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At least 80% of people in the congregation's census tract are African American. (National Congregations Study, Cumulative Dataset, 2012)

Each question was asked of a key informant from the congregation, such as a minister, priest, rabbi, or other staff person or leader.

African-American Population (2012)

[Results weighted by WTA3CNGD]

African-American Population (Demographic Patterns)

African-American Population by Political Ideology (2012)

	More on the conservative side	Right in the middle	More on the liberal side	Missing	TOTAL
No	98.2% 671	97.0% 419	93.2% 136	48	97.2% 1226
Yes	1.8% 12	3.0% 13	6.8% 10	2	2.8% 35
Missing	19	0	1	0	20
TOTAL	100.0% 683	100.0% 432	100.0% 146	50	1261

African-American Population by Region (2012)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
No	97.2% 138	96.1% 293	96.9% 656	100.0% 188	97.2% 1275
Yes	2.8% 4	3.9% 12	3.1% 21	0.0% 0	2.8% 37
Missing	19	0	0	1	20
TOTAL	100.0% 142	100.0% 305	100.0% 677	100.0% 188	1312

African-American Population by Religious Tradition (2012)

	Roman Catholic	White conservative, evangelical, or fundamentalist	Black Protestant	White liberal or moderate	Non-Christian	TOTAL
No	98.6% 73	99.7% 593	88.0% 250	100.0% 270	100.0% 88	97.2% 1274
Yes	1.4% 1	0.3% 2	12.0% 34	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.8% 37
Missing	0	19	0	0	1	20
TOTAL	100.0% 74	100.0% 595	100.0% 284	100.0% 270	100.0% 88	1311

African-American Population by Size of Congregation (2012)

	50 or less	51-100	101-250	251-1,000	More than 1,000	TOTAL
No	98.0% 537	97.8% 313	96.0% 262	95.6% 130	96.9% 31	97.2% 1273
Yes	2.0% 11	2.2% 7	4.0% 11	4.4% 6	3.1% 1	2.8% 36
Missing	20	0	0	0	0	20
TOTAL	100.0% 548	100.0% 320	100.0% 273	100.0% 136	100.0% 32	1309

African-American Population by Theology (2012)

	More on the conservative side	Right in the middle	More on the liberal side	Missing	TOTAL
No	97.3% 779	98.8% 322	93.7% 149	24	97.2% 1250
Yes	2.7% 22	1.2% 4	6.3% 10	0	2.8% 36
Missing	19	0	1	0	20
TOTAL	100.0% 801	100.0% 326	100.0% 159	24	1286

African-American Population by Year of Survey

	1998	2006-2007	2012	TOTAL
No	96.3% 1176	94.8% 1428	97.3% 1274	96.1% 3878
Yes	3.7% 45	5.2% 78	2.7% 36	3.9% 159
Missing	12	0	20	32
TOTAL	100.0% 1221	100.0% 1506	100.0% 1310	4037

Notes

The National Congregations Study (NCS) dataset "fills a void in the sociological study of congregations by providing, for the first time, data that can be used to draw a nationally aggregate picture of congregations" (Chaves et al. 1999, p.460). Thanks to innovations in sampling techniques, the NCS data is the first nationally representative sample of American congregations. In 2006-07, a panel component was added to the NCS. In addition to the new cross-section of congregations generated in conjunction with the 2006 General Social Survey (GSS), a stratified random sample was drawn from congregations who participated in the 1998 NCS. The 2006-07 NCS sample, then, includes a subset of cases that were also interviewed in 1998. The 2012 NCS includes an oversample of Hispanic congregations.

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