![]() The total number of church edifices reported was 2814, with a seating capacity of 810,701 and a valuation of $23,765,172. Other totals are: Baptists, 30,928 Disciples, or Christians, 2984 Dunkers, 4450 Friends, 2079 German Evangelicals, 8343 Lutheran bodies, 32,246 Methodists, 137,156 Presbyterians, 17,895 Reformed Presbyterians, 13,461 United Brethren, 6541. In this enumeration the Catholics are set down at 166,941, which is, owing to the government method of computation, 15 per cent less than the actual claim of the church authorities. The state census of 1908 shows 401 church organizations with a membership (communicants) of 473,257. The federal census of 1910 gives it 558,485 inhabitants as against 508,957 in 1900. Baltimore, the chief city, increased 9 per cent in population during the census decade 1900-1910. The foreign population is small, and the negro population about 248,000. The numerical rank of the state has decreased in every census period, being sixth in 1790 and twenty-sixth in 1900. The total population (1906) was 1,275,434 of this total 37.1 per cent was reported in the census as claiming to be church-members (23.7 percent Protestant 13.1 per cent Catholics 0.3 per cent all others), and 62.9 per cent not reported as church members. Its total area is 13,327 square miles, of which 3386 square miles are water. One of the thirteen English colonies which after the Revolution of 1776 became the original States of the American Union. Includes the Catholic Encyclopedia, Church Fathers, Summa, Bible and more all for only $19.99. Please help support the mission of New Advent and get the full contents of this website as an instant download. ![]()
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