Arizona republican., 1910-07-24
CATHOLICS AND PRoTEsTANTs.
Interesting Comparative Figures for
 This Country.

The aggregate number of 32,936.i4' communicants or members of all re ligious denominations in continental United States was reported for 1906 according to the United States census of religious bodies for the year as detailed in Part l. of the United States census bureaus special report on the subject, now in press. says the Rosary magazine Of this grand total the various Protestant bodies reported 2O.2S7.742 and the Catholic church 12,679,1f2.
 For purposes of comparison the census authorities divided the prin- Cipal cities into four classes. those having in 1900 d population of 300, GOO and over, constituting the first class. those of from 100000 to 3O0.000 forming the second, and those of from 5O.O0O to 100000 making the third and those of from 25,0O0 to 50.- GOO forming the fourth class.
 of tine Protestant aggregate there were 1.47S.145. or 7.2 per cent, in the first class cities. AZ per cent in the second class and 7.4 per cent in the third and fourth classes combined, while SOC per cent were outside the principal cities.
 Of the Catholic churchs total mem bership there were 3,375.45s. or 27.9 per cent, in the first class cities, 1861, ,132. or 11.3 per cent in the sec ond. 1.570,944, or 13 per cent in the third and fourth classes combined. with 5,771,613. or AS per cent. out side the principal cities.
 only tvio of the Protestant bodies reported a majority of their member ship in the principal cities-i. e., the Chruch of Christ, Scientist, S2.6 per cent. and the Protestant Episcopal church. 512 per cent, while of the membership of the Jewish congrega- tions SS.7 per cent are in the prin ciPal cities and of the eastern Ortho- dox churches 70.7 per cent.
 Of the total number of communi- cants or members reported for the principal cities by all denominations 6,307.529. or 60 per cent belonged to the Catholic church, and 3,935,341, or 37.4 per cent, to Protestant bodies.
 Comparison with the report for 1890 shows that in general thre has been an increase in the proportion of com municants or members in the princi pal cities as compared with those outside of these cities. In 1906 the percentage of the total number of communicants in these cities for all denominations was 319, as compared with 25.7 in 1890.
 In thirteen of the cities more than one half of the communicants or members reported belonged to Prot estant bodies. while in twenty three the majority belonged to the Catholic church
 The cities showing the largest pro portion of Protestant communicants are Memphis. S44 per cent; Toledo. 70 per cent; Washington. 669 per cent; Kansas City. .do. 66.2 per cent. and Indianapolis, 621 per cent
 The cities showing the largest per centages of Catholic communicants are Fall River, S6.5 per cent; San Francisco. Sl.1 per cent; New Or leans, 79.7 per cent; New York. 76.9 per cent: Providence. 765 per cent; St Louis. 69 per cent; Boston, 6S7 per cent; Chicago, 6S.2 per cent, and Philadelphia. SIS per cent
 In the five leading cities the pro portion of cOmmunicants to popula ton was: New York. 44.7 per cent; Chicago. 40.7; Philadelphia. 3SS: Bos- ton. 62 6. and St Louis. 466 per cent. It is stated that in general. cities which have a relatively large Cath olic population show a higher per Centage of church members than cit ies in which this body has a com paratively small representation In Fall River S6.5 per cent of the total number of members reported were