[HoB/D] Diocesan scores on this question: What percent of "card-carrying" (=confirmed) Episcopalians are in church on an average Sunday?

[Louie Crew <lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu>]

I computed these percentages based on the average Sunday attendance in each
diocese divided by the number of communicants in each diocese. Both types of
data are recorded in the 2008 EPISCOPAL CHURCH ANNUAL, pages 16-19.  The
ANNUAL derived its data from parochial reports filed in 2006.

Are these percentages of any significance?   Researchers report that average
attendance data is more reliable that communicant data. Are the two sets of
data too flawed to be trusted when combined?

Note that some of our numerically 'small' dioceses get a higher score here
than some of our numerically 'large' diocese.

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Average Sunday Attendance as a percent of Communicants, from highest to
lowest

Rank   % of attendance on average

1	117.9%	Taiwan
2	92.8%	Central Ecuador
3	81.1%	Dominican Republic
4	80.2%	Venezuela
5	68.7%	Haiti
6	65.1%	Puerto Rico
7	63.6%	Quincy
8	60.8%	Eastern Oregon
9	60.5%	Virgin Islands
10	54.2%	Northern Michigan
11	54.2%	Northern Indiana
12	52.8%	Lexington
13	52.6%	Albany
14	51.9%	Indianapolis
15	51.7%	Fond du Lac
16	51.6%	Southwest Florida
17	51.6%	Hawaii
18	51.4%	Central Florida
19	51.3%	South Carolina
20	51.3%	Springfield
21	50.9%	Rochester
22	49.9%	Western North Carolina
23	49.9%	Northwestern Pennsylvania
24	49.9%	Fort Worth
25	49.3%	Eau Claire
26	49.1%	Nevada
27	48.9%	Pittsburgh
28	48.8%	Washington
29	48.8%	West Texas
30	48.5%	Milwaukee
31	48.4%	Tennessee
32	48.2%	Nebraska
33	48.2%	West Tennessee
34	48.1%	West Virginia
35	48.0%	Easton
36	47.4%	Western New York
37	47.4%	San Joaquin
38	47.4%	Vermont
39	47.2%	Oregon
40	47.1%	Kentucky
41	46.8%	Montana
42	46.8%	New York
43	46.8%	Rio Grande
44	46.7%	Arizona
45	46.6%	Northern California
46	46.6%	Eastern Michigan
47	46.5%	Southeast Florida
48	46.5%	West Missouri
49	46.2%	Georgia
50	45.7%	Navajoland
51	45.6%	Olympia
52	45.5%	Central Pennsylvania
53	45.5%	El Camino Real
54	45.3%	Southern Virginia
55	45.1%	Western Kansas
-----------------------------------The middle (median)
56	45.0%	Kansas
57	44.9%	Ohio
58	44.8%	Oklahoma
59	44.7%	Maine
60	44.7%	Colorado
61	44.3%	Western Michigan
62	44.2%	San Diego
63	44.1%	Texas
64	44.0%	Honduras
65	43.9%	Western Massachusetts
66	43.9%	Southern Ohio
67	43.8%	Southwestern Virginia
68	43.2%	Michigan
69	43.2%	Central New York
70	43.0%	Arkansas
71	42.9%	Dallas
72	42.9%	Iowa
73	42.7%	East Carolina
74	42.7%	Central Gulf  Coast
75	42.6%	Chicago
76	42.6%	Delaware
77	42.5%	Spokane
78	42.4%	Mississippi
79	42.3%	Louisiana
80	42.1%	Florida
81	42.0%	East Tennessee
82	42.0%	Minnesota
83	41.8%	Long Island
84	41.8%	New Jersey
85	41.8%	New Hampshire
86	41.7%	Atlanta
87	41.7%	Northwest Texas
88	41.4%	Colombia
89	41.0%	Los Angeles
90	40.7%	South Dakota
91	40.7%	Upper South Carolina
92	40.7%	Virginia
93	40.2%	North Carolina
94	40.1%	The Convocation of American Churches in Europe
95	39.6%	Connecticut
96	39.6%	Bethlehem
97	39.6%	Idaho
98	39.3%	Pennsylvania
99	39.1%	North Dakota
100	38.9%	Western Louisiana
101	38.7%	California
102	38.6%	Massachusetts
103	38.4%	Missouri
104	38.1%	Maryland
105	37.3%	Rhode Island
106	37.1%	Utah
107	37.0%	Alabama
108	36.2%	Newark
109	35.6%	Alaska
110	35.5%	Wyoming
111	18.9%	Litoral Ecuador


As a variation, I computed the average percent of attendance by province:

Prv   % of communicants in church on average
1	41.9%
2	48.2%
3	44.5%
4	45.4%
5	48.6%
6	42.5%
7	44.8%
8	49.0%
9	60.5%

I hope readers will share on the list what they make of this information.
E.g., are those out West really less likely to 'sleep in' than those in New
England?

It appears the Diocese of Taiwan is attracting more visitors than
communicants.

See a map for TEC provinces at
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/%7Elcrew/provinces.jpg

And for those who like to see the raw data.  The first number is 'average
Sunday attendance,' the second 'confirmed communicants.'


10,639	28,751	Alabama
2,005		5,625		Alaska
7,423		14,105	Albany
9,677		20,740	Arizona
5,085		11,815	Arkansas
17,792	42,646	Atlanta
4,423		11,179	Bethlehem
9,613		24,826	California
735		792		Central Ecuador
15,686	30,491	Central Florida
7,099		16,635	Central Gulf  Coast
6,094		14,121	Central New York
5,735		12,611	Central Pennsylvania
14,221	33,387	Chicago
962		2,325		Colombia
12,710	28,449	Colorado
20,118	50,822	Connecticut
12,922	30,101	Dallas
4,148		9,743		Delaware
3,025		3,730		Dominican Republic
7,454		17,464	East Carolina
5,820		13,865	East Tennessee
3,029		6,498		Eastern Michigan
1,229		2,022		Eastern Oregon
3,366		7,006		Easton
1,003		2,036		Eau Claire
5,279		11,612	El Camino Real
9,695		23,004	Florida
2,494		4,820		Fond du Lac
7,155		14,339	Fort Worth
7,281		15,775	Georgia
14,066	20,463	Haiti
3,379		6,551		Hawaii
12,338	28,050	Honduras
1,965		4,968		Idaho
4,455		8,582		Indianapolis
3,533		8,237		Iowa
4,922		10,928	Kansas
3,923		8,334		Kentucky
3,308		6,263		Lexington
744		3,929		Litoral Ecuador
17,341	41,442	Long Island
21,230	51,739	Los Angeles
5,797		13,715	Louisiana
5,016		11,211	Maine
13,068	34,272	Maryland
21,109	54,686	Massachusetts
8,606		19,906	Michigan
4,999		10,317	Milwaukee
8,546		20,360	Minnesota
7,528		17,755	Mississippi
4,943		12,877	Missouri
2,083		4,451		Montana
205		449		Navajoland
3,483		7,221		Nebraska
2,223		4,529		Nevada
4,553		10,890	New Hampshire
16,710	39,939	New Jersey
21,418	45,768	New York
9,817		27,147	Newark
16,288	40,505	North Carolina
765		1,957		North Dakota
6,350		13,618	Northern California
2,597		4,795		Northern Indiana
800		1,476		Northern Michigan
2,550		6,122		Northwest Texas
1,989		3,986		Northwestern Pennsylvania
9,661		21,525	Ohio
6,444		14,399	Oklahoma
11,826	25,943	Olympia
7,154		15,166	Oregon
17,151	43,679	Pennsylvania
7,902		16,148	Pittsburgh
2,523		3,873		Puerto Rico
1,105		1,738		Quincy
6,504		17,428	Rhode Island
5,667		12,115	Rio Grande
3,959		7,773		Rochester
8,071		18,269	San Diego
3,947		8,326		San Joaquin
13,861	27,017	South Carolina
2,550		6,262		South Dakota
13,385	28,793	Southeast Florida
8,890		20,254	Southern Ohio
12,574	27,727	Southern Virginia
15,778	30,577	Southwest Florida
4,532		10,352	Southwestern Virginia
2,538		5,975		Spokane
2,429		4,736		Springfield
803		681		Taiwan
6,494		13,422	Tennessee
29,611	67,103	Texas
1,354		3,375		The Convocation of American Churches in
Europe
8,755		21,508	Upper South Carolina
1,689		4,550		Utah
396		494		Venezuela
3,073		6,483		Vermont
2,251		3,720		Virgin Islands
26,353	64,743	Virginia
15,794	32,333	Washington
4,609		9,916		West Missouri
3,675		7,625		West Tennessee
10,592	21,725	West Texas
3,698		7,695		West Virginia
874		1,940		Western Kansas
4,015		10,313	Western Louisiana
6,057		13,790	Western Massachusetts
5,045		11,400	Western Michigan
5,127		10,811	Western New York
7,008		14,034	Western North Carolina
2,235		6,296		Wyoming


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Louie Crew, 377 S. Harrison St., 12d, East Orange, NJ 07018.  973-395-1068
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~lcrew