Index| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quaker | New Jersey | - | - | - | - | 1750 | Stack, Peggy Fletcher. A World of Faith. USA: Signature Books (1998); pg. 39. | "Quakers... The Quakers were severely persecuted--several were even hanged--before they found havens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. " |
| Quaker | New Jersey | - | 15.50% | 39 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. = 252. |
| Quaker | New Jersey | - | 4.03% | 39 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. = 252. Denominational % (15.5%) multiplied by state's adherence rate from table on pg. 27: 26%. |
| Quaker | New Jersey | 4,058 | 0.05% | 37 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 3,275. [Listed as 'Friends.'] |
| Quaker | New Mexico | 396 | 0.03% | 13 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 292. [Listed as 'Friends.'] |
| Quaker | New York | - | 10.90% | 24 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. = 220. |
| Quaker | New York | - | 1.63% | 24 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. = 220. Denominational % (10.9%) multiplied by state's adherence rate from table on pg. 27: 15%. |
| Quaker | New York | 4,346 | 0.02% | 62 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 3,540. [Listed as 'Friends.'] |
| Quaker | New Zealand | 1,206 | 0.04% | - | - | 1986 | *LINK* web site: "VisionNet Census " (created by a Protestant group); web page: Minor Churches (viewed 9 Jan. 1999); original source: Statistics New Zealand | Data taken from New Zealand national censuses, based on self-identification, down to denominational level. |
| Quaker | New Zealand | 1,260 | 0.04% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* web site: "VisionNet Census " (created by a Protestant group); web page: Minor Churches (viewed 9 Jan. 1999); original source: Statistics New Zealand | Data taken from New Zealand national censuses, based on self-identification, down to denominational level. |
| Quaker | New Zealand | 1,170 | 0.03% | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* web site: "VisionNet Census " (created by a Protestant group); web page: Minor Churches (viewed 9 Jan. 1999); original source: Statistics New Zealand | Data taken from New Zealand national censuses, based on self-identification, down to denominational level. |
| Quaker | North America | 40,000 | - | - | - | 1700 | Zehavi, A.M. (editor) Handbook of the World's Religions. New York: Franklin Watts (1973); pg. 16. | "By 1700 there were about 50,000 Friends in the British Isles and 40,000 more in North America. " |
| Quaker | North America | 116,090 | - | - | - | 1940 | Ferm, Vergilius (ed). An Encyclopedia of Religion; Westport, CT: Greenwood Press (1976; 1st ed. pub. 1945 by Philosophical Library); pg. 722. | "Their subdivisions were in 1940:... North America, 116,090... " |
| Quaker | North America | 124,233 | - | - | - | 1963 | Rosten, Leo (ed.). Religions in America; New York: Simon & Schuster (1963), 8th ed. [1st pub. in 1952. 8th ed. completely revised]; pg. 175. | "There are 123,411 Friends in the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii with an additional 822 in Canada and Mexico, and 5,871 in Central and South America. " |
| Quaker | North America | 123,000 | - | - | - | 1990 | Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (9th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1990); pg. 112. | "With a membership in the U.S. and Canada of only 123,000 (200,000 around the world), Friends, better known as Quakers, have had a deep and lasting influence upon Western society. " |
| Quaker | North America | 123,000 | - | - | - | 1993 | Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (10th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1995). | "Friends "; U.S. and Canada |
| Quaker | North Carolina | - | 18.20% | 30 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. = 165. |
| Quaker | North Carolina | - | 1.64% | 30 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. = 165. Denominational % (18.2%) multiplied by state's adherence rate from table on pg. 27: 9%. |
| Quaker | North Carolina | 15,723 | 0.24% | 106 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 12,605. [Listed as 'Friends.'] |
| Quaker | North Carolina - whites | - | 2.55% | 30 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. = 165. Denominational % (18.2%) multiplied by state's adherence rate from table on pg. 27: 14%. [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.] |
| Quaker | North Carolina: New Hanover County | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1998 | *LINK* web site (1998): Wilmington Morning Star (N. Carolina newspaper); Special/Thursday, Aug. 20, 1998 | "in New Hanover County... This list of active religious groups is based primarily on Southern Bell's Yellow Pages and the Morning Star's weekly list of worship services " [List of churches & # of congregations] |
| Quaker | North Dakota | 33 | 0.01% | 3 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 08. [Listed as 'Friends.'] |
| Quaker | Ohio | 13,436 | 0.12% | 112 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 9,991. [Listed as 'Friends.'] |
| Quaker | Oklahoma | 1,393 | 0.04% | 18 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 1,096. [Listed as 'Friends.'] |
| Quaker | Oregon | 4,396 | 0.15% | 41 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 2,886. [Listed as 'Friends.'] |
| Quaker | Pennsylvania | - | - | - | - | 1763 | Stack, Peggy Fletcher. A World of Faith. USA: Signature Books (1998); pg. 39. | "Quakers... The Quakers were severely persecuted--several were even hanged--before they found havens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania... Illustration: A Friends' meetinghouse in Birmingham, Pennsylvania, in 1763... " |
| Quaker | Pennsylvania | - | 15.30% | 82 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. = 535. |
| Quaker | Pennsylvania | - | 3.67% | 82 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. = 535. Denominational % (15.3%) multiplied by state's adherence rate from table on pg. 27: 24%. |
| Quaker | Pennsylvania | - | 5.00% | - | - | 1776 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997); pg. 28-30. | "Next, examine the profile of the 'Quaker State.' Quakers made up only the third largest denomination in Pennsylvania, far behind the Presbyterians, and behind the German Reformed. Moreover, Quakers represented less than 5% of Pennsylvanians. " |
| Quaker | Pennsylvania | 12,081 | 0.10% | 90 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 9,754. [Listed as 'Friends.'] |
| Quaker | Rhode Island | - | 12.60% | 11 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. = 87. |
| Quaker | Rhode Island | - | 2.52% | 11 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. = 87. Denominational % (12.6%) multiplied by state's adherence rate from table on pg. 27: 20%. |
| Quaker | Rhode Island | 617 | 0.06% | 9 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 449. [Listed as 'Friends.'] |
| Quaker | South Carolina | - | 4.80% | 8 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. = 166. |
| Quaker | South Carolina | - | 0.67% | 8 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. = 166. Denominational % (4.8%) multiplied by state's adherence rate from table on pg. 27: 14%. |
| Quaker | South Carolina | 89 | 0.00% | 3 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 52. [Listed as 'Friends.'] |
| Quaker | South Carolina - whites | - | 1.49% | 8 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. = 166. Denominational % (4.8%) multiplied by state's adherence rate from table on pg. 27: 31%. [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.] |
| Quaker | South Dakota | 46 | 0.01% | 2 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 22. [Listed as 'Friends.'] |
| Quaker | Tennessee | 832 | 0.02% | 17 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 570. [Listed as 'Friends.'] |
| Quaker | Texas | 2,548 | 0.02% | 25 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 1,853. [Listed as 'Friends.'] |
| Quaker | Texas | 1,853 | 0.01% | - | - | 1990 | Ramos, Mary G. (ed). 1996-1997 Texas Almanac. Dallas, TX: Dallas Morning News (1995). [Source: Glenmary: "Churches & Church Membership in the U.S., 1990 "]; pg. 325-327. | Table: "Religious Groups, Members/Adherents, In Texas, 1990 "; pg. 7: Texas pop. (1990 U.S. census): 16,986,335; "Data based on reports from 133 church bodies. "; This figure is from MEMBERS column ( "Members " in this study includes only communicant, confirmed members with full membership status), not the more inclusive "adherents " column. |
| Quaker | Texas | 2,548 | 0.02% | - | - | 1990 | Ramos, Mary G. (ed). 1996-1997 Texas Almanac. Dallas, TX: Dallas Morning News (1995). [Source: Glenmary: "Churches & Church Membership in the U.S., 1990 "]; pg. 325-327. | Table: "Religious Groups, Members/Adherents, In Texas, 1990 "; pg. 7: Texas pop. (1990 U.S. census): 16,986,335; "Data based on reports from 133 church bodies. "; This figure is from ADHERENT column ( "Adherents " defined as all members, incl. regular participants not considered as communicant.), not the more restrictive "member " column. |
| Quaker | United Kingdom | 50,000 | - | - | - | 1700 | Zehavi, A.M. (editor) Handbook of the World's Religions. New York: Franklin Watts (1973); pg. 16. | "By 1700 there were about 50,000 Friends in the British Isles and 40,000 more in North America. " |
| Quaker | United Kingdom | 22,124 | - | - | - | 1940 | Ferm, Vergilius (ed). An Encyclopedia of Religion; Westport, CT: Greenwood Press (1976; 1st ed. pub. 1945 by Philosophical Library); pg. 722. | "Out of this has come a World Committee for Consultation which brings together the aproximately 163,135 Friends now in the world. Their subdivisions were in 1940: Great Britain and Ireland, 22,124... " |
| Quaker | United Kingdom | 23,226 | - | - | - | 1963 | Rosten, Leo (ed.). Religions in America; New York: Simon & Schuster (1963), 8th ed. [1st pub. in 1952. 8th ed. completely revised]; pg. 175. | "The membership in Great Britain and Ireland totals 23,226. " |
| Quaker | United Kingdom | 18,000 | - | - | - | 1987 | Bishop, Peter & Michael Darton (editors). The Encyclopedia of World Faiths: An Illustrated Survey of the World's Living Faiths. New York: Facts on File Publications (1987); pg. 134. | "At present there are nearly 142,000 Friends in the Americas, approaching 43,000 in Africa, some 18,000 in Great Britain, and smaller groups in other areas including Australia and New Zeland, most of the countries of northern Europe, India, Taiwan and Japan. " |
| Quaker | United Kingdom: Britain | 20,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Pagan Hospice and Funeral Trust - Home Page "; web page: "What is Paganism? " (viewed 27 Feb. 1999) | There are at least 25,000 Pagans living, working and practising in Britain, but this is a conservative estimate, since there is no centralised body. Comparably, the Society of Friends, or Quakers, in Britain number only 20,000. |
| Quaker | United Kingdom: Great Britain | 20,000 | - | - | - | 1978 | Crim, Keith (ed.). The Perennial Dictionary of World Religions. San Francisco: Harper Collins (1989). Reprint; originally pub. as Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions, 1981; pg. 267. | "Of the nearly 200,000 Friends in the world in 1978, 121,000 were in the U.S., 20,000 in Great Britain... " |
| Quaker | USA | 50,000 | 3.16% | - | - | 1776 | Bacon, Margaret H. The Quiet Rebels: The Story of the Quakers in America; New York: Basic Books (1969); pg. 4. | "The high-water mark of Quakerism in America was probably at the time of the Revolutionary War when there were 50,000 Quakers in a population of 1,580,000. " |
| Quaker | USA | - | - | 310 units |
- | 1776 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997); [Orig. source: Paullin (1932)]; pg. 25. | Table 2.1: "Numbers of Congregations per Denomination, 1776 " |
| Quaker | USA | - | - | 350 units |
- | 1820 | Gaustad, Edwin S. Church and State in America (series: Religion in American Life). New York: Oxford University Press (1999); pg. 48. | Chart: "Number of Churches [in U.S.A.] in 1820 " |
| Quaker | USA | 120,491 | - | - | - | 1957 | Spence, Hartzell. The Story of America's Religions; New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston (1960) [1st printing 1957]; pg. 236. | "In the United States, there are only a few more Quakers today (120,491) than during the American Revolution. " |
| Quaker | USA | 121,000 | 0.07% | - | - | 1957 | Welles, Sam. The World's Great Religions, New York: Time Incorporated (1957); pg. 205. | "Friends (Quakers) have 121,000 U.S. members (in world, 186,000). " |
| Quaker | USA | 120,000 | - | - | - | 1957 | Zehavi, A.M. (editor) Handbook of the World's Religions. New York: Franklin Watts (1973); pg. 17. | "The World Christian Handbook (1957) reports that there are about 150,000 members of quaker societies in the world, four-fifths of them in the United States. " |
| Quaker | USA | 120,000 | - | - | - | 1959 | Stuber, Stanley I. How We Got Our Denominations: A Primer on Church History. New York: Association Press Revised Ed., 1959); pg. 197. | "...the Quakers... Approximate membership of various bodies of Friends in the United States, 120,000. " |
| Quaker | USA | 123,411 | - | - | - | 1963 | Rosten, Leo (ed.). Religions in America; New York: Simon & Schuster (1963), 8th ed. [1st pub. in 1952. 8th ed. completely revised]; pg. 175. | "There are 123,411 Friends in the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii with an additional 822 in Canada and Mexico, and 5,871 in Central and South America. " |
| Quaker | USA | 120,000 | 0.06% | - | - | 1969 | Bacon, Margaret H. The Quiet Rebels: The Story of the Quakers in America; New York: Basic Books (1969); pg. 4. | "Today, there are 120,000 Quakers in America, while the total population has grown to 200 million. " |
| Quaker | USA | 121,000 | - | - | - | 1978 | Crim, Keith (ed.). The Perennial Dictionary of World Religions. San Francisco: Harper Collins (1989). Reprint; originally pub. as Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions, 1981; pg. 267. | "Of the nearly 200,000 Friends in the world in 1978, 121,000 were in the U.S... " |
| Quaker | USA | 131,018 | - | - | - | 1982 | Popenoe, David. Sociology (5th Ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc. (1983). [Orig. source: The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 1982. New York: Newspaper Enterprise Association, 1982, pp. 351-352.]; pg. 446. | Table: "Religious Membership in the United States " |
| Quaker | USA | 60,000 | - | - | - | 1983 | Berger, Gilda. Religion: A Reference First Book. New York: Franklin Watts (1983); pg. 32. | "There are over 60,000 members of the Society of Friends in the United States today. " |
| Quaker | USA | 129,846 | - | 1,292 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. [Listed as 'Friends.'] |
| Quaker | USA | 67,000 | - | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 15-17. | Table 1-2: Self-Described Adherence of U.S. Adult Population 1990. Phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by Graduate School of City U. of New York. |
| Quaker | USA | 103,000 | - | 1,200 units |
- | 1994 | Magida, Arthur J. (ed). How to be a Perfect Stranger: A Guide to Etiquette in Other People's Religious Ceremonies. Woodstock, VT: Jewish Lights Publishing (1996); pg. 332. | Chapter: "Quaker (Religious Society of Friends) "; "U.S. churches: 1,200; U.S. membership: 103,000 (data from Quakers Around the World, Philadelphia: Friends World Committee for Consultation, 1994) " |
| Quaker | USA | 90,000 | - | - | - | 1995 | 1995 Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches | - |
| Quaker | USA | 10,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: New Religious Movements (University of Virginia) (1998) | US membership is almost certainly less than 100,000. |
