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    Diversity and Demographics

    Annual Growth (Updated 8/31/23)

     YearActive ClergyFormer Clergy
    2011   1883
    201242183
    20133797
    20142978
    20152978
    20162153
    20171665
    20183159
    20193359
    20202460
    2021
    2022
    2023
    CURRENT TOTAL
    23
    21
    14
    332
    46
    34
    28
    931

    Gender Composition (Updated 8/31/2023)

    ParticipantsPercentage (%)
    Male107384.9%
    Female18214.4%
    Nonconforming80.006%
    Total1263100%

    Countries of Residence (Updated 8/31/2023)

    • Australia – 20
    • Belgium – 1
    • Belize – 1
    • Brazil – 3
    • Canada – 87
    • China – 3
    • Colombia – 1
    • Costa Rica – 1
    • Croatia – 1
    • Denmark – 1
    • Dominican Republic – 1
    • Egypt – 1
    • Finland – 1
    • France – 1
    • Kenya – 1
    • Germany – 7
    • Ghana – 1
    • India – 3
    • Iran – 1
    • Ireland – 2
    • Israel – 2
    • Italy -1
    • Japan -1
    • Kenya -1
    • Latvia -1
    • Lithuania -1
    • Malaysia – 1
    • Mexico – 2
    • Namibia – 1
    • Netherlands – 3
    • New Zealand – 2
    • Nigeria – 5
    • Norway – 3
    • Pakistan – 1
    • Panama – 1
    • Paraguay – 1
    • Peru – 1
    • Philippines – 3
    • Portugal -1
    • Qatar – 1
    • Romania – 1
    • Russia – 2
    • Rwanda -1
    • Saudi Arabia – 1
    • South Africa – 13
    • South Korea – 1
    • Southeast Asia – 1
    • Spain – 4
    • Sweden – 3
    • Switzerland – 1
    • Thailand – 5
    • Turkey – 2
    • Uganda – 1
    • Ukraine – 1
    • United Kingdom – 37
    • United States – 935
    • Vietnam – 1

    U.S. Residency (Updated 8/31/2023)

    • Alabama – 16
    • Alaska – 2
    • Arizona – 24
    • Arkansas – 17
    • California – 107
    • Colorado – 28
    • Connecticut – 6
    • Delaware – 5
    • DC – 1
    • Florida – 48
    • Georgia – 18
    • Hawaii – 3
    • Idaho – 1
    • Illinois – 37
    • Indiana – 16
    • Iowa – 7
    • Kansas – 9

    • Kentucky – 13
    • Louisiana – 13
    • Maine – 6
    • Maryland – 12
    • Massachusetts – 10
    • Michigan – 23
    • Minnesota – 18
    • Mississippi – 11
    • Missouri – 22
    • Montana – 2
    • Nebraska – 6
    • Nevada – 1
    • New Hampshire – 5
    • New Jersey – 10
    • New Mexico – 5
    • New York – 34
    • North Carolina – 50
    • North Dakota – 0

    • Ohio – 38
    • Oklahoma – 11
    • Oregon – 17
    • Pennsylvania – 31
    • Puerto Rico – 2
    • Rhode Island – 4
    • South Carolina – 13
    • South Dakota – 2
    • Tennessee – 39
    • Texas – 68
    • Utah – 4
    • Vermont – 3
    • Virginia – 23
    • Washington – 32
    • West Virginia – 2
    • Wisconsin – 20
    • Wyoming – 0

    Canadian Residency (Updated 8/31/23)

    • Alberta – 20
    • British Columbia – 20
    • Manitoba – 4
    • Newfoundland – 2
    • Nova Scotia – 1
    • Ontario – 21
    • Quebec – 1
    • Saskatchewan – 3

     

    Clergy Project Big Ten Denominational Dis-Affiliation

    • Baptist – 204
    • Pentecostal – 145
    • Catholic – 94
    • Methodist – 86
    • Anglican/Episcopal – 75
    • Presbyterian – 70
    • Lutheran – 54
    • Church of Christ – 54
    • Nondenominational – 51
    • Evangelical – 51