PSD Membership

2000–2008

The following table gives membership figures for congregations in PSD that were affiliated with UUA over the 8-year period from 2000 to 2008. (UUA does not track membership of congregations not affiliated with the association.)
At the bottom of the table are given the year-to-year changes over the entire district, in absolute and in percentage terms.

In 2007, the UUA announced that over the five-year period 2002–2007, Prairie Star District had the highest growth rate. In that period, the district grew by 13.9%. We are very appreciative of the work your congregation has done to welcome people seeking what we ourselves have found. Thanks to you for all you do!

Location			Number of Members Certified in:
State and City		Congregation	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
IA	Ames	UU Fellowship of Ames	257	262	269	270	273	270	273	280	304
IA	Burlington	UU Fellowship at Burlington	79	77	76	77	78	78	73	80	84
IA	Cedar Falls	UU Society of Black Hawk County	116	118	94	117	117	117	127	121	131
IA	Cedar Rapids	The Peoples Church UU	226	211	213	231	214	239	231	227	220
IA	Clinton	UU Fellowship of Clinton	26	19	19	19	16	21	21	20	14
IA	Davenport	Unitarian Church	221	195	188	186	197	195	207	217	213
IA	Decorah	NE Iowa UU Fellowship						36	41	53	52
IA	Des Moines	First Unitarian Church of Des Moines	251	251	262	264	292	310	353	385	389
IA	Dubuque	UU Fellowship of Dubuque	21	27	35	38	39	34	37	43	46
IA	Iowa City	UU Society of Iowa City	258	251	263	286	295	302	298	281	278
IA	Mason City	UU Fellowship of N Central Iowa	21	12	10	11	8	10	12	10	10
IA	Okoboji	Iowa Lakes UU Fellowship	(not affiliated)
IA	Sioux City	First Unitarian Church	65	61	59	69	69	68	69	77	65
IA	Storm Lake	UUs of Storm Lake	(not affiliated)
State and City		Congregation	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
KS	Lawrence	Unitarian Fellowship of Lawrence	102	113	137	112	134	147	149	152	157
KS	Manhattan	UU Fellowship of Manhattan	60	85	88	90	92	101	103	105	105
KS	Overland Park	Shawnee Mission UU Church	185	170	188	187	232	250	255	303	335
KS	Overland Park	UU Fellowship of Johnson County	25	24	23	23	19	(disbanded)
KS	Salina	The UU Fellowship of Salina			30	30	32	30	36	39	36
KS	Topeka	UU Fellowship of Topeka	124	124	118	115	139	134	123	120	152
KS	Wichita	First UU Church of Wichita	146	135	139	148	138	148	149	145	130
State and City		Congregation	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
MN	Angora	(now merged with Virginia)	11	11
MN	Arden Hills	Pilgrim House UU Fellowship	77	76	86	91	85	69	70	82	87
MN	Bemidji	Headwaters UU Fellowship	35	25	30	40	44	53	56	58	65
MN	Bloomington	Minnesota Valley UU Fellowship	115	116	122	131	149	151	147	164	157
MN	Brainerd	Northwoods UU Fellowship	14	13	12	15	17	18	18	13	11
MN	Buffalo	Buffalo UU Fellowship	(not affiliated)
MN	Burnsville	Dakota UU Church	30	30	30	38	25	30	31	36	34
MN	Duluth	First Unitarian Church of Duluth	196	183	210	209	197	226	219	209	217
MN	Excelsior	Lake Fellowship	28	28	26	26	27	27	28	32	34
MN	Fridley	Michael Servetus Unitarian Society	91	84	84	88	85	91	86	77	84
MN	Grand Rapids	Unitarian Fellowship of Grand Rapids	15	15	17	18	24	25	30	27	25
MN	Hanska	Nora Church UU	101	98	92	71	71	72	72	76	72
MN	Mahtomedi	White Bear UU Church	316	307	350	398	463	501	560	571	611
MN	Mankato	UU Fellowship of Mankato	56	68	75	55	55	62	80	90	100
MN	Minneapolis	First Unitarian Society	581	593	594	510	508	520	509	488	476
MN	Minneapolis	First Universalist Church	800	820	824	773	852	820	810	839	829
MN	Northfield	UU Fellowship of Northfield	35	35	45	41	52	47	43	39	39
MN	Rochester	First UU Church	284	301	335	352	359	368	370	388	410
MN	St. Cloud	Spirit of Life Church	(not affiliated)
MN	St. Cloud	St. Cloud UU Fellowship	69	60	62	62	65	72	68	72	75
MN	St. Paul	Groveland UU Fellowship	(not affiliated)
MN	St. Paul	Unity Church -- Unitarian	770	791	758	784	818	787	855	841	832
MN	Underwood	Unitarian Church of Underwood	34	35	35	35	35	40	40	40	46
MN	Virginia	Mesabi UU Church	26	25	38	35	32	33	33	34	34
MN	Wayzata	UU Church of Minnetonka	260	260	267	254	260	240	215	181	189
MN	Willmar	UU Church of Willmar	21	17	29	33	35	42	52	43	46
MN	Winona	UU Fellowship of Winona	46	46	41	41	46	39	40	45	45
State and City		Congregation	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
MO	Kansas City	All Souls UU Church	326	368	390	387	400	423	458	517	568
MO	Kansas City	Gaia Community	42	46	25	21	34	44	40	35	45
MO	Osceola	Kildare by the Lake	(not affiliated)
MO	Warrensburg	UU Fellowship	(not affiliated)
State and City		Congregation	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
NE	Kearney	Kearney UU Fellowship	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
NE	Lincoln	Unitarian Church	343	340	314	294	304	325	309	315	283
NE	Omaha	First Unitarian Church	260	239	237	244	237	242	253	256	244
NE	Omaha	Second Unitarian Church	100	101	109	113	124	119	133	128	131
State and City		Congregation	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
ND	Bismarck	Bismarck-Mandan UU Fellowshp	47	48	44	46	54	70	73	81	82
ND	Dickinson	Ocean of Grass UU Fellowship	(not affiliated)
ND	Fargo	UU Church	62	61	56	66	84	95	96	83	69
ND	Grand Forks	Grand Forks UU Fellowship	23	20	20	23	24	24	24	26	26
State and City		Congregation	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
SD	Rapid City	Black Hills UU Fellowship	30	30	30	27	33	37	44	44	39
SD	Sioux Falls	All Souls UU Church	47	49	53	53	63	64	69	72	72
SD	Vermillion	Unitarian Fellowship of Vermillion	11	11	11	9	9	20	18	6	6
State and City		Congregation	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
WI	Ashland	Northwoods UU Fellowship					38	45	54	47	39
WI	Eau Claire	UU Fellowship	108	108	150	147	156	160	147	162	168
WI	La Crosse	UU Fellowshp of La Crosse	31	49	57	59	64	69	83	87	93
WI	Menomonie	Unitarian Society of Menomonie	42	41	29	29	28	28	28	29	34
WI	Rice Lake	Blue Hills UU Fellowship	33	33	37	39	50	46	50	47	51
WI	River Falls	UU Society of River Falls	48	52	58	56	56	52	57	68	80
Totals			7757	7778	8003	7996	8456	8696	8935	9116	9279

Prairie Star District			2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total District Membership			7757	7778	8003	7996	8456	8696	8935	9116	9279
Increase over previous year				21	225	-7	460	240	239	181	163
Percent increase over previous year				0.27%	2.89%	-0.09%	5.75%	2.84%	2.75%	2.03%	1.79%

Average Growth Rate

The average yearly rate of growth for the District over this 8-year period is 2.26%.

This is the average yearly rate of growth over this period, i.e., the constant rate of growth that turns 7757 into 9279 over 8 years. (This is not the same as the arithmetic average of the individual yearly rates, which is not a useful average.)

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Prairie Star District

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PSD Membership

2000–2008

Average Growth Rate