Catholic sisters and nuns in the United States
Numbers

Catholic sisters and nuns in the United States

Section Title: Numbers
Table Section Text: None

Sisters	Change	Orders	Change

1720	0	0	0	0

1730	14	+14	1	+1

1840	900	+886	15	+14

1900	50,000	+49,100	170	+155

1930	135,000	+85,000	300	+130

1965	180,000	+45,000	300+	+

1970	161,000	19,000	300+	n/a

1975	135,000	26,000	300+	n/a

1980	127,000	8,000	300+	n/a

1985	115,000	12,000	300+	n/a

1990	103,000	12,000	300+	n/a

1995	91,000	12,000	300+	n/a

2000	80,000	11,000	300*	n/a

2005	69,000	11,000	250+	n/a

2010	58,000	11,000	250*	n/a

2014	50,000	8,000	200+	n/a

Sentence(s)

The Catholic sisters and nuns numbers grew from 900 sisters in 15 in 1840, 50,000 in 170 orders in 1900, and 135,000 in 300 different orders by 1930 in the United States.

final_sentence: The Catholic sisters and nuns numbers grew from 900 sisters in 15 in 1840, 50,000 in 170 orders in 1900, and 135,000 in 300 different orders by 1930 in the United States.