Absolute and Relative Increase since 1870., TABLE I.—Showing the Number of Persons belonging to the principal Religious Denominations in the Years 1870 and 1891, according to the Census Returns for 1870 and 1891 respectively; also showing the absolute and relative Increase and Decrease in the interval of the two Census Periods.
| DENOMINATIONS. |
NUMBER. |
INCREASE OR DECREASE, 1870-1891. |
| 1870. |
1891. |
Absolute. |
Per cent. |
| Increase. |
Decrease. |
Increase. |
Decrease. |
| Total |
99,328 |
146,667 |
47,239 |
|
47.56 |
|
| Total specified |
99,328 |
141,493 |
42,165 |
|
42.45 |
|
| Baptists |
931 |
3,285 |
2,354 |
|
252.90 |
|
| Catholics |
22,091 |
25,805 |
3,714 |
|
16.81 |
|
| Episcopalians |
53,047 |
76,082 |
23,035 |
|
43.43 |
|
| Independents |
3,931 |
4,501 |
570 |
|
14.56 |
|
| Methodists |
7,187 |
17,150 |
9,963 |
|
138.62 |
|
| Presbyterians |
9,064 |
9,756 |
692 |
|
7.64 |
|
| Society of Friends |
82 |
176 |
94 |
|
114.63 |
|
| Jews |
232 |
84 |
|
148 |
|
63.79 |
| Mahomedans, Buddhists, and other Non-Christian Sects |
4 |
1,001 |
997 |
|
249.25 |
|
| Other Denominations |
2,759 |
3,653 |
894 |
|
32.40 |
|