Demographics

Materials about the Demographics of Orthodox Churches

A Quick Question: How many Eastern Orthodox are there in the USA?
Research and Statistics Assembly of Bishops site (most research conducted by Alexei Krindatch)
Research on Orthodox Religious Groups in the United States: Research Project Overview - Alexei D. Krindatch, Institute of Geography, Moscow, Russia
The Orthodox (Eastern Christian) Churches in the USA at the Beginning of a New Millennium: Research on Orthodox Religious Groups in the United States - Alexei. D. Krindatch (Krindach), Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
What Makes the Orthodox Churches Strangers to American Mainstream Christianity - an article by Alexey D. Krindatch(Krindach), Institute of Geography, Moscow, Russia
For an introduction to the various Eastern Churches (Orthodox and non-Chalcedonian), including contact information and population estimates, see The Eastern Christian Churches by Ron Robertson, C.S.P.
Orthodox leaders cite shortage of priests - by Ann Rodgers-Melnick, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Thursday, July 29, 1999

America’s Changing Religious Landscape - Christians Decline Sharply as Share of Population; Unaffiliated and Other Faiths Continue to Grow Pew Forum Research Report
The Next Christianity - by Philip Jenkins, The Atlantic Monthly, October 2002 (See also Jenkins' book The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity (2003), ISBN 0195168917)
Colleen Carroll, The New Faithful: Why Young Adults Are Embracing Christian Orthodoxy (2002), ISBN 0829416455
Eastern Catholics - 2005 Statistics (PDF)