United States of America

In the Journal of Global Catholicism

Kate DeConinck, "Traversing Mass Tragedies: Material Religion Between the 9/11 and Newtown Memorials," Journal of Global Catholicism 3, no. 1 (2019): 126-152, DOI: 10.32436/2475-6423.1051

Quentin Wodon, "Decline in Student Enrollment, Parental Willingness to Consider Catholic Schools, and Sources of Comparative Advantage in the United States," Journal of Global Catholicism 6, no. 2 (2022): 94-115, DOI: 10.32436/2475-6423.1107

Articles

In the News

Journal studies lived experience in Catholic education - June 30, 2022
Catholicism and ethnic identity in America - The Tablet - January 14, 2021
Chicago-area Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe - Chicago Tribune - December 11, 2019
Chinese immigrants are converting to Catholicism - New York Times - April 19, 2019
The Quinceañera, a rite of passage in transition - New York Times - June 4, 2016
'Mass Mobs' Are Filling The Pews At Detroit's Catholic Churches - Huffington Post - October 12, 2014

Demographics

National Demographics

Total Population:

326,766,748 1

Urban:

82.30% 1

Rural:

17.70% 1

Immigrants as % of Population:

14.5% 2

Homicides:

4.88 per 100,000 people (global median 6.9) 3

Level of Public Corruption:

18 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4

Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics:

45 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 7

Fertility Rate:

1.88 births per adult woman 5

Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5:

0.70% 5

Life Expectancy at Birth:

79 years 5

Internet Users:

87% 5

Gross National Income per Capita:

US$55,200 5

Catholic Demographics

These statistics are derived from the Vatican's official publication, Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022). The numbers may differ from data reported by other sources on this site.

Baptized Catholics:

74,217,000

Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population:

22.54%

Baptisms per Year (Under age 7):

515,555

Baptisms per Year (Over age 7):

59,004

First Communions per Year:

529,872

Confirmations per Year:

485,523

Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools:

987,267

Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools:

535,258

Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education:

1,207,629

Church Marriages per Year:

110,619

Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics:

89,321

Priests:

37,434

Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters):

39,912

Catholics per Priest:

1,983

Parishes:

16,722

Mission Stations (no resident priests):

1,115

Catholic Hospitals:

543

Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids:

996

1. United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision, Online Edition.
2.United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Trends in International Migrant Stock: The 2015 revision.
3.United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, Homicide Statistics 2015.
4.Transparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index 2016.
5.UNICEF, State of the World's Children, 2016.
6. Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022).
7.World Economic Forum, The Global Gender Gap Report, 2016.

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