Deseret Evening News | 1910-06-06 | Page 4 | Denominational Statistics

III IX II STATISTICS According to 10 a l census report for tor or 1904 the Iho aggregate number of ot communicants cants ants anI or members of ot nil all religious bod hod bodies ho hoI ice ies I s In this Ihl country is 18 s Of ot this total tho the various Protestant bodies odle numbered and anti the tho Human Catholics Ono Onn striking fact that in is brought out IUt ut utby by 1 these figures l Is I this that consider considerably ably flu lens lees IM than titan halt half of at the Iho entire putu atlon of ot the United States Is I Identified with the various churches If JC tho ho popit Is II estimated at nail the Iho church members mern rl at In round numbers there lira are out outride outsIde sIde ride the How Ho Is 19 this tu to be accounted for tor Another tact fact conies comes out by 11 cOIn parI ton tOI of ot figures figure and that Is this that th the unman Itoman Catholics predominate lo over tita In the larger cities of cI the tho United HIli Ie Of or the Protestant Prole UK ig lIlo thins were ere or 73 i r cent ernt In the Ih first tint class clams cities 47 7 per cent In tn tho send and 74 H per cent In tho Ut third and nn fourth classes combined shile Dd SO p per Ier r cent ten outside the thO principal cities Of tho ho Cath Cuth Catholic olic churchs total membership there were wen 53 or TP 79 per Iler cent In first class elou cities or per par cent conI In tho the or 11 13 per cent In III Intha hithe the tha third anti and fourth classes eln combined I with ith or per Ier cent outside the principal c It Is 18 It seen leen there therefore tore fore that thaI the tha numbers of ot members of the Catholic Church reported III In I cities of the lie first nul dun clues woe nan consider considerably considerably ably more than that double tho tim number r re rc reported ported by b all 1111 the t nt bodies bolIo I while of tho tito principal cities the th number reported rel by b the Catholics only a 11 little over of ot tho the num lIum number number I ber I fr credited to 10 tho the Protestants Irole Tho rho n showing the he largest pr p r of or Itoman communicants I cants Cents are full Fail 81 BUi tL C per par cent Bun Ritti Francisco HI per lien cent enl New Nw Orleans per cent Ihl ent New Now York Tonic per cent I Providence per ler cent St SI Loule 69 per par cent per cent Chicago 6 2 per cent anti Philadelphia hia 68 per I vent cent Tho Tue cities showing the Ih proportions Proportions tlona of or communicants aro I 14 p r cent Toledo 70 iO per ir percent cent Washington 69 per cent Kan Ken Kansas Kensal I sal sas City Mo per cent and Indian Indianapolis polls apolis MI per cent