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Show RELIGIOUS STATICS r OF U.S.JMPILED The following statistics upon the comparative strength of the religious denominations In the U. S. are taken from the 1917 world almanac. They were prepared by Dr. H. K. Carroll for the year 1915 in the Bulletin of Church Statistics under the auspices of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Since these figures were' compiled nearly all the denominations have made some growth but the ratio one to another is about the same. A total of only 39,380,670 communicants communi-cants are found in all the various sects and denominations, out of a total to-tal population of over 100,000,000 in the U. S. iA comparison of the strength of the five general divisions of religious teachings are interesting: I Protestants (25 bodies) 23,671.939, lor 609. of church population. I Catholics (10 bodies) 14,546,708, or 37 per cent of church population. iMormon (2 bodies) 397,000, or 1 . " per cent (plus) of church population. ( Jewish congregations 143,000, or about 1-3 of I per cent of church population. popu-lation. Christian Scientists 85,0!, or about 1-6 of 1 ner cent of church nonnlntimv (This is taken ifrom the last available avail-able statistics of the Scientist Church complied In 1907.) The' figures of the leading denominations denom-inations as given by Dr. II. K. Carroll .are also quite valuable: Methodist Churches 7,472.10.8 1!aptist Churches 6,307.055 Luthern Churches 2,4.14,184 ft Presbyterian Churches 2 104,o:i9 Disciples Churches 1,522,821 Protestant Kpiseopal 1,051,696 K'ongregatlonal Churches ... 771,362 (Reformed Churches 502.602 l United brethren Churches.. 360,387 i Church of Jesus Christ of I Utter-day (Saints 330.096 j These figures are only for the Unit-led Unit-led States. The following d-nomina-jtlons, Methodists, 'Ilnptists, Luthern, Presbyterians, Kpiseopal and Congre-'gational Congre-'gational churches have several mill-jions mill-jions of members In foreign countries. |
