from these
calculations are well within the limits of truth.

By the same method we find that in the suburban rural townships and rural
sections of townships containing cities and towns of more than 2,500
inhabitants, 419 of the 582 churches have a membership of 100 or less; 325
of 75 or less; while 198 churches have a membership of 50 or less. We
therefore calculate that of 6,642, or all the rural churches, 4,529 or 68
per cent have a membership of not more than 100; 3,641, or 55 per cent, a
membership of not more than 75; and 2,425 or 37 per cent a membership of
not more than 50.

TABLE II

CHURCHES CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO NUMBER OF THEIR MEMBERS

Key:
1 _Rural townships_
2 _Per cent_
3 _Other rural sections_
4 _Per cent_
5 _All sections_
6 _Per cent_

1 2 3 4 5 6
No. churches whose membership
is reported 4,941 100 451 100 5,392 100
No. of these whose membership
is less than 101 3,351 67.8 325 72 3,676 68
No. of these whose membership
is less than 76 2,704 54.7 252 56 2,956 55
No. of these whose membership
is less than 51 1,817 36.7 153 34 1,860 36
No. churches whose membership
data are not available 1,119 18 131 23 1,250 19
Calculated minimum number of
churches whose membership
is less than 101 4,110* 68 419* 72 4,529 68
Calculated minimum number of
churches whose membership
is less than 76 3,316* 55 325* 56 3,641 55
Calculated minimum number of
churches whose membership
is less than 51 2,227* 37 198* 34 2,425 37
No. churches reporting whose
membership is from 1 to 25 651 13 45 10 696 13
No. churches reporting whose
membership is from 26-50 1,116 23 108 24 1,274 24
No. churches reporting whose
membership is from 51-75 887 18 99 22 986 18

*Note: Reckoned as follows: 3351 + .678 x 1119 = 4110
2704 + .547 x 1119 = 3316
1817 + .367 x 1119 = 2227

325 + .72 x 131 = 419
252 + .56 x 131 = 325
153 + .