UNITED METHODIST MEMBERSHIP
AS COMPARED TO THE UNITED STATES POPULATION CENSUS

UNITED METHODIST LAY MEMBERSHIP

UNITED STATES POPULATION
 EUB METHODIST TOTAL   % CHANGE  YEAR  NUMBER   % CHANGE  % UMC
 - 57,858 57,858 - 1790 3,929,214  -  1.5
 - 65,181 65,181  12.7 1800 5,308,483  35.1 1.2
528  174,560 175,088 168.6 1810 7,239,881 36.4 2.4
10,992 257,736  268,728 53.5 1820 9,638,453 33.1 2.8
23,245  478,053 501,298  86.5 1830 12,860,702 33.4 3.9
38,992  855,761   894,753 78.5 1840 17,063,353 32.6 5.2
61,175 1,185,902 1,247,077  39.4 1850 23,191,876 35.9 5.4
141,841  1,661,086 1,802,927 44.6 1860 31,443,321 35.6 5.7
190,034 1,821,908 2,011,942  11.6 1870 38,558,371 22.6 5.2
270,032 2,693,691 2,963,723 47.3 1880 50,155,783 30.1 5.9
346,751  3,441,675 3,788,426 27.8 1890 62,947,714 25.5 6.0
423,699 4,226,327 4,650,026 22.7 1900 75,994,575 20.7 6.1
 498,551 5,073,200 5,571,751 19.8 1910 91,972,266 21.0 6.0
608,519 6,140,318 6,748,837 21.1 1920 105,710,620 14.9 6.4
667,294  7,319,125 7,986,419 18.3 1930 122,775,046 16.1 6.5
663,817  7,682,187 8,346,004 4.5 1940 131,669,275 7.2 6.3
801,105  8,935,647 9,736,752 16.7 1950 150,697,361 14.4 6.5
763,380 9,884,484 10,647,864 9.4 1960 179,323,175 18.5 5.9
- -  10,671,774 0.2 1970 203,211,926 13.3 5.3
-  - 9,519,407 -10.8 1980 226,545,805 11.4 4.2
- - 8,853,455 -7.0 1990 248,709,873 9.7 3.6
- - 8,411,503 -4.9 2000 281,421,906 8.7 3.0
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