Growth/Decline in The Episcopal Church, 1993-2003 and 2002-2003

Growth/Decline in The Episcopal Church, 1993-2003 and 2002-2003

© 2005 by Louie Crew lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu

The largest dioceses

In the 100 domestic dioceses, 29 percent of Episcopalians live in the 10 dioceses (10%) with more than 40,000 communicants: Over half of all Episcopalians live in the largest 23% of the 100 domestic dioceses.

Yellow in the tables below indicates the current dioceses of the nominees to be the 26th Presiding Bishop
Virginia 74,132
Texas 70,665
Massachusetts 60,101
Connecticut 53,003
Los Angeles 54,635
New York 48,558
Atlanta 46,326
Pennsylvania 44,903
Long Island 44,249
North Carolina 42,924
New Jersey 39,667
Maryland 36,452
Chicago 35,919
Dallas 34,327
Central Florida 32,554
Washington 32,783
Southwest Florida 30,882
Southeast Florida 30,437
Alabama 29,463
Newark 28,130
Southern Virginia 28,114
Florida 29,117
Colorado 28,013
Total: 955,354

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The Smallest Dioceses

37% of the dioceses of the Episcopal Church have fewer than 10,000 communicants, and only eleven percent of all Episcopalians live in these 40 dioceses:

Rochester 9,282
Indianapolis 9,578
West Tennessee 9,006
Iowa 8,719
West Virginia 8,633
San Joaquin 8,348
Kentucky 8,879
Eastern Michigan 7,649
Nebraska 8,290
Lexington 7,544
Easton 7,482
Northwest Texas 7,294
Wyoming 7,076
Hawaii 6,837
Spokane 6,891
Vermont 7,003
South Dakota 6,749
Alaska 5,678
Northern Indiana 5,360
Utah 5,371
Springfield 5,208
Montana 5,120
Idaho 5,179
Fond du Lac 5,335
Nevada 4,769
Virgin Islands 4,596
Northwestern PA 4,382
Dominican Republic 4,098
Puerto Rico 2,788
Europe 3,262
Eastern Oregon 2,401
Quincy 2,388
Western Kansas 2,390
Eau Claire 2,106
North Dakota 1,911
Northern Michigan 1,639
Ecuador Litoral 1,714
Colombia 739
Navajoland 538
Venezuela 368
Total: 212,600

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Dioceses Ranked in Growth (Decline)
During the Decade 1993-2003
in The Episcopal Church USA
See Growth/Decline of Communicants
See Growth/Decline of Attendance Averages
Diocese Rank % Growth
Communicants 		Rank % Growth
Avg. Attendance 		Rank # Communicants 2003 Rank Attendance 2003
Alabama 28 17 19 25
Alaska 5 35 87 96
Albany 72 54 44 39
Arizona 53 21 31 29
Arkansas 16 30 61 59
Atlanta 15 5 7 7
Bethlehem 91 68 65 64
California 19 39 25 30
Central Ecuador       
Central Florida 35 38 16 14
Central Gulf Coast 66 50 38 40
Central New York 82 97 45 50
Central Pennsylvania 98 60 58 56
Chicago 24 63 13 15
Colombia 108   107 107
Colorado 14 28 23 21
Connecticut 25 61 5 6
Dallas 21 3 14 16
Delaware 31 32 69 72
Dominican Republic 2   97 95
East Carolina 29 16 40 43
East Tennessee 33 44 49 53
Eastern Michigan 68 71 78 78
Eastern Oregon 32 7 100 101
Easton 74 46 80 81
Eau Claire 77 80 103 103
Ecuador Litoral 104   105 99
El Camino Real 56 25 57 55
Europe 3   98 100
Florida 8 13 20 23
Fond du Lac 96 43 90 87
Fort Worth 86 24 48 44
Georgia 38 18 42 42
Haiti 106   47 19
Hawaii 94 78 85 79
Honduras 1   33 31
Idaho 4 31 92 97
Indianapolis 12 73 70 66
Iowa 92 93 74 77
Kansas 63 23 56 58
Kentucky 45 11 73 73
Lexington 48 51 79 80
Long Island 84 74 9 9
Los Angeles 58 47 4 5
Louisiana 70 59 46 54
Maine 74 55 64 60
Maryland 34 41 12 18
Massachusetts 44 56 3 3
Michigan 68 86 30 32
Micronesia 93   109 110
Milwaukee 51 81 63 61
Minnesota 40 48 28 33
Mississippi 78 42 37 38
Missouri 6 84 54 63
Montana 57 58 93 94
Navajoland 103 100 108 109
Nebraska 49 70 77 76
Nevada 43 12 94 90
New Hampshire 23 49 59 65
New Jersey 55 64 11 10
New York 22 22 6 4
Newark 83 76 21 26
North Carolina 20 9 10 12
North Dakota 64 87 104 106
Northern California 37 52 50 48
Northern Indiana 67 72 89 84
Northern Michigan 102 79 106 105
Northwest Texas 85 82 81 83
Northwestern PA 99 88 96 92
Ohio 95 83 29 27
Oklahoma 53 27 43 46
Olympia 25 20 24 24
Oregon 41 40 41 41
Pennsylvania 80 75 8 8
Pittsburgh 59 29 39 37
Puerto Rico     99 91
Quincy 105 99 102 102
Rhode Island 64 77 36 45
Rio Grande 36 14 55 52
Rochester 100 98 71 71
San Diego 27 8 35 35
San Joaquin 51 37 76 69
South Carolina 13 2 26 20
South Dakota 60 96 86 88
Southeast Florida 16 45 18 17
Southern Ohio 76 36 34 34
Southern Virginia 50 33 22 22
Southwest Florida 39 53 17 13
Soutwestern Virginia 60 66 67 67
Spokane 101 91 84 86
Springfield 80 57 91 85
Taiwan        
Tennessee 10 1 53 51
Texas 30 4 2 2
Upper South Carolina 18 34 27 36
Utah 42 10 88 98
Venezuela    110 108
Vermont 62 62 83 82
Virgin Islands 107   95 93
Virginia 11 15 1 1
Washington 47 69 15 11
West Missouri 73 65 68 68
West Tennessee 87 67 72 74
West Texas 88 26 32 28
West Virginia 78 85 75 75
Western Kansas 71 90 101 104
Western Louisiana 89 95 66 70
Western Massachusett 89 89 52 49
Western Michigan 46 19 62 62
Western New York 97 94 60 57
Western North Caroli 9 6 51 47
Wyoming 7 92 82 89

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Diocesan Growth (Decline) in Percent of Communicants
During the Decade 1993-2003
in The Episcopal Church
See alphabetical listing of all ranks
See Growth/Decline of Attendance Averages
Diocese 1993 2003 Difference Percent diff. Rank of %
Honduras 1,688 20,705 19,017 1126.6% 1
Dominican Republic 1,448 4,098 2,650 183.0% 2
Europe 1,685 3,262 1,577 93.6% 3
Idaho 3,481 5,179 1,698 48.8% 4
Alaska 3,964 5,678 1,714 43.2% 5
Missouri 9,308 13,309 4,001 43.0% 6
Wyoming 4,969 7,076 2,107 42.4% 7
Florida 20,455 29,117 8,662 42.3% 8
Western North Caroli 10,201 14,300 4,099 40.2% 9
Tennessee 9,737 13,594 3,857 39.6% 10
Virginia 54,705 74,132 19,427 35.5% 11
Indianapolis 7,134 9,578 2,444 34.3% 12
South Carolina 18,207 24,299 6,092 33.5% 13
Colorado 21,070 28,013 6,943 33.0% 14
Atlanta 34,897 46,326 11,429 32.8% 15
Arkansas 9,403 12,458 3,055 32.5% 16
Southeast Florida 22,974 30,437 7,463 32.5% 16
Upper South Carolina 18,119 23,864 5,745 31.7% 18
California 19,069 25,028 5,959 31.2% 19
North Carolina 32,750 42,924 10,174 31.1% 20
Dallas 26,479 34,327 7,848 29.6% 21
New York 37,523 48,558 11,035 29.4% 22
New Hampshire 9,892 12,717 2,825 28.6% 23
Chicago 27,947 35,919 7,972 28.5% 24
Connecticut 41,265 53,003 11,738 28.4% 25
Olympia 21,492 27,601 6,109 28.4% 25
San Diego 15,215 19,520 4,305 28.3% 27
Alabama 23,008 29,463 6,455 28.1% 28
East Carolina 12,760 16,187 3,427 26.9% 29
Texas 55,855 70,665 14,810 26.5% 30
Delaware 8,289 10,438 2,149 25.9% 31
Eastern Oregon 1,908 2,401 493 25.8% 32
East Tennessee 11,745 14,664 2,919 24.9% 33
Maryland 29,408 36,452 7,044 24.0% 34
Central Florida 26,412 32,554 6,142 23.3% 35
Rio Grande 10,648 13,047 2,399 22.5% 36
Northern California 11,750 14,372 2,622 22.3% 37
Georgia 13,201 15,941 2,740 20.8% 38
Southwest Florida 25,771 30,882 5,111 19.8% 39
Minnesota 19,842 23,708 3,866 19.5% 40
Oregon 13,534 16,073 2,539 18.8% 41
Utah 4,526 5,371 845 18.7% 42
Nevada 4,041 4,769 728 18.0% 43
Massachusetts 50,966 60,101 9,135 17.9% 44
Kentucky 7,551 8,879 1,328 17.6% 45
Western Michigan 10,173 11,910 1,737 17.1% 46
Washington 28,330 32,783 4,453 15.7% 47
Lexington 6,535 7,544 1,009 15.4% 48
Nebraska 7,254 8,290 1,036 14.3% 49
Southern Virginia 24,660 28,114 3,454 14.0% 50
Milwaukee 10,455 11,909 1,454 13.9% 51
San Joaquin 7,330 8,348 1,018 13.9% 51
Arizona 19,937 22,698 2,761 13.8% 53
Oklahoma 13,885 15,795 1,910 13.8% 53
New Jersey 34,882 39,667 4,785 13.7% 55
El Camino Real 11,375 12,847 1,472 12.9% 56
Montana 4,556 5,120 564 12.4% 57
Los Angeles 48,766 54,635 5,869 12.0% 58
Pittsburgh 14,996 16,788 1,792 11.9% 59
South Dakota 6,032 6,749 717 11.9% 60
Soutwestern Virginia 9,892 11,067 1,175 11.9% 60
Vermont 6,282 7,003 721 11.5% 62
Kansas 11,591 12,895 1,304 11.3% 63
Rhode Island 17,209 19,123 1,914 11.1% 64
North Dakota 1,720 1,911 191 11.1% 64
Central Gulf Coast 15,267 16,878 1,611 10.6% 66
Northern Indiana 4,872 5,360 488 10.0% 67
Michigan 27,835 22,856 (4,979) 9.6% 68
Eastern Michigan   7,649 n/a 9.6% 68
Louisiana 14,142 15,492 1,350 9.5% 70
Western Kansas 2,197 2,390 193 8.8% 71
Albany 14,393 15,652 1,259 8.7% 72
West Missouri 10,067 10,842 775 7.7% 73
Easton 6,960 7,482 522 7.5% 74
Maine 10,857 11,666 809 7.5% 74
Southern Ohio 18,765 20,160 1,395 7.4% 76
Eau Claire 1,978 2,106 128 6.5% 77
West Virginia 8,133 8,633 500 6.1% 78
Mississippi 16,987 18,017 1,030 6.1% 78
Pennsylvania 42,520 44,903 2,383 5.6% 80
Springfield 4,933 5,208 275 5.6% 80
Central New York 14,881 15,580 699 4.7% 82
Newark 27,006 28,130 1,124 4.2% 83
Long Island 42,612 44,249 1,637 3.8% 84
Northwest Texas 7,035 7,294 259 3.7% 85
Fort Worth 14,499 14,938 439 3.0% 86
West Tennessee 8,759 9,006 247 2.8% 87
West Texas 21,572 22,163 591 2.7% 88
Western Louisiana 10,975 11,226 251 2.3% 89
Western Massachusett 13,565 13,873 308 2.3% 89
Bethlehem 11,524 11,642 118 1.0% 91
Iowa 8,755 8,719 (36) -0.4% 92
Micronesia 378 374 (4) -1.1% 93
Hawaii 6,966 6,837 (129) -1.9% 94
Ohio 23,774 23,253 (521) -2.2% 95
Fond du Lac 5,498 5,335 (163) -3.0% 96
Western New York 13,257 12,599 (658) -5.0% 97
Central Pennsylvania 13,572 12,779 (793) -5.8% 98
Northwestern PA 4,679 4,382 (297) -6.3% 99
Rochester 10,042 9,282 (760) -7.6% 100
Spokane 7,599 6,891 (708) -9.3% 101
Northern Michigan 1,847 1,639 (208) -11.3% 102
Navajoland 621 538 (83) -13.4% 103
Ecuador Litoral 2,210 1,714 (496) -22.4% 104
Quincy 3,130 2,388 (742) -23.7% 105
Haiti 20,990 15,288 (5,702) -27.2% 106
Virgin Islands 8,269 4,596 (3,673) -44.4% 107
Colombia 1,506 739 (767) -50.9% 108
Puerto Rico   2,788 n/a n/a  
Venezuela   368 n/a n/a  
Central Ecuador   n/a n/a n/a  
Taiwan 994 n/a n/a n/a  
Totals: 1,618,573 1,920,089 291,705 18.0%  

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Michigan: Special cases

The Diocese of Eastern Michigan split off from the Diocese of Michigan in the middle of the decade. The combined total of both in 2003 (30,505) is an increase of 9.6% in communicants over the total for the Diocese of Michigan in 1993. for an estimated rank of 68. I have let the two dioceses share the same rank.

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Diocesan Growth (Decline) in Percent of Avg Attendance
in the Decade 1993-2002
in the Episcopal Church
See Alphabetical Listing of Ranks
See Growth/Decline of Communicants
Diocese 1993 2003 Difference Percent diff. Rank of %
Tennessee 4,829 6,373 1,544 32.0% 1
South Carolina 10,788 13,719 2,931 27.2% 2
Dallas 12,368 15,183 2,815 22.8% 3
Texas 25,894 30,769 4,875 18.8% 4
Atlanta 15,763 18,714 2,951 18.7% 5
Western North Caroli 6,068 7,044 976 16.1% 6
Eastern Oregon 1,093 1,267 174 15.9% 7
San Diego 7,991 9,175 1,184 14.8% 8
North Carolina 14,775 16,765 1,990 13.5% 9
Utah 1,686 1,896 210 12.5% 10
Kentucky 3,750 4,102 352 9.4% 11
Nevada 2,153 2,344 191 8.9% 12
Florida 11,800 12,826 1,026 8.7% 13
Rio Grande 5,695 6,187 492 8.6% 14
Virginia 29,618 31,954 2,336 7.9% 15
East Carolina 6,922 7,439 517 7.5% 16
Alabama 10,844 11,527 683 6.3% 17
Georgia 7,112 7,516 404 5.7% 18
Western Michigan 5,085 5,330 245 4.8% 19
Olympia 12,066 12,622 556 4.6% 20
Arizona 10,150 10,575 425 4.2% 21
New York 21,630 22,517 887 4.1% 22
Kansas 5,621 5,807 186 3.3% 23
Fort Worth 7,150 7,377 227 3.2% 24
El Camino Real 5,848 6,025 177 3.0% 25
West Texas 10,390 10,630 240 2.3% 26
Oklahoma 7,047 7,202 155 2.2% 27
Colorado 13,093 13,363 270 2.1% 28
Pittsburgh 8,131 8,281 150 1.8% 29
Arkansas 5,383 5,465 82 1.5% 30
Idaho 1,935 1,957 22 1.1% 31
Delaware 4,162 4,206 44 1.1% 32
Southern Virginia 13,144 13,204 60 0.5% 33
Upper South Carolina 8,689 8,722 33 0.4% 34
Alaska 2,021 2,022 1 0.0% 35
Southern Ohio 9,231 9,232 1 0.0% 36
San Joaquin 4,427 4,425 (2) -0.0% 37
Central Florida 16,523 16,509 (14) -0.1% 38
California 10,331 10,221 (110) -1.1% 39
Oregon 7,688 7,606 (82) -1.1% 40
Maryland 14,362 14,151 (211) -1.5% 41
Mississippi 8,094 7,963 (131) -1.6% 42
Fond du Lac 2,728 2,681 (47) -1.7% 43
East Tennessee 6,253 6,134 (119) -1.9% 44
Southeast Florida 14,877 14,536 (341) -2.3% 45
Easton 3,452 3,357 (95) -2.8% 46
Los Angeles 22,950 22,271 (679) -3.0% 47
Minnesota 9,682 9,388 (294) -3.0% 48
New Hampshire 5,018 4,858 (160) -3.2% 49
Central Gulf Coast 7,947 7,646 (301) -3.8% 50
Lexington 3,653 3,502 (151) -4.1% 51
Northern California 7,310 7,005 (305) -4.2% 52
Southwest Florida 17,392 16,661 (731) -4.2% 53
Albany 8,121 7,745 (376) -4.6% 54
Maine 5,713 5,444 (269) -4.7% 55
Massachusetts 23,814 22,597 (1,217) -5.1% 56
Springfield 2,970 2,816 (154) -5.2% 57
Montana 2,254 2,120 (134) -5.9% 58
Louisiana 6,498 6,110 (388) -6.0% 59
Central Pennsylvania 6,348 5,958 (390) -6.1% 60
Connecticut 23,307 21,859 (1,448) -6.2% 61
Vermont 3,394 3,176 (218) -6.4% 62
Chicago 16,986 15,851 (1,135) -6.7% 63
New Jersey 18,986 17,711 (1,275) -6.7% 64
West Missouri 4,970 4,611 (359) -7.2% 65
Soutwestern Virginia 5,048 4,680 (368) -7.3% 66
West Tennessee 4,410 4,088 (322) -7.3% 67
Bethlehem 5,264 4,879 (385) -7.3% 68
Washington 18,354 16,919 (1,435) -7.8% 69
Nebraska 4,186 3,834 (352) -8.4% 70
Eastern Michigan 4,025 3,684 (341) -8.5% 71
Northern Indiana 3,240 2,955 (285) -8.8% 72
Indianapolis 5,222 4,759 (463) -8.9% 73
Long Island 20,278 18,453 (1,825) -9.0% 74
Pennsylvania 20,454 18,609 (1,845) -9.0% 75
Newark 11,867 10,745 (1,122) -9.5% 76
Rhode Island 8,079 7,295 (784) -9.7% 77
Hawaii 4,051 3,628 (423) -10.4% 78
Northern Michigan 996 889 (107) -10.7% 79
Eau Claire 1,142 1,015 (127) -11.1% 80
Milwaukee 6,090 5,403 (687) -11.3% 81
Northwest Texas 3,396 3,007 (389) -11.5% 82
Ohio 12,131 10,706 (1,425) -11.7% 83
Missouri 5,650 4,949 (701) -12.4% 84
West Virginia 4,554 3,983 (571) -12.5% 85
Michigan 10,826 9,461 (1,365) -12.6% 86
North Dakota 977 845 (132) -13.5% 87
Northwestern PA 2,582 2,231 (351) -13.6% 88
Western Massachusett 7,803 6,696 (1,107) -14.2% 89
Western Kansas 1,177 992 (185) -15.7% 90
Spokane 3,288 2,770 (518) -15.8% 91
Wyoming 2,890 2,424 (466) -16.1% 92
Iowa 4,422 3,705 (717) -16.2% 93
Western New York 6,959 5,810 (1,149) -16.5% 94
Western Louisiana 5,238 4,365 (873) -16.7% 95
South Dakota 3,228 2,677 (551) -17.1% 96
Central New York 8,089 6,621 (1,468) -18.1% 97
Rochester 5,228 4,271 (957) -18.3% 98
Quincy 1,477 1,206 (271) -18.3% 99
Navajoland 342 214 (128) -37.4% 100
Honduras   9,982      
Dominican Republic   2,098      
Europe   1,480      
Micronesia   177      
Ecuador Litoral   1,562      
Haiti   14,083      
Virgin Islands   2,191      
Colombia   738      
Central Ecuador          
Puerto Rico   2,251      
Taiwan   n/a      
Venezuela   318      
Totals: 828,936 857,897 28,961 3.5%  

The Parochial Reports Office of General Convention provides me with this data. Although Eastern Michigan was not a diocese in 1993, the Office has calculated attendance of those parishes that became a part of that diocese when it was created in 1995. Data here for the Diocese of Michigan in 1993 reflects only those parishes that remained in that dicoese in 2003.

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Church vs. State Growth/Decline
StateCensuses 2000 vs 1990Communicants 2003 vs 1993
AK 14.0% 43.2%
AL 10.0% 28.1%
AR 13.7% 32.5%
AZ 40.0% 13.8%
CA 13.8% 20.1%
CO 30.6% 33.0%
CT 3.6% 28.4%
DC -5.8% 15.7%
DE 17.7% 25.9%
FL 23.5% 25.7%
GA 26.4% 26.8%
HI 9.3% -1.9%
IA 5.4% -0.4%
ID 28.5% 48.8%
IL 8.6% 3.5%
IN 9.7% 22.1%
KS 8.5% 10.0%
KY 9.7% 16.5%
LA 5.9% 5.9%
MA 5.5% 10.1%
MD 10.8% 15.7%
ME 3.8% 7.5%
MI 6.9% 6.3%
MN 12.4% 19.5%
MO 9.3% 25.3%
MS 10.6% 6.1%
MT 12.9% 12.4%
NC 21.4% 32.7%
ND 0.5% 11.1%
NE 8.4% 14.3%
NH 11.4% 28.6%
NJ 8.9% 8.9%
NM 20.1% 22.5%
NV 66.2% 2.3%
NY 5.5% 5.7%
OH 4.7% 2.6%
OK 9.7% 13.8%
OR 20.4% 22.3%
PA 3.4% 1.3%
RI 4.5% 11.1%
SC 15.1% 32.6%
SD 8.5% 11.9%
TN 16.7% 22.4%
TX 22.8% 13.1%
UT 29.6% 18.7%
VA 14.4% 20.5%
VT 8.1% 11.5%
WA 21.1% 9.6%
WI 9.6% 5.8%
WV 0.9% 6.1%
WY 8.8% 42.4%
Overall 13.2% 17.7%

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Changes in the last year for which we have data, 2003-2002

Communicants Gained(Lost)
from 2002-2003
See Attendance Gained(Lost) in the same year
DioceseChange 2002-2003%
Navajoland 150 38.7%
South Carolina 1,779 7.9%
Kentucky 366 4.3%
Los Angeles 1,971 3.7%
Florida 517 1.8%
Western Kansas 42 1.8%
Nebraska 126 1.5%
Virginia 916 1.3%
Tennessee 165 1.2%
New York 564 1.2%
West Missouri 120 1.1%
Arkansas 137 1.1%
North Carolina 444 1.0%
East Tennessee 147 1.0%
Upper South Carolina 238 1.0%
California 248 1.0%
Vermont 67 1.0%
Pittsburgh 149 0.9%
Soutwestern Virginia 63 0.6%
San Diego 80 0.4%
West Virginia 23 0.3%
South Dakota (19) -0.3%
Southern Ohio (68) -0.3%
Minnesota (89) -0.4%
Fond du Lac (25) -0.5%
Missouri (85) -0.6%
Delaware (73) -0.7%
Albany (113) -0.7%
Texas (523) -0.7%
Washington (260) -0.8%
Connecticut (457) -0.9%
Arizona (224) -1.0%
Mississippi (203) -1.1%
El Camino Real (154) -1.2%
Maine (144) -1.2%
Western North Caroli (177) -1.2%
Colorado (355) -1.3%
Iowa (128) -1.4%
Western Louisiana (181) -1.6%
Northwest Texas (133) -1.8%
Southern Virginia (520) -1.8%
Northwestern PA (82) -1.8%
Olympia (520) -1.8%
Kansas (256) -1.9%
East Carolina (324) -2.0%
New Jersey (802) -2.0%
Fort Worth (306) -2.0%
Eau Claire (46) -2.1%
Western Massachusett (324) -2.3%
Western New York (320) -2.5%
Newark (717) -2.5%
San Joaquin (218) -2.5%
Chicago (946) -2.6%
Quincy (63) -2.6%
Central New York (457) -2.8%
Bethlehem (350) -2.9%
Atlanta (1,414) -3.0%
Pennsylvania (1,381) -3.0%
Oklahoma (488) -3.0%
Milwaukee (375) -3.1%
Louisiana (531) -3.3%
Spokane (238) -3.3%
Central Pennsylvania (443) -3.4%
Georgia (564) -3.4%
Rhode Island (686) -3.5%
Central Florida (1,171) -3.5%
West Texas (826) -3.6%
Ohio (901) -3.7%
Idaho (203) -3.8%
Indianapolis (397) -4.0%
Dallas (1,425) -4.0%
Massachusetts (2,549) -4.1%
Easton (324) -4.2%
Rio Grande (573) -4.2%
Utah (236) -4.2%
Michigan (1,020) -4.3%
Long Island (1,996) -4.3%
Maryland (1,719) -4.5%
Wyoming (341) -4.6%
Alabama (1,453) -4.7%
Southeast Florida (1,518) -4.8%
Western Michigan (594) -4.8%
Southwest Florida (1,550) -4.8%
Nevada (261) -5.2%
Montana (285) -5.3%
New Hampshire (709) -5.3%
Hawaii (408) -5.6%
Springfield (316) -5.7%
North Dakota (124) -6.1%
Eastern Oregon (158) -6.2%
Alaska (391) -6.4%
Lexington (530) -6.6%
Oregon (1,176) -6.8%
West Tennessee (663) -6.9%
Rochester (716) -7.2%
Central Gulf Coast (1,475) -8.0%
Northern Michigan (150) -8.4%
Northern Indiana (500) -8.5%
Northern California (1,407) -8.9%
Eastern Michigan (833) -9.8%

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Average Attendance Gained(Lost)
from 2002-2003
See Communicants Gained(Lost) in the same year
DioceseChange 2002-2003%
Eastern Oregon 62 5.1%
Western Kansas 47 5.0%
Tennessee 163 2.6%
North Dakota 19 2.3%
East Carolina 164 2.3%
South Carolina 278 2.1%
Northwestern PA 40 1.8%
San Diego 132 1.5%
Navajoland 3 1.4%
Kentucky 29 0.7%
Fond du Lac 14 0.5%
West Virginia 14 0.4%
Western Michigan 6 0.1%
Louisiana (1) -0.0%
Arizona (29) -0.3%
Florida (37) -0.3%
Dallas (91) -0.6%
Western New York (36) -0.6%
Fort Worth (46) -0.6%
Mississippi (60) -0.7%
San Joaquin (36) -0.8%
Northwest Texas (30) -1.0%
New York (226) -1.0%
Michigan (113) -1.2%
Southeast Florida (176) -1.2%
Maine (73) -1.3%
Atlanta (259) -1.4%
Missouri (69) -1.4%
Washington (243) -1.4%
Georgia (108) -1.4%
Oregon (119) -1.5%
Soutwestern Virginia (75) -1.6%
Northern Michigan (15) -1.7%
Central New York (113) -1.7%
Colorado (239) -1.8%
Oklahoma (140) -1.9%
Arkansas (110) -2.0%
Rio Grande (125) -2.0%
Central Florida (335) -2.0%
Newark (221) -2.0%
Springfield (60) -2.1%
Pittsburgh (199) -2.3%
Quincy (30) -2.4%
Delaware (109) -2.5%
Kansas (153) -2.6%
Eau Claire (27) -2.6%
Texas (827) -2.6%
Chicago (429) -2.6%
Virginia (866) -2.6%
East Tennessee (167) -2.7%
North Carolina (459) -2.7%
El Camino Real (171) -2.8%
Olympia (360) -2.8%
Western Massachusett (200) -2.9%
Albany (235) -2.9%
Southern Virginia (403) -3.0%
Indianapolis (157) -3.2%
Spokane (92) -3.2%
Rhode Island (243) -3.2%
New Jersey (593) -3.2%
Vermont (107) -3.3%
Minnesota (320) -3.3%
Northern Indiana (102) -3.3%
Southwest Florida (602) -3.5%
Northern California (259) -3.6%
Pennsylvania (694) -3.6%
Western North Caroli (267) -3.7%
Idaho (75) -3.7%
Hawaii (140) -3.7%
Central Gulf Coast (300) -3.8%
Southern Ohio (372) -3.9%
Nebraska (157) -3.9%
Utah (80) -4.0%
Ohio (458) -4.1%
Upper South Carolina (381) -4.2%
Long Island (811) -4.2%
Connecticut (982) -4.3%
Iowa (167) -4.3%
Rochester (193) -4.3%
Los Angeles (1,081) -4.6%
Easton (163) -4.6%
West Texas (575) -5.1%
Alabama (636) -5.2%
West Missouri (264) -5.4%
Bethlehem (283) -5.5%
Nevada (136) -5.5%
Milwaukee (325) -5.7%
South Dakota (162) -5.7%
Wyoming (148) -5.8%
Eastern Michigan (228) -5.8%
Central Pennsylvania (372) -5.9%
Massachusetts (1,432) -6.0%
California (652) -6.0%
New Hampshire (316) -6.1%
Maryland (997) -6.6%
Montana (152) -6.7%
West Tennessee (323) -7.3%
Lexington (306) -8.0%
Western Louisiana (427) -8.9%
Alaska (244) -10.8%

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Sources

The Parochial Reports Office of General Convention provided me with the data Average Sunday Attendance Data for the years before that information was published in the Episcopal Church Annual.

I culled communicant data from The Episcopal Church Annual for all years reported. The Annual reports data for two years earlier, i.e., the 2005 Annual reports data for 2003.

Data for Province 9 is likely not trustworthy before 2003, as only then did those dioceses start filing parochial reports as required by the canons. For earlier years the General Convention Office published estimates only, the same estimates for many years for each diocese.

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