Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-05-31
THE RELIGIOUS
DENOMINATIONS
Comparisons Appearing in Census
Bureaus Report Now i'm Posses
sion OF Religious Bodies.

United States was reported for 1905,
according to the U. S. Census of Rel
ligious Bodies for the same year, as
detailed in part / of the U. s. cen
sus bureaus report on the subject,
now in press. OF this grand total the
various Protestant bodies reported
2O,2S7,742 and the Roman Catholic
church 12,679,142.
For purposes of comparison the
census authorities divided the prin-
cipal cities into four classes, those
having in 1900 population of 30O,-
coo and over, constituting the first
class; those of from 100000 to 3OO,-
600 forming the second class; those
of from $4,000 to 100000 making
the third, and those of from $4,000
to $4,000 forming the fourth class.
OF the Protestant aggregate there
were 1,47S,145 or 7.3 per cent in the
first class cities; AT per cent in the
second, and IA per cent in the third
and fourth classes combined, while
sos per cent were outside the prin-
eipal cities.
OF the Roman Catholic church's
total membership there were 1885,
453 or 27.9 per cent in first class
cities; 1851 or 11.3 per cent in
the second; 1,570,944 or 13 per
cent in the third and fourth classes
combined; with 5,771,613 or Ats per
cent outside the principal cities.
1t is seen, therefore, that the num-
Der of members of the Roman Catho-
ic church reported in cities of the
FIRST class was considerably more
than double the number reported by
III the Protestant bodies, while out
de of the principal cities the num-
er reported by the Catholics was
My little over one-third of the
lumber credited to the Professionals.
is pointed out in the report that
he strength of the Protestant bodies
S compared with the Roman Catholic
hurch is greatly understated.
Only two of the Protestant bodies
eported majority of their mem
bership in the principal cities, /. e.,
he Church of Christ, Scientist, S2G
per cent, and the Protestant Episco-
pal church, 51.2 per cent; while of
he membership of the Jewish con-
Bregation, 1877 per cent are in the
principal cities, and the Eastern,
orthodox churches 7O.7 per cent.
OF the total number of commune
ants or members reported for the
principal cities by all denominations
,307,529 or so per cent belonged to
he Roman Catholic church, and g.
35,341 or 37.4 per cent to Protes-
ant bodies.
Comparison with the report for
$50 shows that in general there has
zen an increase in the proportion of
ommunicants or members in the
Principal cities as compared with
hose outside of these cities. In
900 the percentage of the total
lumber of communicates in these
tiles for all denominations was 31.9
compared with 25.7 in 1890.
OF the total number, 10,511,1 of
ommunicants or members in the
rincipal cities in 1906, there were
sS43,403 or 69.9 per cent reported
the SS cities of over 100000 popu-
tion, and of these, 2,432,63O or 33. /
PR cent belonged to Protestant bod
IS and 4,7S6,535 or 64.5 per cent
the Roman Catholic church. The
tier denomination had in these
ties about 75.1 per cent of its en-
re membership in cities OF over
200 inhabitants.
IN thirteen of the cities more than
behalf of the communicates or
embers reported belonged to Pro.
slant bodies, while in 23 the major
belonged to the Roman Catholic
urch.
The cities showing the largest pro-
prtions of Protestant communicates
e Memphis. s4.4 per cent; Toledo,
per cent; Washington, 66.9 per
nt; Kansas City. Mo. 66.2 per
Mt; and Indianapolis. 62.1 per
mt.
The cities showing the largest per
ntages of Roman Catholic commun-
lnts are Fall River, S6.5 per cent;
p Francisco. S1.1 per cent; New
leans, 1917 per cent; New Work
per cent: Providence. 1855 per
ht; st. Louis. SO per cent; Boston
- per cent: Chicago. $50 per
ht and Philadelphia. SIS per cent
In the FIVE leading cities the pro-
rton of communicates to popula-
was: New York, 44.7 per cent
ieago, 4O.7 per cent: Uhiladelphia
!. \ per cent. nnuRou 80 & nar cent