Membership Statistics

UNITED METHODIST LAY MEMBERSHIP					UNITED STATES POPULATION
EUB	METHODIST	TOTAL	% CHANGE	YEAR	TOTAL	% CHANGE	% METHODIST
-	57,858	57,858	-	1790	3,929214	-	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	21.2	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	-5.0	2000	281,421,906	8.7	3.0
-	-	7,679,850	-8.7	2010	308,745,838	9.7	2.5
-	-	6,268,310	-18.4	2020	331,449,281	7.4	1.9