Index| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| other | USA - East | - | 4.00% | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* web site: Princeton Religion Research Center: "Gallup Religion Data " (Dec 1998) | Tables: "Religious Preference -- Regional "; the East: West Virginia, Pa., Maryland, Del., N.J., N.Y., Conn., R.I., Mass., N.H., Vermont, Maine, Washington D.C.; latest Gallup poll data. Question: "What is your religious preference - Protestant, Roman Catholic, Jewish or an Orthodox religion such as the Greek or Russian Orthodox Church? " [ "Other " here is religions NOT in Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox, Judaism, or Nonreligious] |
| other | USA - Middle Colonies | - | 3.10% | - | - | 1776 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997); pg. 29-30. | Table 2.1: "Denominational Percentages by Region, 1776, Based on Number of Congregations "; "Other " includes Separatist and Independent, Dunker, Mennonite, Huguenot, Sandemanian, and Jewish "; Total Num. of congreg: 1,285. |
| other | USA - Midwest | - | 2.00% | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* web site: Princeton Religion Research Center: "Gallup Religion Data " (Dec 1998) | Tables: "Religious Preference -- Regional "; the Midwest: No. Dakota, So. Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Minn., Iowa, Missouri, Wis., Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio; latest Gallup poll data. Question: "What is your religious preference - Protestant, Roman Catholic, Jewish or an Orthodox religion such as the Greek or Russian Orthodox Church? " [ "Other " here is religions NOT in Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox, Judaism, or Nonreligious] |
| other | USA - military | - | 2.00% | - | - | 1999 | *LINK* Elsasser, Glen (Chicago Tribune). "Military takes note of religious practices " in Detroit Free Press, 8 July 1999 (viewed 10 July 1999). | "Of the incoming military who do declare a religious preference, roughly 53% are members of a Protestant denomination; 32%, Roman Catholic; and 13%, Christian but of no particular denomination. The remaining 2% choose Eastern Orthodox, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu and other faiths. " |
| other | USA - New England | - | 3.60% | - | - | 1776 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997); pg. 29-30. | Table 2.1: "Denominational Percentages by Region, 1776, Based on Number of Congregations "; "Other " includes Separatist and Independent, Dunker, Mennonite, Huguenot, Sandemanian, and Jewish "; Total Num. of congreg: 1,039. |
| other | USA - South | - | 1.20% | - | - | 1776 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997); pg. 29-30. | Table 2.1: "Denominational Percentages by Region, 1776, Based on Number of Congregations "; "Other " includes Separatist and Independent, Dunker, Mennonite, Huguenot, Sandemanian, and Jewish "; Total Num. of congreg: 845. |
| other | USA - South | - | 6.00% | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* web site: Princeton Religion Research Center: "Gallup Religion Data " (Dec 1998) | Tables: "Religious Preference -- Regional "; the South: Oklahoma, Texas, Ark., Louisiana, Miss., Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Tenn., Ky., Va., N.C., S.C.; latest Gallup poll data. Question: "What is your religious preference - Protestant, Roman Catholic, Jewish or an Orthodox religion such as the Greek or Russian Orthodox Church? " [ "Other " here is religions NOT in Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox, Judaism, or Nonreligious] |
| other | USA - Spanish-speaking | - | 7.00% | - | - | 1977 | Greeley, Andrew M. The Catholic Myth: The Behavior and Beliefs of American Catholics. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons (1990); pg. 121. | "In the first five years of the GSS (1972-77), 16% of Spanish origin respondents were Protestant (and 7% some other religion or no religion)... " |
| other | USA - Spanish-speaking | - | 7.00% | - | - | 1987 | Greeley, Andrew M. The Catholic Myth: The Behavior and Beliefs of American Catholics. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons (1990); pg. 121. | "In the first five years of the GSS (1972-77), 16% of Spanish origin respondents were Protestant (and 7% some other religion or no religion). In the five most recent years (1982-87), 23% were Protestant (and 7% other or no religion). " |
| other | USA - West | - | 7.00% | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* web site: Princeton Religion Research Center: "Gallup Religion Data " (Dec 1998) | Tables: "Religious Preference -- Regional "; the West: Oregon, Washington, California, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Wyoming, Colorado; latest Gallup poll data. Question: "What is your religious preference - Protestant, Roman Catholic, Jewish or an Orthodox religion such as the Greek or Russian Orthodox Church? " [ "Other " here is religions NOT in Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox, Judaism, Mormon, or Nonreligious] |
| other | Utah | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1865 | *LINK* Mims, Bob. "135 Years In Utah: First Congregational was first permanent non-LDS church " in Salt Lake Tribune (15 Jan 2000). | "The First Congregational Church has come a long way since 1865, when a small group of worshippers met in a second-floor room of the Daft store on Salt Lake City's Main Street. The fiery anti-Mormon Rev. Norm McLeod presided at the pulpit... Within months of its Jan. 22, 1865 launch, attendance at McLeod's little church had swelled to 150... The first Sunday worship service in the new 200-seat structure, dubbed Independence Hall, was held Nov. 18, 1865. First Congregational also welcomed other Protestant sects, Catholics and Jews into its building. The Oddfellows and Masonic lodges, two fledgling fraternal organizations, also held their initial meetings in Independence Hall... While Congregationalists found allies in those other faiths, McLeod was unrelenting in his attacks on the predominant LDS Church. " |
| other | Utah | - | 3.00% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* Kosmin, Barry A.; Egon Mayer; & Ariela Keysar. "American Religious Identity Survey. " 2001. City University of New York. | ARIS: Nationwide phone survey of 50,000 American adults; open-ended question: 'What is your religion, if any?'; Listed in table: "Other " [Respondents who identified with a religious group other than the largest ones: Catholic, Baptist, No religion, Christian - no denomination supplied, Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Protestant - no denomination supplied, Pentecostal, Episcopalian/Anglican, Jewish, Latter-day Saints/Mormon, Church of Christ, Nondenominational, Congregationalist/UCC, Jehovah's Witnesses, Assemblies of God, Islam/Muslim, Buddhist, Evangelical, Church of God, Seventh-Day Adventist, Refused to answer] |
| other | Utah: Salt Lake City | - | 40.00% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* Bernick Jr., Bob. "Utahns like Bush; S.L. split on Rocky " in Deseret News, 15 Apr 2001. | "...new Deseret News/KSL-TV poll... Jones found that 54 percent of those he interviewed said they were LDS, 40 percent were non-LDS... Jones surveyed... In Salt Lake City, he surveyed 109 adults with a margin of error of plus or minus 9.5 percent. " |
| other | Uzbekistan | 700,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Muslim or Russian Orthodox; other is mostly nonreligious |
| other | Vanuatu | 60,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, Anglican |
| other | Venezuela | 1,630,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Roman Catholic |
| other | Vermont | - | 5.00% | 1 unit |
- | 1776 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997); pg. 277-281. | Table A.1: "Denominational Percentages by Colony, 1776, Based on Number of Congregations "; Total num. of congreg. = 20. "Other " includes "Separatist and Independent, Dunker, Mennonite, Huguenot, Sandemanian, and Jewish ". |
| other | Vermont | - | 0.45% | 1 unit |
- | 1776 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997); pg. 277-281. | Table A.1: "Denominational Percentages by Colony, 1776, Based on Number of Congregations "; Total num. of congreg. = 20; "Other " includes "Separatist and Independent, Dunker, Mennonite, Huguenot, Sandemanian, and Jewish ". Denominational % (5%) multiplied by state's adherence rate from table on pg. 27: 9%. |
| other | Vermont | - | 2.00% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* Kosmin, Barry A.; Egon Mayer; & Ariela Keysar. "American Religious Identity Survey. " 2001. City University of New York. | ARIS: Nationwide phone survey of 50,000 American adults; open-ended question: 'What is your religion, if any?'; Listed in table: "Other " [Respondents who identified with a religious group other than the largest ones: Catholic, Baptist, No religion, Christian - no denomination supplied, Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Protestant - no denomination supplied, Pentecostal, Episcopalian/Anglican, Jewish, Latter-day Saints/Mormon, Church of Christ, Nondenominational, Congregationalist/UCC, Jehovah's Witnesses, Assemblies of God, Islam/Muslim, Buddhist, Evangelical, Church of God, Seventh-Day Adventist, Refused to answer] |
| other | Vietnam | 14,490,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Buddhism, Roman Catholic, Caodaism, Hoa Hao |
| other | Virgin Islands (U.S.) | 20,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Roman Catholic or Protestant |
| other | Virginia | - | 0.60% | 3 units |
- | 1776 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997); pg. 277-281. | Table A.1: "Denominational Percentages by Colony, 1776, Based on Number of Congregations "; Total num. of congreg. = 491. "Other " includes "Separatist and Independent, Dunker, Mennonite, Huguenot, Sandemanian, and Jewish ". |
| other | Virginia | - | 0.07% | 3 units |
- | 1776 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997); pg. 277-281. | Table A.1: "Denominational Percentages by Colony, 1776, Based on Number of Congregations "; Total num. of congreg. = 491; "Other " includes "Separatist and Independent, Dunker, Mennonite, Huguenot, Sandemanian, and Jewish ". Denominational % (0.6%) multiplied by state's adherence rate from table on pg. 27: 12%. |
| other | Virginia | - | 4.00% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* Kosmin, Barry A.; Egon Mayer; & Ariela Keysar. "American Religious Identity Survey. " 2001. City University of New York. | ARIS: Nationwide phone survey of 50,000 American adults; open-ended question: 'What is your religion, if any?'; Listed in table: "Other " [Respondents who identified with a religious group other than the largest ones: Catholic, Baptist, No religion, Christian - no denomination supplied, Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Protestant - no denomination supplied, Pentecostal, Episcopalian/Anglican, Jewish, Latter-day Saints/Mormon, Church of Christ, Nondenominational, Congregationalist/UCC, Jehovah's Witnesses, Assemblies of God, Islam/Muslim, Buddhist, Evangelical, Church of God, Seventh-Day Adventist, Refused to answer] |
| other | Virginia - whites | - | 0.13% | 3 units |
- | 1776 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997); pg. 277-281. | Table A.1: "Denominational Percentages by Colony, 1776, Based on Number of Congregations "; Total num. of congreg. = 491; "Other " includes "Separatist and Independent, Dunker, Mennonite, Huguenot, Sandemanian, and Jewish ". Denominational % (0.6%) multiplied by state's adherence rate from table on pg. 27: 22%. [Figure for whites calculated separately for southern states where large numbers of black slaves, few of whom were religiously affiliated at this time; otherwise southern denominational % figures are skewed lower.] |
| other | Washington | - | 3.00% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* Kosmin, Barry A.; Egon Mayer; & Ariela Keysar. "American Religious Identity Survey. " 2001. City University of New York. | ARIS: Nationwide phone survey of 50,000 American adults; open-ended question: 'What is your religion, if any?'; Listed in table: "Other " [Respondents who identified with a religious group other than the largest ones: Catholic, Baptist, No religion, Christian - no denomination supplied, Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Protestant - no denomination supplied, Pentecostal, Episcopalian/Anglican, Jewish, Latter-day Saints/Mormon, Church of Christ, Nondenominational, Congregationalist/UCC, Jehovah's Witnesses, Assemblies of God, Islam/Muslim, Buddhist, Evangelical, Church of God, Seventh-Day Adventist, Refused to answer] |
| other | Washington, D.C. | - | 4.00% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* Kosmin, Barry A.; Egon Mayer; & Ariela Keysar. "American Religious Identity Survey. " 2001. City University of New York. | ARIS: Nationwide phone survey of 50,000 American adults; open-ended question: 'What is your religion, if any?'; Listed in table: "Other " [Respondents who identified with a religious group other than the largest ones: Catholic, Baptist, No religion, Christian - no denomination supplied, Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Protestant - no denomination supplied, Pentecostal, Episcopalian/Anglican, Jewish, Latter-day Saints/Mormon, Church of Christ, Nondenominational, Congregationalist/UCC, Jehovah's Witnesses, Assemblies of God, Islam/Muslim, Buddhist, Evangelical, Church of God, Seventh-Day Adventist, Refused to answer] |
| other | West Bank | 110,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Muslim or Jewish |
| other | West Virginia | - | 4.00% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* Kosmin, Barry A.; Egon Mayer; & Ariela Keysar. "American Religious Identity Survey. " 2001. City University of New York. | ARIS: Nationwide phone survey of 50,000 American adults; open-ended question: 'What is your religion, if any?'; Listed in table: "Other " [Respondents who identified with a religious group other than the largest ones: Catholic, Baptist, No religion, Christian - no denomination supplied, Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Protestant - no denomination supplied, Pentecostal, Episcopalian/Anglican, Jewish, Latter-day Saints/Mormon, Church of Christ, Nondenominational, Congregationalist/UCC, Jehovah's Witnesses, Assemblies of God, Islam/Muslim, Buddhist, Evangelical, Church of God, Seventh-Day Adventist, Refused to answer] |
| other | Wisconsin | - | 2.00% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* Kosmin, Barry A.; Egon Mayer; & Ariela Keysar. "American Religious Identity Survey. " 2001. City University of New York. | ARIS: Nationwide phone survey of 50,000 American adults; open-ended question: 'What is your religion, if any?'; Listed in table: "Other " [Respondents who identified with a religious group other than the largest ones: Catholic, Baptist, No religion, Christian - no denomination supplied, Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Protestant - no denomination supplied, Pentecostal, Episcopalian/Anglican, Jewish, Latter-day Saints/Mormon, Church of Christ, Nondenominational, Congregationalist/UCC, Jehovah's Witnesses, Assemblies of God, Islam/Muslim, Buddhist, Evangelical, Church of God, Seventh-Day Adventist, Refused to answer] |
| other | world | 48,000,000 | 0.80% | - | - | 1993 | Johnstone. Operation World. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan (1993); pg. 23. | Other includes religions not listed previously on this page, which were: Islam, Nonreligious [and agnostics, atheists, etc.], Hindu, Buddhist/Eastern religions, Animist/spiritist/traditional [i.e., primal-indigenous], Sikh, Jews, Baha'I, and Christian] "Other 0.8%. Numerous other religions. 48 million. Mainly new religious movements, also Jain 3.5 million, Parsee 170,000, and others. " |
| other | world | 1,923,000 | 0.03% | - | - | 1995 | The World Almanac and Book of Facts 1997 (K-111 Reference Corp.: Mahwah, NJ), [Source: 1996 Encyc. Britannica Book of the Year]; pg. 646. | Table: "Adherents of All Religions by Six Continental Areas, Mid-1995 "; "Other religionists. Incl. 70 minor world religions and a large number of spiritist religions, New Age religions, quasi-religions, pseudoreligions, parareligions, mystic systems,etc. " |
| other | world | - | 30.00% | - | - | 1995 | *LINK* web page: "Principal World Religions "; web site: "Supporting Materials: Culture " (Slippery Rock Univ., PA). (viewed 31 Aug. 1999). | Graph: "Principal World Religions "; "Last Revised: 10-25-95 "; Christianity 30%; Islam 20%; Hinduism 14%; Buddhism 6%; Judaism .3%; Other 30%. |
| other | world | 1,952,000 | 0.03% | - | - | 1996 | The World Almanac & Book of Facts 1998 (K-111 Reference Corp.: Mahwah, NJ), [Source: 1997 Encyc. Britannica Book of the Year]; pg. 654. | Table: "Adherents of All Religions by Six Continental Areas, Mid-1996 "; "Other religionists. Incl. 70 minor world religions and a large number of spiritist religions, New Age religions, quasi-religions, pseudoreligions, parareligions, mystic systems,etc. " |
| other | world | 1,600,000,000 | 28.32% | - | - | 1997 | Zeman, Anne & Kate Kelly. Everything You Need to Know About Geography Homework. New York: Irving Place Press/Scholastic Reference (1997); pg. 69. | "Major World Religions: Hinduism... Judaism... Buddhism... Christianity... Islam... The rest of the world's population, approximately 1,600,000,000 people, practices other religions or no religion. " |
| other | world | 1,001,000 | 0.02% | - | - | 1998 | World Almanac and Book of Facts 2000. Mahwah, NJ: PRIMEDIA Reference Inc. (1999). [Source: 1999 Encyc. Britannica Book of the Year]; pg. 695. | Table: "Adherents of All Religions by Six Continental Areas, Mid-1998 "; "Other religionists. Including minor world religions and a large number of spiritist religions [although 'Spiritists' listed separately], New Age religions, quasi-religions, pseudo religions, parareligions, religious or mystic systems, and religious and semireligious brotherhoods of numerous varieties. " |
| other | world | 19,000,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance (viewed circa Nov. 1998) [Original sources: J.W. Wright, Editor, The Universal Almanac, 1996, Andrews & McMeel, Kansas City. Greg H. Parsons, Executive Director, "U.S. Center for World Mission, " Pasadena, CA; quoted in Zondervan News Service, 1997-FEB-21.] | Table: "Number of Adherents of World Religions "; [ "other " here is religions not listed elsewhere in this extensive table: Christianity, Islam, Nonreligious, Hinduism, Buddhism, Atheists, Chinese folk religion, New Asian religions, primal-indigenous, Sikhism, Judaism, Shamanism, Spiritism, Confucianism, Bahai Faith, Jainism, Shinto, Zoroastrianism] |
| other | Wyoming | - | 1.00% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* Kosmin, Barry A.; Egon Mayer; & Ariela Keysar. "American Religious Identity Survey. " 2001. City University of New York. | ARIS: Nationwide phone survey of 50,000 American adults; open-ended question: 'What is your religion, if any?'; Listed in table: "Other " [Respondents who identified with a religious group other than the largest ones: Catholic, Baptist, No religion, Christian - no denomination supplied, Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Protestant - no denomination supplied, Pentecostal, Episcopalian/Anglican, Jewish, Latter-day Saints/Mormon, Church of Christ, Nondenominational, Congregationalist/UCC, Jehovah's Witnesses, Assemblies of God, Islam/Muslim, Buddhist, Evangelical, Church of God, Seventh-Day Adventist, Refused to answer] |
| other | Yemen | 20,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Muslim |
| other | Yugoslavia | 14,256 | 0.20% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* web site: "Yugoslavia.com "; web page: "Population: Religion " (viewed 30 Jan. 1999). [Orig. source: Source: Federal Buerau of Statistics, 1991., Veroispovest, volum 2 - 1993.] | table "Religion "; based on self-identification of religious preference.; listed in table as "Other religions ", those NOT included in "Orthodox Christian,Catholic Christian, Islamic, Non believers, Protestant, Undecided believ., Judaic., Pro-oriental culture, and Unknown " |
| other | Yugoslavia | 1,150,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Serbian Orthodox, Sunni, Roman Catholic, Protestant |
| other | Yukon | 100 | 0.36% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* web site: "Statistics Canada "; web page: "Population, by religion, 1991 Census " (viewed 9 Jan. 1999); Source: Statistics Canada, Catalogue no. 93-319-XPB. | table: "Population, by religion, 1991 Census "; listed in table as "Other religions " -- those groups NOT included in: Catholic, Protestant, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Eastern Orthodox, Judaism, Para-religious groups & Nonreligious. |
| other | Zaire (Democratic Republic of Congo) | 320,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Roman Catholic, Protestant, African Christian, primal-indigenous, Islam |
| other | Zambia | 100,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Christianity or primal-indigenous |
| other | Zimbabwe | 170,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Christianity or primal-indigenous |
| other - affiliated | Georgia: Coweta County | 2,962 | 5.50% | - | - | 1990 | *LINK* Satterthwaite, Sallie. "Census shows thousands involved in churches " on web site: "The Citizen Online " (Fayette County, Georgia, USA newspaper); web page: "The Citizen Church FactFinder " (Dec. 1996 - December 1997). (Viewed online 17 April 1999). | "Data from the 1990 U.S. Census indicate that Coweta County's [Georgia, USA] population was 53,853 while Fayette's was 62,415... In Coweta County... Persons belonging to other denominations added up to 5.5% of the total number of believers. " [Other than: Southern Baptist, black Baptist, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, United Methodist, Jewish, Church of God, & Roman Catholic] |
| other - affiliated | Georgia: Fayette County | 6,242 | 10.00% | - | - | 1990 | *LINK* Satterthwaite, Sallie. "Census shows thousands involved in churches " on web site: "The Citizen Online " (Fayette County, Georgia, USA newspaper); web page: "The Citizen Church FactFinder " (Dec. 1996 - December 1997). (Viewed online 17 April 1999). | "Data from the 1990 U.S. Census indicate that Coweta County's [Georgia, USA] population was 53,853 while Fayette's was 62,415... Fayette County data reported... 10% of Fayette residents indicated other denominations. " [Other than: Southern Baptist, black Baptist, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, United Methodist, Jewish, Church of God, & Roman Catholic] |
| other - clergy | Japan | 253,000 | 0.21% | - | - | 1985 | *LINK* [Orig. source: The International Society for Educational Information, Inc., Tokyo (1998)] | [other here is religions NOT in Shinto, Buddhism, or Christianity. Frequently called "New Religions "]; 1985 figures reported by religious orgs. to the Agency for Cultural Affairs: "Shinto Buddhism Christianity miscellaneous: Priests, Clergy & Ministers 102,000 269,000 22,000 253,000... total pop...121 mil. "; "New Religions, for their part, show a much higher ratio of priests to members than traditional religions, because most groups of this kind count lay leaders as clergy. " |
| other - clergy | Korea, South | 5,893 | - | 791 units |
- | 1983 | *LINK* web site: "Little Korea "; web page: "Religion " (viewed 22 Jan. 1999) | Table: "Status of Religions " (as of 1983); 3 columns: "churches ", "clergymen ", "followers "; presumably this is from a government survey or census.; Other is those groups not included in: Catholicism, Buddhism, Protestantism, Chondogyo, Confucianism, and Wonbulgyo. |
| Oto | North America | 900 | - | - | - | 1780 | Legay, Gilbert. Atlas of Indians of North America. Hauppauge, NY: Barron's (1995); pg. 44. | "Oto... They numbered about 900 in 1780, and around 1,280 in 1985. " |
| Oto | North America | 1,280 | - | - | - | 1985 | Legay, Gilbert. Atlas of Indians of North America. Hauppauge, NY: Barron's (1995); pg. 44. | "Oto... They numbered about 900 in 1780, and around 1,280 in 1985. " |
| Oto | North America - Northern Great Plains | 900 | - | - | - | 1780 | Terrell, John Upton. American Indian Almanac. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. (1974); pg. 288. | Table: "Northern Great Plains: Earliest Population Estimates " (mainly relying on James Mooney, John R. Swanson, & A. L. Kroeber) |
| Oto | world | 900 | - | - | - | 1780 | Terrell, John Upton. American Indian Almanac. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. (1974); pg. 288. | Table: "Northern Great Plains: Earliest Population Estimates " (mainly relying on James Mooney, John R. Swanson, & A. L. Kroeber) |
| Ottawa | North America | 8,000 | - | - | 2 countries |
1995 | Legay, Gilbert. Atlas of Indians of North America. Hauppauge, NY: Barron's (1995); pg. 25. | "Ottawa... Some of the tribe lives today on a reservation in Oklahoma and many others settled in Michigan and Ontario. The recent total population figure for these three areas is 8,000. " |
| Ottawa | USA | 3,500 | - | - | - | 1600 | Terrell, John Upton. American Indian Almanac. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. (1974); pg. 200. | Table: "Eastern Woodlands: Earliest Population Estimates " (mainly relying on James Mooney, John R. Swanson, & A. L. Kroeber); "Ottawa (in U.S.) (1600): 3,500 " |
| Ottawa | USA | 7,522 | - | - | - | 1990 | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993); pg. 38. | Table: "Largest American Indian Tribes (as identified in the 1990 Census, through self-reporting) " |
| Our Lady of Enchantment, Church of the Old Religion | USA | - | - | - | - | 1991 | Jade. To Know: A Guide to Women's Magic and Spirituality. Oak Park, IL: Delphi Press (1991); pg. 76. | "Out Lady of Enchantment, Church of the Old Religion & School of Wicca, P.O. 1366, Nashua, NH 03061. Wiccan seminary; holds ful and new moon rituals; celebrations on the quarter and cross-quarter days; training circles; Friay night public religious services... " |
| Our Lady of Enchantment, Church of the Old Religion | world | 5,000 | - | - | - | 1987 | Melton, J. Gordon, Jerome Clark & Aidan A. Kelly. New Age Almanac; New York: Visible Ink Press (1991); pg. 347. | "Our Lady of Enchantment, Church of the Old Religion was founded in California in 1978 by Lady Sabrina... In 1987, Our Lady of Enchantment reported 5,000 students enrolled in the correspondence courses. " |
| Our Lady of the Roses, Mary Help of Mothers Shrine | North America | - | - | - | - | 1991 | Melton, J. Gordon (ed.). The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991); pg. 87. | "Our Lady of the Roses, Mary Help of Mothers Shrine emerged from the visionary experiences of Veronica Lueken (b. July 12, 1923), a New York housewife, which began in 1968... The break with the Roman Catholic Church was followed by continued polemics. The messages have become increasingly critical of the church... Membership: Not reported. Depending upon the weather, as many as several thousand people attend the vigils in Bayside. Schedules are publicized around the U.S. and Canada. Literature is mailed to many thousands across North America, though the majority remain otherwise members of the Roman Catholic Church. " |
| Our Lady of the Sacred Flame | USA | - | - | - | - | 1991 | Jade. To Know: A Guide to Women's Magic and Spirituality. Oak Park, IL: Delphi Press (1991); pg. 76. | "Our Lady of the Sacred Flame, Judith E. Carusone, 0707 Chatfield St., Houston, TX 77025. A recognized church comprised of groups/individuals in the Craft; 'primary mission to share our various traditions and to educate the community-at-large about who we are and what we do'... " |
| Ovambo | Angola | - | - | - | - | 1995 | Haskins, J. From Afar to Zulu. New York: Walker Pub. (1995); pg. 191-7. | Table: Add'l African Cultures |
| Ovambo | Namibia | - | - | - | - | 1995 | Haskins, J. From Afar to Zulu. New York: Walker Pub. (1995); pg. 191-7. | Table: Add'l African Cultures |
| Ovambo | world | - | - | - | 2 countries |
1995 | Haskins, J. From Afar to Zulu. New York: Walker Pub. (1995); pg. 191-7. | Table: Add'l African Cultures; "Angola, Namibia " |
| Overlake Christian Church | Washington | 6,019 | - | 1 unit |
- | 1992 | *LINK* Thumma, Scott. web site: "Megachurches in the U.S. " (viewed Aug. 20, 1999; data collected 1992; last updated Aug. 19, 1999). Center for Social & Religious Research, Hartford Seminary. | Table, grouped by state, columns for city, state, "size " (avg. weekly attendance), etc. From study finding all U.S. megachurches (congreg. w/ "consistent weekly attendance of at least 2,000 persons "); an independent in Kirkland, Washington, pastor Bill Moorhead. |
| Overlake Christian Church | Washington: Seattle | - | - | - | - | 1990 | Naisbitt, John & Patricia Aburdene. Megatrends 2000: Ten New Directions for the 1990's. New York: William Morrow and Co. (1990); pg. 278. | "Baby boom parents in Seattle are returning to church to give their children religious educations... Overlake Christian Church records 1,000 children attending Sunday school. Membership overall is up 14 percent. " |
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