A map by request. Here is where all those metropolitan areas without Unitarian Universalist congregations are. The usual caveats apply, but note how most are east of the population fall-off line around Interstate highway 35; these are not lost in the desert. Funny how there are two cities each named Danville (Illinois and Virginia) and… Continue reading Two Danvilles, two Monroes and no church
Category: Data
Two (more) unhappy numbers about Unitarian Universalism
I’m no statistician, but I know that the facts we use to understand ourselves shape how we see ourselves — that sounds more like the work of a theologian, doesn’t it? — so bad or outdated facts give ourselves an incorrect self-understanding. So, first, what proportion of the American population is Unitarian Universalist? We’ve suffered… Continue reading Two (more) unhappy numbers about Unitarian Universalism
Putting the congregational data project to bed; requests?
It’s been a fun series, crunching though United States towns and cities and matching them with Unitarian Universalist congregations. Feel free to comment away; I certainly will, since there are also issues about Unitarian Universalist culture implied there. Here are the blog posts, in reverse chronological order. A METROPOLIS WITHOUT UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS; NO, DOZENS, REALLY… Continue reading Putting the congregational data project to bed; requests?
A metropolis without Unitarian Universalists; no, dozens, really
Later. Title changed to its opposite to correctly reflect the facts herein. Oops. Dear readers, to recap. I data-hacked the Unitarian Universalist Association directory and mapped it to Office of Management and Budget-defined areas: some metropolitan, some micropolitan, the balance rural. More or less. I wanted to find which low-population areas had Unitarian Universalist congregations… Continue reading A metropolis without Unitarian Universalists; no, dozens, really
A word about rural churches
I was going to move directly to metropolitan areas, but thought I would detour first to those congregations that are neither in metropolitan or micropolitan areas. That is, rural churches. These are very few — only about 5% of all Unitarian Universalists congregations — and most (from personal knowledge) are in small towns, not in… Continue reading A word about rural churches
The largest micropolis without a Unitarian Universalist congregation
So if you wanted to fill in the largest places that don’t have a Unitarian Universalist congregation, where would you start? This is a continuation of the series I begun yesterday. First, some caveats. Would Queens, one of the boroughs of New York City, be considered its own entity, or given its population — 2.3… Continue reading The largest micropolis without a Unitarian Universalist congregation
The Unitarian Universalist micropolitan area breakdown
How small a town can support a Unitarian Universalist congregation? In time, I hope to answer this, but for the moment want to consider the middle scale of United States habitations: the micropolis. As I’ve mentioned before, a micropolitan area “consists of one or more counties and includes the counties containing the core urban area,… Continue reading The Unitarian Universalist micropolitan area breakdown