TABLE 2

Distribution of PC(USA) Congregations by Church Membership Size and Synod -- 1995


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 Puerto Rico

Covenant

Lakes & Prairies


59

12

121

183


21.7

17.1

14.7

18.9


54

28

150

234


19.9

40.0

18.2

24.2


37

14

118

152


13.6

20.0

14.3

15.7


20

9

85

100


7.4

12.9

10.3

10.3


40

1

105

111


14.7

1.4

12.7

11.5


31

3

126

100


11.4

4.3

15.3

10.3


23

3

69

56


8.5

4.3

8.4

5.8


3

0

27

21


1.1

0.0

3.3

2.2


1

0

10

5


.4

0.0

1.2

.5


4

0

13

5


1.5

0.0

1.6

.5


272

70

824

967


2.4

.6

7.3

8.5


Lincoln Trails

Living Waters

Mid-America

Mid-Atlantic


126

328

138

336


17.6

40.0

26.7

22.8


149

157

124

322


20.8

19.2

24.0

21.8


124

84

75

190


17.3

10.3

14.5

12.9


72

55

47

140


10.1

6.7

9.1

9.5


91

85

38

164


12.7

10.4

7.4

11.1


77

56

54

156


10.8

6.8

10.4

10.6


42

29

21

92


5.9

3.5

4.1

6.2


20

14

9

46


2.8

1.7

1.7

3.1


6

8

4

18


.8

1.0

.8

1.2


9

3

7

12


1.3

.4

1.4

.8


716

819

517

1,476


6.3

7.2

4.6

13.0


Northeast

Pacific

Rocky Mountains

South Atlantic


158

67

43

190


13.3

14.5

18.2

19.2


238

97

55

199


20.1

21.0

23.3

20.1


218

67

27

107


18.4

14.5

11.4

10.8


154

49

24

83


13.0

10.6

10.2

8.4


158

61

28

110


13.3

13.2

11.9

11.1


151

60

31

131


12.8

13.0

13.1

13.3


72

31

18

89


6.1

6.7

7.6

9.0


20

18

5

49


1.7

3.9

2.1

5.0


11

7

2

14


.9

1.5

.8

1.4


4

5

3

16


.3

1.1

1.3

1.6


1,184

462

236

988


10.5

4.1

2.1

8.7


Southern Calif. and Hawaii

Southwest

Sun

Trinity



22

34

265

241



7.0

20.6

27.4

17.9



73

37

194

263



23.3

22.4

20.1

19.5



38

27

141

198



12.1

16.4

14.6

14.7



34

14

71

148



10.9

8.5

7.3

11.0



46

18

103

179



14.7

10.9

10.7

13.3



46

16

100

174



14.7

9.7

10.4

12.9



22

11

43

97



7.0

6.7

4.5

7.2



18

2

27

23



5.8

1.2

2.8

1.7



6

5

7

12



1.9

3.0

.7

.9



8

1

15

15



2.6

.6

1.6

1.1



313

165

966

1,350



2.8

1.5

8.5

11.9


Totals

2,323


2,374


1,617


1,105


1,338


1,312


718


302


116


120


11,325

100.0

Percent of PC(USA) Congregations


20.5


21.0


14.3


9.8


11.8


11.6


6.3


2.7


1.0


1.1


100.1

1 This number is less than the total number of congregations shown in Table 1 because there were 36 churches either with no members or for which no membership data were received.