Historical Statistics Regarding the Episcopal Church

Historical Statistics Regarding the Episcopal Church

© 2002 by Louie Crew.  Freely use the graphs, but only if you credit your source and send hard copy to L. Crew, 377 S. Harrison Street, #12D, East Orange, NJ 07018

Graphs by Louie Crew lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu

These graphs in the first series (150 years) are based on data supplied in The Episcopal Church Annual, 2002, pages 22-23. The graphs in the second series (30 years) used data from the 1970s as found on pages 18-19 of the Episcopal Church Annual for 1992.

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The 150 Years Between 1850-2000

Note: The gap appears because data for the number of parishes was not published for 1875.

Yes, the last graph is accurate. Receipts since 1955 have grown so enormous that the receipts for the earlier decades show up as near zero on this graph. Here are the actual amounts used in the graph:

Receipts in all ECUSA Congregations
1850342,936 1855727,477 18601,870,915 18652,700,004 18704,907,873
18756,899,306 18807,013,763 18859,017,155 189012,754,768 189513,449,926
190016,069,580 190516,296,694 191018,382,610 191520,972,590 192024,392,092
192541,746,056 193045,944,897 193530,425,501 194034,618,421 194546,170,035
195073,844,880 1955131,354,945 1960173,013,804 1965223,016,214 1970299,426,994
1975411,418,722 1980648,937,788 19851,028,818,309 19901,379,782,885 19951,398,479,032
20002,019,266,027

These are receipts to all parishes, not just the portions used by dioceses and by the Episcopal Church Center. The information is derived from parochial reports.

Here is the same data adjusted for inflation from 1915, using the inflation calculator at the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which first began compiling inflation data in 1913. Receipts are shown at their value in 2000:

The 30 Years Between 1970-2000

Note: The gap appears because data for receipts was not published for 1987.

Here is the same data adjusted for inflation, using the inflation calculator at the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Receipts are shown at their value in 2000

Note: The gap appears because data for receipts was not published for 1987.

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