.34 -1.04
Rocky Mountains	237	57,029	126	3,904	5,156	-1,252	-2.15
Denver Glacier Plains and Peaks Pueblo	50 19 44 28	14,505 3,988 12,822 9,644	207 113 142 132	1,136 194 813 639	1,550 350 880 589	-414 -156 -67 50	-2.77 -3.76 -0.52 0.52
Utah Western Colorado Wyoming Yellowstone	24 14 31 27	4,566 2,570 5,454 3,480	99 134 95 88	365 200 352 205	575 247 711 254	-210 -47 -359 -49	-4.40 -1.80 -6.18 -1.39
South Atlantic	994	299,310	151	23,544	22,413	1,131	0.38
Central Florida Charleston-Atlantic Cherokee Flint River	77 51 38 57	31,313 17,204 11,461 8,067	269 210 143 68	2,813 1,471 1,304 499	2,432 964 908 492	381 507 396 7	1.23 3.04 3.58 0.09
Florida Foothills Greater Atlanta New Harmony	44 66 109 79	9,587 22,836 50,093 14,308	109 116 228 73	742 1,425 4,143 839	680 1,210 3,398 789	62 215 745 50	0.65 0.95 1.51 0.35
Northeast Georgia Peace River Providence St. Augustine	61 38 60 63	9,601 22,718 8,680 20,114	80 458 70 202	649 1,547 459 1,839	582 1,541 490 1,644	67 6 -31 195	0.70 0.03 -0.36 0.98
Savannah Tampa Bay Trinity Tropical Florida	41 79 69 62	7,112 28,325 19,620 18,271	97 227 95 169	519 2,082 1,491 1,722	508 2,565 1,139 3,071	11 -483 352 -1,349	0.15 -1.68 1.83 -6.88
Southern California and Hawaii	317	102,872	167	7,237	8,073	-836	-0.81
Hanmi Los Ranchos Pacific Riverside	38 54 53 34	5,110 23,535 15,479 8,157	58 289 145 129	-- 1,822 1,170 434	-- 1,765 1,499 435	-- 57 -329 -1	-- 0.24 -2.08 -0.01
San Diego San Fernando San Gabriel Santa Barbara	33 31 44 30	19,640 9,825 10,821 10,305	327 174 128 278	1,560 621 794 836	1,480 1,040 1,127 727	80 -419 -333 109	0.41 -4.09 -2.99 1.07
Southwest	166	37,936	117	3,279	3,911	-632	-1.64
De Cristo Grand Canyon Santa Fe Sierra Blanca	29 71 43 23	9,197 18,359 7,416 2,964	160 129 90 79	678 1,621 744 236	823 2,022 791 275	-145 -401 -47 -39	-1.55 -2.14 -0.63 -1.30
Sun	944	212,295	105	12,625	14,292	-1,667	-0.78
Arkansas Cimarron Eastern Oklahoma Grace	96 15 77 185	18,165 3,560 13,833 50,663	111 155 55 133	1,026 156 715 3,231	1,240 204 711 3,509	-214 -48 4 -278	-1.16 -1.33 0.03 -0.55
Indian Nations Mission New Covenant Palo Duro	61 159 113 58	11,858 32,268 41,013 11,718	72 105 174 97	675 2,386 2,250 690	1,088 2,281 2,264 802	-413 105 -14 -112	-3.37 0.33 -0.03 -0.95
Pines South Louisana Tres Rios	71 73 36	7,773 12,784 8,660	51 80 103	337 800 359	384 970 839	-47 -170 -480	-0.60 -1.31 -5.25
Trinity	1,338	303,394	132	14,562	18,304	-3,742	-1.22
Beaver-Butler Carlisle Donegal Huntingdon	87 53 63 54	17,774 17,008 23,787 8,452	158 205 252 89	1,079 830 1,334 366	1,175 844 1,468 525	-96 -14 -134 -159	-0.54 -0.08 -0.56 -1.85
Kiskiminetas Lackawanna Lake Erie Lehigh	91 64 61 36	14,285 10,197 13,361 12,785	97 107 125 209	478 322 602 664	720 461 790 630	-242 -139 -188 34	-1.67 -1.34 -1.39 0.27
Northumberland Philadelphia Pittsburgh Redstone	44 151 166 88	6,587 46,466 52,904 19,278	107 162 193 145	299 2,499 2,524 862	311 2,984 3,069 1,414	-12 -485 -545 -552	-0.18 -1.03 -1.02 -2.78
Shenango Upper Ohio Valley Washington West Virginia	70 93 67 150	17,482 11,854 13,240 17,934	191 86 132 51	721 561 629 792	897 611 1,042 1,363	-176 -50 -413 -571	-1.00 -0.42 -3.02 -3.09
Total	11,260	2,587,674	123	158,106	179,623	-21,517	-0.82