Religious bodies
Subtitle: 1906
Contributors: Hunt, William C. (William Chamberlin), 1856-1929
Publisher: Norman Ross Publishing
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Church statistics; Religion; Sects; Ecclesiastical geography
Notes: Reprint, originally published: Washington : Government Printing Office, 1910.

At head of title pages: Department of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of the Census. E. Dana Durand, Director. Special Reports.

The work was conducted under the supervision of Mr. William C. Hunt, chief statistician for population.

Compiled from material collected by the Bureau of the Census under the authority of section 7 of the Permanent Census Act.

Limited information of this character was first published in the census report for 1850, and similar information was included in the reports for 1860, 1870, and 1890. The essential results of the present inquiry were published in Census bulletin no. 103, 1909.

Includes statistics of Sunday schools; a compilation of the average annual salaries paid to ministers; a statement of the languages used in the conduct of church services; and a sketch of the missionary, educational, and philanthropic work of the various denominations, both at home and abroad.

"This Reprint has been created from originals provided to the publisher by the Regenstein Library of the University of Chicago..."--Verso t.p., Pt. 1.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Summary and detailed tables; title: pt. 2. Separate denominations: history, description, and statistics.