Stats on USA Catholics

From Fr. Z.  

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For example… Catholic population in the USA is going up and so is, – surprise – Mass attendance.

U.S. Data	1965	1975	1985	1995	2000	2005	2009
Total priests	58,632	58,909	57,317	49,054	45,699	42,839	40,666
Diocesan priests	35,925	36,005	35,052	32,349	30,607	28,702	27,594
Religious priests	22,707	22,904	22,265	16,705	15,092	14,137	13,072
Priestly ordinations	994	771	533	511	442	454	472
Graduate-level seminarians	8,325	5,279	4,063	3,172	3,474	3,308	3,357
Permanent deacons	na	898	7,204	10,932	12,378	14,574	16,380
Religious brothers	12,271	8,625	7,544	6,535	5,662	5,451	4,863
Religious sisters	179,954	135,225	115,386	90,809	79,814	68,634	59,601
Parishes	17,637	18,515	19,244	19,331	19,236	18,891	18,280
Without a resident priest pastor	549	702	1,051	2,161	2,843	3,251	3,400
Where a bishop has entrusted the pastoral care of the parrish to a deacon, religious sister or brother, or other lay person (Canon 517.2)	na	na	93	314	447	553	517
Catholic population	45.6m	48.7m	52.3m	57.4m	59.9m	64.8m	65.2m
Percent of U.S. population	24%	23%	23%	23%	22%	23%	22%
Catholic elementary schools	—	8,414	7,764	6,964	6,793	6,122	6,028*
Students in Catholic elementary schools	—	2.557m	2.005m	1.815m	1.800m	1.559m	1.568m*
Catholic secondary schools	—	1,624	1,425	1,280	1,297	1,325	1,220*
Students in Catholic secondary schools	—	884,181	774,216	638,440	653,723	653,226	624,515*
Mass Attendance CARA Catholic Poll (CCP): Yearly average percent of U.S.adult Catholics who say they attended Mass once a week or more (i.e., those attending every week) in CARA’s telephone polls. Comparison: The Gallup Poll trend for the  yearly average percent of U.S.adult Catholics who say they attended Mass in the last seven days (i.e., those attending in any given week).	—	—	—	—	33%	35%	36%
*Most recent estimates of the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA). School data for previous years is from the ASE.