TABLE II.SUMMARY showing the NUMBER of PERSONS of VARIOUS RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS in the STATE at DATE of CENSUS, 1891 and 1901, together with the INCREASE or DECREASE.
| RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS. |
1891. |
1901. |
INCREASE. |
DECREASE. |
| Number of Persons. |
Per Cent. of Population. |
Number of Persons. |
Per Cent. of Population. |
Number. |
Per Cent. |
Number. |
Per Cent. |
| Church of England |
89,271 |
27.86 |
106,987 |
29.51 |
17,716 |
19.85 |
|
|
| Roman Catholic |
47,179 |
14.72 |
52,193 |
14.39 |
5,014 |
10.63 |
|
|
| Presbyterian |
18,206 |
5.68 |
18,357 |
5.06 |
151 |
0.83 |
|
|
| Methodist |
76,614 |
23.91 |
90,125 |
24.86 |
13,511 |
17.64 |
|
|
| Baptist |
17,750 |
5.54 |
21,764 |
6.00 |
4,014 |
22.61 |
|
|
| Congregationalist |
11,882 |
3.71 |
13,338 |
3.68 |
1,456 |
12.25 |
|
|
| Lutheran |
23,328 |
7.28 |
26,140 |
7.21 |
2,812 |
12.05 |
|
|
| Church of Christ, Christian Brethren, &c. |
4,251 |
1.33 |
6,446 |
1.78 |
2,195 |
51.63 |
|
|
| Unitarian |
688 |
0.21 |
621 |
0.17 |
|
|
67 |
9.74 |
| Society of Friends |
100 |
0.03 |
79 |
0.02 |
|
|
21 |
21.00 |
| Salvation Army |
4,356 |
1.36 |
4,030 |
1.11 |
|
|
326 |
7.48 |
| Moravian |
139 |
0.04 |
231 |
0.06 |
92 |
66.19 |
|
|
| Christadelphian |
134 |
0.04 |
229 |
0.06 |
95 |
70.90 |
|
|
| New Church, Swedenborgian |
168 |
0.05 |
167 |
0.05 |
|
|
1 |
0.60 |
| Protestant (not otherwise defined) |
5,532 |
1.73 |
3,073 |
0.85 |
|
|
2,459 |
44.45 |
| Jews |
840 |
0.26 |
786 |
0.22 |
|
|
54 |
6.43 |
| Mohammedan, Confucion, Buddhist, &c. |
4,255 |
1.33 |
3,639 |
1.00 |
|
|
616 |
14.48 |
| Other Religions |
380 |
0.12 |
571 |
0.16 |
191 |
50.26 |
|
|
| No Denomination or unspecified |
8,046 |
2.51 |
5,416 |
1.49 |
|
|
2,630 |
32.69 |
| No Religion, &c. |
372 |
0.12 |
919 |
0.25 |
547 |
147.04 |
|
|
| Object to state |
6,940 |
2.17 |
7,493 |
2.07 |
553 |
8.00 |
|
|
| TOTAL |
320,431 |
|
362,604 |
|
42,173 |
13.16 |
|
|