What percent are Black or African American? (National Congregations Study 2006-2007)

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

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Percent African-American (National Congregations Study 2006-2007)     [Results weighted by W1]

Related Topics • Percent under 35 • Percent 60 or Older • Percent White • Percent Female • Percent Two-Parent Families with Children • Percent Poor • Percent with Four-Year Degree • Percent within Short Drive • See all Topics Demographic Patterns • Year Founded • Adult Members • Political Ideology • Region of the Country • Religious Tradition • Theology • Year

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Percent African-American (Demographic Patterns)

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Percent African-American by Year Founded

	Before 1900	1900-1950	1951-1999	2000 or Later	Missing	TOTAL
Less than Half	74.1% 243	75.1% 257	80.4% 423	63.0% 58	46	76.2% 981
Half or More	25.9% 85	24.9% 85	19.6% 103	37.0% 34	30	23.8% 307
MISSING	31	47	46	6	0	130
TOTAL	100.0% 328	100.0% 342	100.0% 526	100.0% 92	76	1288

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Percent African-American by Adult Members

	25 or Less	26-50	51-100	101-200	More than 200	Missing	TOTAL
Less than Half	57.7% 90	67.3% 230	77.2% 274	82.5% 222	87.1% 210	1	75.3% 1026
Half or More	42.3% 66	32.7% 112	22.8% 81	17.5% 47	12.9% 31	0	24.7% 337
MISSING	45	33	20	21	19	0	138
TOTAL	100.0% 156	100.0% 342	100.0% 355	100.0% 269	100.0% 241	1	1363

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Percent African-American by Political Ideology

	More on the conservative side	Right in the middle	More on the liberal side	Missing	TOTAL
Less than Half	82.4% 608	64.2% 292	76.4% 84	43	75.5% 984
Half or More	17.6% 130	35.8% 163	23.6% 26	18	24.5% 319
MISSING	84	34	1	0	119
TOTAL	100.0% 738	100.0% 455	100.0% 110	61	1303

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Percent African-American by Region of the Country

	New England or Mid-Atlantic	East North Central or West North Central	South Atlantic, East South Central, or West South Central	Mountain or Pacific	TOTAL
Less than Half	82.7% 148	86.9% 304	60.8% 396	97.3% 179	75.3% 1027
Half or More	17.3% 31	13.1% 46	39.2% 255	2.7% 5	24.7% 337
MISSING	19	35	66	22	142
TOTAL	100.0% 179	100.0% 350	100.0% 651	100.0% 184	1364

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Percent African-American by Religious Tradition

	Roman Catholic	White conservative, evangelical, or fundamentalist	Black Protestant	White liberal or moderate	Non-Christian	TOTAL
Less than Half	93.2% 69	98.5% 646	0.0% 0	98.5% 268	100.0% 45	75.3% 1028
Half or More	6.8% 5	1.5% 10	100.0% 319	1.5% 4	0.0% 0	24.7% 338
MISSING	6	81	36	13	6	142
TOTAL	100.0% 74	100.0% 656	100.0% 319	100.0% 272	100.0% 45	1366

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Percent African-American by Theology

	More on the conservative side	Right in the middle	More on the liberal side	Missing	TOTAL
Less than Half	81.3% 670	61.6% 244	81.4% 96	17	75.5% 1010
Half or More	18.7% 154	38.4% 152	18.6% 22	9	24.5% 328
MISSING	91	29	2	0	122
TOTAL	100.0% 824	100.0% 396	100.0% 118	26	1338

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Percent African-American by Year

	1998	2006	TOTAL
Less than Half	81.0% 898	75.3% 1027	77.9% 1925
Half or More	19.0% 210	24.7% 337	22.1% 547
MISSING	126	142	268
TOTAL	100.0% 1108	100.0% 1364	2472

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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. A full codebook, prepared by the primary investigator, is available for download here. The codebook contains the original questionnaire, as well as detailed information on survey methodology, weights, coding, and more.