Membership Demographics

The PC(USA) maintains extensive statistics on it members.

Total "communicant" membership fell by 2% in 2005 to 2,313,662, the largest loss since 1975. This continues a three decade-long decline in membership for PC(USA).

The average Presbyterian Church has 212 members (the mean in 2005). About 25% of the total congregations report between 1 and 50 members. Another 23% report between 51 and 100 members. The average worship attendance as a percentage of membership is 51.7%. The largest congregation in PC(USA) is Peachtree Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, GA with a membership of 8,413 (2005).

Most PC(USA) members are white (92.9%). Other racial and ethnic members include African-Americans (3.1% of the total membership of the denomination), Asians (2.3%), Hispanics (1.2%), Native Americans (0.2%), and others (0.3%). Despite declines in the total membership of the PC(USA), the percentage of racial-ethnic minority members has stayed about the same since 1995. The ratio of female members (58%) to male members (42%) has also remained stable since the mid-1960s

PC(USA)-affiliated seminaries, colleges and universities

The denomination maintains affiliations with eleven seminaries in the United States. These are:

• Presbyterian College in Clinton, SC

• Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Austin, TX

• Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, GA

• Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, GA

• Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY

• McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago, IL

• Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh, PA