1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)
1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 12,662
2000: 78,300
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 12,440; 98.3%
2000: 69,631; 88.9%
1.2 RELIGIOUS MAKE-UP OF THE REST OF THE POPULATION:
Bahaís: [1970] 40; 0.3%
________ [2000] 312; 0.4%
Buddhists: [1970] 0; 0.0%
__________ [2000] 4,118; 5.3%
Confucianists: [1970] 0; 0.0%
________________ [2000] 254; 0.3%
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 200; 1.6%
_____________ [2000] 635; 0.8%
Folk-religionists: [1970] 20; 0.2%
_________________ [2000] 1,410; 1.8%
New-Religionists: [1970] 0; 0.0%
____________________ [2000] 882; 1.1%
Shintoists: [1970] %
____________ [2000] %
Nonreligious: [1970] 0; 0.0%
_________________[2000] 1,115; 1.4%
1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:
Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 40; 0.3%
___________________________ [2000] 371; 0.5%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 12,400; 97.9%
__________________________ [2000] 69,260; 88.5%
Protestants: [1970] 1,320; 10.4%
______________ [2000] 6,500; 8.3%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 11,080; 87.5%
______________________ [2000] 69,300; 88.6%
Independents: [1970] 0; 0.0%
_________________ [2000] 6,660; 8.5%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 0; 0.0%
_________________________ [2000] 1,870; 2.4%
Doubly-affiliated: [1970] 0; 0.0%
_____________________ [2000] -15,070; -19.3%
TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 200; 1.6%
________________ [2000] 3,290; 4.2%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 200; 1.6%
__________________________________ [2000] 8,300; 10.6%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 500; 4.0%
____________________________________ [2000] 7,226; 9.3%
1.33 ETHNIC DISTRIBUTION
Filipino: 33.6%
Chamorro: 29.0%
Han Chinese: 9.0%
Korean: 8.1%
Carolinian: 5.4%