Baptized Membership of the ELCA by Race / Ethnicity
| |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
African American /
Black |
53,258
(1.07%) |
54,241
(1.10%) |
54,354
(1.12%) |
53,288
(1.12%) |
52,896
(1.12%) |
|
American Indian /
Native Alaskan |
7,265
(0.15%) |
6,780
(0.14%) |
7,095
(0.15%) |
7,007
(0.15%) |
6,866
(0.15%) |
|
Arab /
Middle Eastern |
1,381
(0.03%) |
1,638
(0.03%) |
1,779
(0.04%) |
1,944
(0.04%) |
2,136
(0.05%) |
|
Asian /
Pacific Islander |
22,030
(0.44%) |
22,395
(0.45%) |
21,950
(0.45%) |
22,545
(0.47%) |
22,202
(0.47%) |
|
Latino /
Spanish |
39,949
(0.80%) |
38,255
(0.78%) |
39,157
(0.81%) |
39,563
(0.83%) |
39,760
(0.84%) |
|
| Multi-Ethnic |
5,692
(0.11%) |
11,036
(0.22%) |
12,261
(0.25%) |
13,613
(0.29%) |
15,417
(0.33%) |
|
| Other |
13,019
(0.26%) |
12,440
(0.25%) |
11,096
(0.23%) |
10,802
(0.23%) |
11,397
(0.24%) |
|
| White |
4,840,323
(97.10%) |
4,781,579
(96.98%) |
4,700,513
(96.90%) |
4,624,249
(96.86%) |
4,558,059
(96.77%) |
|
| Not Reported |
2,008
(0.04%) |
2,065
(0.04%) |
2,571
(0.05%) |
1,192
(0.02%) |
1,223
(0.03%) |
|
| Total Baptized |
4,984,925
(100.00%) |
4,930,429
(100.00%) |
4,850,776
(100.00%) |
4,774,203
(100.00%) |
4,709,956
(100.00%) |
|
| Data are from Congregational Report Forms. Prepared by ELCA Research and Evaluation. 2008 Congregational Data will likely be released by the Office of the Secretary on July 15, 2009. |