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Alexei Krindatch, Research Coordinator (akrindatch@aol.com) Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of North and Central America Ten Facts about Geographic Patterns of the Orthodox Church Life in the United States. Content: Ten Facts about Geographic Patterns of the Orthodox Church Life in the United States p.2 Here you will find information about following: About total number of the Orthodox Church members, parishes and monasteries in America About geography of the Orthodox Church members in the US: state by state and county by county About state to state variations in the size of the Orthodox parishes About geographic and demographic ʺdensityʺ of the network of Orthodox parishes in America About dominance of the different Orthodox Churches in different US states About possible regions for the future ʺplantingʺ of the Orthodox parishes About growth of the Orthodox Churches in the United States: state by state and county by county About geography of the Orthodox bishops in the United States Appendix: p.6 Tab. 1. State by State Geography of the Orthodox Church Life in the United States p.6 Tab. 2. Orthodox Jurisdictions with Biggest Numbers of Parishes and Adherents in Each State p.8 Tab. 3. Change in the Total Number of Parishes and Monastic Communities which Belong to the Jurisdictions of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops by the State: 2000 2010 p.9 Tab. 4. Top Ten US Counties by the Total Number of Adherents of the Orthodox Jurisdictions which are Part of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops p.10 Tab. 5. Top Ten US counties by the total number of parishes of the Orthodox jurisdictions which are part of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops p.10 Tab. 6. State by State Geography of the Orthodox Bishops in the United States p.11 Maps: p.12 Map 1. Locations of Parishes of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the United States p.12 Map 2a. Total Number of Adherents of Orthodox Christian Churches by State (2010) p.13 Map 2b. Cartogram of Orthodox Church Adherents in the United States (2012) p.14 Map 3. Number of Parishes and Monastic Communities by County (2010) p.15 Map 4. State by State Change in the Number of Orthodox Parishes and Monastic Communities during 2000 2010 p.16 Map 5. County by County Change in the Orthodox Church Presence during 2000 2010 p.17 1

Fact 1. In the United States nationwide and for all jurisdictions of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops combined, the total number of persons (including children) participating in the local parishes is about 800,000. They attend 1,900 parishes and mission communities. In addition, 73 monastic communities belong to the various Assembly s jurisdictions. See Tab. 1 on p.6 and Map 1 on p.12. Fact 2. Compared to the general US population, the members of the Orthodox Churches are significantly more concentrated in certain geographic areas. 45% of them live in just five states: New York (14% of all Orthodox Church members), California (10%), Illinois (8%), Pennsylvania (7%) and Massachusetts (6%). At the same time, only 29% of the general US population lives in these five states. See Maps 2a and 2b on pp. 13-14. Fact 3. Further, Orthodox Church life in the United States is geographically concentrated not only in certain states but also in particular counties. The 10 top US counties with the largest numbers of the Orthodox Church members account for 26% of entire membership in the jurisdictions that are part of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops. See Tab 4 on p.10 and Map 3 on p. 15. Fact 4. US nationwide and for all jurisdictions of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops combined, the average size of a single Orthodox parish is 421 persons (including children). But this figure varies greatly not only from jurisdiction to jurisdiction but also from state to state. See Tab. 1. The most sizeable parishes are located in Nevada (890 persons per parish on the average), Utah (848), Illinois (718), New York (656), Massachusetts (651) and Maryland (616). On the opposite end, the smallest parish communities are in North Dakota (50 persons per parish on average), Hawaii (63), Vermont (73), Montana (94) and Idaho (96). 2

Fact 5. Geographic density of the network of Orthodox parishes in America (and, therefore, the distances between parishes) is extremely different in various states. See Tab.1 on p.6. There are more than 20 parishes per 10,000 square miles in such states as New Jersey (103 parishes per 10,000 square miles), Connecticut (91), Massachusetts (73), Pennsylvania (50), Rhode Island (41), New York (30), Delaware (27), Maryland (25) and Ohio (22). At the same time, less than 1 (one) parish per 10,000 square miles are in Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, North and South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming. Less than 2 parishes per 10,000 square miles are in the states of Alaska, Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Oregon. Fact 6. Similarly to state to state variations in the geographic density of the Orthodox parishes, various states have very different supply of Orthodox parishes if measured by the number of parishes per 1,000,000 of general state population. See Tab. 1 on p.6. Alaska is on the very top with 130 Orthodox parishes per 1,000,000 general state population. The states with at least 10 parishes per 1,000,000 general population are Pennsylvania (18), Connecticut (14), Massachusetts (12), New Hampshire (11), New Jersey (10) and Washington DC (10). The state with the smallest number of parishes per 1,000,000 general population is Mississippi: only 1.7 parishes per 1,000,000 population. Less than 3 parishes per 1,000,000 general population are in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah. Fact 7. ʺWhere can new Orthodox parishes be established is a difficult question. Indeed, the decision about ʺplantingʺ new churches should take into account many factors such as local demography, economy, overall level of religiosity of population, availability of clergy, etc. From the perspective of purely geographic factors, however, those states should be considered as the candidates for the establishing new parish communities where two factors are combined, namely: 3

Low territorial density of currently existing parishes (i.e. small number of parishes per 10,000 square miles) and Small number of parishes in proportion to the total population (i.e. small number of parishes per 1,000,000 population). Put simply, in the states which satisfy these two conditions, not only distances between currently existing parishes are great but there exists also a significant demographic potential (i.e. sizeable population) upon which the new parishes can be built. The states satisfying these criteria are: Arizona, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Nevada, South Dakota and Utah. Fact 8. US nationwide, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America (GOA) accounts for 474,500 out of 798,000 persons participating in the Orthodox Church life in America. That is, of all persons who attend in the parishes that belong to the various Assembly s jurisdictions, 60% attend the parishes of the GOA. Accordingly, by the number of church members and parishes, the GOA dominates in most states. There are, however, a number exceptions from this fact. Tab. 2 on p.8 shows that Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese (AOCA) has the largest number of parishes and members in Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky and Oklahoma. In Texas, the AOCA is largest jurisdiction by number of parishes, while GOA prevails in the total of church members. In Alaska and North Dakota, the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) is the largest Orthodox jurisdiction, both in terms of members and parishes. In the states of Connecticut, Delaware, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington and Wisconsin, the GOA dominates in terms of the number of church members, but OCA has the largest number of parishes. Compared to other Orthodox jurisdictions, the OCA also has largest number of parishes in the United States nationwide. Fact 9. During decade of 2000 2010, the total number of parishes and monastic communities that belong to the various Assembly s jurisdictions increased from 1689 to 1936: that is, + 15% growth. See Tab. 3 on p.9 and Map 4 on p. 16. 4

The states which grew in parishes most dynamically are: Georgia (+ 35% increase in number of parishes during 2000 2010), Maryland (+ 39%), Texas (+ 45%), Kansas (+ 45%), Arkansas (+ 50%), Iowa (+ 50%), North Carolina (+ 50%), Virginia (+ 52%), Missouri (+ 54%), Oklahoma (+ 57%), Washington (+ 60%), Delaware (+ 75%), Kentucky (+ 75%), Tennessee (+ 80%) and Hawaii (+ 150%). When placed on the US map, with the exception of Washington and Hawaii, all states with the fastest growth in parishes form one single region. Map 5 on p.17 provides detailed information on increase or decrease in the Orthodox Church presence for each US county. Between 2000 and now, the US Orthodox Churches ʺenteredʺ and established their parishes and missions in 140 new counties. Regrettably, during the same period, in 32 counties Orthodox parishes and missions were closed or moved out. Fact 10. As of January 1, 2013, there were 50 active (not retired) Orthodox bishops in the United States that belong to the various Assembly s jurisdiction. This includes 32 ruling diocesan bishops, 17 vicar/auxiliary bishops 1 and 1 titular bishop. See Tab. 6 in Appendix. On the one hand, the current geography of the church hierarchy reflects to a large extent geographic distribution of the Orthodox Church members. Indeed, with the exception of New Jersey, the states with the largest numbers of hierarchs 2 are the same as the states with the largest numbers of the Orthodox Church members (see Fact 2 above). These states with the largest number of hierarchs are: New York (11 bishops), Illinois (7), California (7), Pennsylvania (5) and New Jersey (5). On the other hand, the states where the Orthodox bishops reside do not necessarily mirror the states where the Orthodox parishes are located. Today, 70% of all US Orthodox hierarchs live in New York, Illinois, California, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, but only 39% of US Orthodox parishes are situated in these states. 1 Including seven bishops of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese who administer their dioceses, but have official status of "auxiliary" bishops to the Primate of the Antiochian Archdiocese. 2 There are few discrepancies between locations where some hierarchs actually "reside" and places where they "cathedrals" are. Examples include two ruling bishops of Ukranian Orthodox Church (we count them as residing in NJ) and Primate of Orthodox Church in America (in our report we count him as residing in NY). 5

Tab. 1 State by State Geography of the Orthodox Church Life in the United States (2012) State Number of monastic communities Number of parishes (1) Total of adherents: 1000 (2) Average size of a single parish: persons (3) Number of parishes per 1,000,000 population Number of parishes per 10,000 sq miles Alabama 0 12 2,880 244 2.5 2.3 Alaska 2 92 13,473 146 129.6 1.4 Arkansas 0 10 1,214 121 2.8 1.6 Arizona 3 21 11,390 542 3.6 2.0 California 9 168 80,355 478 4.5 10.3 Colorado 2 26 10,013 385 5.2 2.5 Connecticut 0 48 17,522 365 14.0 91.0 Delaware 0 6 1,106 184 7.4 26.6 Florida 4 97 48,349 504 4.8 13.7 Georgia 1 27 11,911 441 2.7 4.4 Hawaii 0 5 315 63 4.0 5.0 Idaho 0 9 863 96 4.8 0.9 Illinois 3 90 64,576 718 6.8 15.2 Indiana 2 48 18,702 390 6.3 11.3 Iowa 0 12 2,081 173 3.9 2.1 Kansas 0 16 2,847 178 5.6 1.9 Kentucky 0 6 2,095 349 1.9 2.0 Louisiana 0 12 2,148 179 1.9 1.6 Maine 0 7 1,738 248 5.3 2.0 Maryland 0 33 20,315 616 5.4 25.0 Massachusetts 0 74 48,153 651 11.8 72.9 Michigan 4 73 34,734 476 6.6 6.7 Minnesota 1 28 6,778 242 5.3 3.2 Mississippi 0 7 995 142 1.7 1.0 Missouri 2 19 6,370 335 2.9 2.5 Montana 0 6 565 94 6.1 0.4 Nebraska 0 10 1,463 146 6.4 1.5 Nevada 0 9 8,007 890 3.3 0.8 New Hampshire 0 15 4,266 284 11.4 16.1 New Jersey 0 91 46,793 514 10.2 103.4 New Mexico 1 8 1,986 248 3.0 0.5 6

State Number of monastic communities Number of parishes (1) Total of adherents: 1000 (2) Average size of a single parish: persons (3) Number of parishes per 1,000,000 population Number of parishes per 10,000 sq miles New York 12 168 109,473 656 8.5 30.0 North Carolina 3 32 14,033 439 2.9 5.2 North Dakota 0 3 150 50 5.6 0.5 Ohio 6 102 45,785 449 8.5 21.8 Oklahoma 0 12 2,151 179 2.6 1.5 Oregon 0 18 5,781 340 4.9 1.9 Pennsylvania 6 226 51,974 231 17.9 49.5 Rhode Island 0 8 3,781 473 5.8 41.0 South Carolina 2 18 5,097 283 3.8 5.4 South Dakota 0 3 460 153 2.5 0.3 Tennessee 1 20 3,991 200 2.3 3.4 Texas 3 70 23,088 330 2.6 2.4 Utah 0 7 5,935 848 2.5 0.8 Vermont 0 4 290 73 6.4 4.2 Virginia 1 38 13,373 361 3.9 7.3 Washington 2 29 10,895 389 4.8 4.4 West Virginia 2 15 2,681 179 7.8 6.0 Wisconsin 1 31 11,908 384 4.4 3.8 Wyoming 0 5 885 177 6.4 0.4 Wash., DC 0 6 11,900 1983 10.0 8.6 US total 71 1,900 797,632 421 5.9 4.8 Notes: (1) Including mission parishes; (2) Adherents are defined as the most inclusive category of membership. Adherents include all individual full members (whatever definition of full members each Orthodox jurisdiction utilizes), their children and estimated number of persons who are not full members, but participate at least occasionally in the life of the local Orthodox parish. Data on adherents for each state also include persons who attend church services at monastic communities instead of the local parishes; (3) Average size of a single parish is calculated as total of adherents attending in the local parishes divided by the number of parishes. The persons attending in monastic communities instead of the local parishes are not included. 7

Tab. 2 Orthodox Jurisdictions with Biggest Numbers of Parishes and Adherents (1) in Each State State Jurisdiction with the biggest number of parishes (2) Jurisdiction with the biggest number of adherents State Jurisdiction with the biggest number of parishes (2) Jurisdiction with the biggest number of adherents Alabama GOA GOA Nebraska GOA GOA GOA / OCA / GOA Alaska OCA OCA Nevada Serbian Arkansas AOCA AOCA New Hampshire GOA GOA Arizona GOA GOA New Jersey GOA GOA California GOA GOA New Mexico GOA / OCA GOA Colorado GOA / OCA GOA New York GOA GOA Connecticut OCA GOA North Carolina GOA GOA Delaware OCA GOA North Dakota OCA OCA Florida GOA GOA Ohio OCA GOA Georgia GOA GOA Oklahoma AOCA AOCA Hawaii GOA GOA Oregon OCA GOA Idaho AOCA AOCA Pennsylvania OCA GOA Illinois GOA GOA Rhode Island GOA GOA Indiana GOA / OCA GOA South Carolina GOA GOA Iowa GOA GOA South Dakota AOCA / GOA GOA Kansas AOCA AOCA Tennessee GOA GOA Kentucky AOCA AOCA Texas AOCA GOA Louisiana AOCA / GOA GOA Utah GOA GOA Maine GOA GOA Vermont GOA / OCA GOA Maryland GOA GOA Virginia GOA GOA Massachusetts GOA GOA Washington OCA GOA Michigan GOA GOA West Virginia GOA GOA Minnesota OCA GOA Wisconsin OCA GOA Mississippi AOCA / GOA GOA Wyoming GOA GOA Missouri OCA GOA Wash., DC GOA / AOCA GOA Montana OCA GOA US nationwide OCA GOA Note: (1) - Adherents are defined as the most inclusive category of membership. Adherents include all individual full members (whatever definition of full members each Orthodox jurisdiction utilizes), their children and estimated number of persons who are not full members, but participate at least occasionally in the life of the local Orthodox parish. (2) if more than one jurisdiction is indicated, this means that several jurisdictions have equal number of parishes. 8

Tab. 3 Change in the Total Number of Parishes and Monastic Communities which Belong to the Jurisdictions of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops by the State: 2000 2010 State Total of parishes and monastic communities 2000 2010 Change during 2000 2010 (%) State Total of parishes and monastic communities 2000 2010 Change during 2000 2010 (%) Alabama 10 12 + 20% Nebraska 9 11 + 22% Alaska 87 94 + 8% Nevada 9 9 0% Arkansas 6 9 + 50% New Hampshire 15 15 0% Arizona 19 24 + 26% New Jersey 92 90-2% California 154 178 + 16% New Mexico 8 8 0% Colorado 22 28 + 27% New York 170 175 + 3% Connecticut 45 50 + 11% North Carolina 22 33 + 50% Delaware 4 7 + 75% North Dakota 3 3 0% Florida 83 95 + 14% Ohio 91 107 + 18% Georgia 20 27 + 35% Oklahoma 7 11 + 57% Hawaii 2 5 + 150% Oregon 17 18 + 6% Idaho 6 8 + 33% Pennsylvania 239 234-2% Illinois 77 92 + 19% Rhode Island 7 7 0% Indiana 39 46 + 18% South Carolina 15 20 + 33% Iowa 8 12 + 50% South Dakota 2 2 0% Kansas 11 16 + 45% Tennessee 10 18 + 80% Kentucky 4 7 + 75% Texas 49 71 + 45% Louisiana 8 10 + 25% Utah 7 7 0% Maine 7 7 0 % Vermont 4 4 0% Maryland 23 32 + 39% Virginia 23 35 + 52% Massachusetts 68 76 + 12% Washington 20 32 + 60% Michigan 67 73 + 9% West Virginia 13 17 + 31% Minnesota 23 29 + 26% Wisconsin 28 29 + 4% Mississippi 5 6 + 20% Wyoming 5 4-20% Missouri 13 20 + 54% Wash., DC 8 6-25% Montana 5 6 + 20% US nationwide 1689 1936 + 15% 9

Tab. 4 Top Ten US counties by the total number of adherents (1) of the Orthodox jurisdictions which are part of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops Rank Name of County State Total of Orthodox Church adherents (including children) 1. Cook (greater Chicago area) IL 48,114 2. Queens (New York: Flushing area) NY 28,260 3. Los Angeles (city of Los Angeles) CA 24,061 4. New York (New York: Manhattan) NY 16,790 5. Middlesex (towns of Cambridge and Lowell) MA 16,674 6. Pinellas (cities of Clearwater and St. Petersburg) FL 15,395 7. Cuyahoga (greater Cleveland area) OH 13,624 8. Wayne (greater Detroit area) MI 14,404 9. Nassau (New York: Long Island area) NY 13,395 10. Kings (New York: Brooklyn area) NY 13,210 Note: (1) - Adherents are defined as the most inclusive category of membership. Adherents include all individual full members (whatever definition of full members each Orthodox jurisdiction utilizes), their children and estimated number of persons who are not full members, but participate at least occasionally in the life of the local Orthodox parish. Tab. 5 Top Ten US counties by the total number of parishes of the Orthodox jurisdictions which are part of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops Rank Name of County State Total of Orthodox Parishes 1. Cook (greater Chicago area) IL 49 2 Los Angeles (city of Los Angeles) CA 32 3. Allegheny (greater Pittsburgh area) PA 28 4. Cuyahoga (greater Cleveland area) OH 24 5. New York (New York: Manhattan area) NY 25 6 Queens (New York: Flushing area) NY 19 7. Wayne (greater Detroit area) MI 20 8. Fairfield (towns of Bridgeport and Danbury) CT 20 9. Middlesex (towns of Cambridge and Lowell) MA 20 10. Bethel census area AK 17 10

Tab. 6 State by State Geography of the Orthodox Bishops in the United States State Total number of bishops 3 Diocesan bishops / Auxiliary bishops 4 Bishops by jurisdictions (*) New York 11 6 / 5 3 GOA; 2 OCA; 2 ROCOR; 2 BLG; 1 AOCA; 1 RUS California 7 4 / 3 2 GOA 5 ; 2 ROCOR; 1 OCA; 1 AOCA; 1 SRB Illinois 7 6 / 1 2 GOA; 2 ROCOR; 1 OCA; 1 SRB; 1 ROM Pennsylvania 5 4 / 1 2 OCA; 1 GOA; 1 SRB; 1 CRP New Jersey 5 4 / 1 2 AOCA; 2 UKR; 1 GOA Massachusetts 4 3 / 1 1 GOA; 1 OCA; 1 AOCA; 1 ALB Michigan 3 2 / 1 2 OCA; 1 GOA Ohio 2 1 /1 1 OCA; 1 AOCA West Virginia 2 0 / 2 1 AOCA; 1 ROCOR Colorado 1 1 / 0 1 GOA Florida 1 0 / 1 1 AOCA Georgia 1 1 / 0 1 GOA Kansas 1 1 / 0 1 AOCA US total 50 32 / 18 13 GOA; 10 OCA; 9 AOCA; 7 ROCOR; 3 SRB; 2 UKR; 2 BLG; 1 RUS; 1 ALB; 1 ROM; 1 ALB. (*): GOA - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America; OCA - Orthodox Church in America; AOCA - Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese; ROCOR - Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia; SRB - Serbian Orthodox Church; ROM - Romanian Archdiocese; BLG - Bulgarian Diocese; RUS - Patriarchal Parishes of Russian Orthodox Church; UKR - Ukrainian Orthodox Church; CRP - Carpatho-Russian Diocese; ALB - Albanian Diocese. 3 There are few discrepancies between locations where some hierarchs actually "reside" and places where they "cathedrals" are. Examples include two ruling bishops of Ukranian Orthodox Church (we count them as residing in NJ) and Primate of Orthodox Church in America (in our report we count him as residing in NY). 4 Including seven bishops of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese who administer their dioceses, but have official status of "auxiliary" bishops to the Primate of the Antiochian Archdiocese. 5 Including Metropolitan Nikitas. 11

Map 1. Locations of Parishes of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the United States, 2012 Dots are randomly placed within each county to represent congregations. 1,900 parishes and 797,500 adherents total. Present in 626 counties. 12

Total Number of Adherents of Orthodox Christian Churches by State: 2010 (only jurisdictions which are part of the Assembly of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops) 11,045 1,738 565 120 5,831 818 310 6,887 12,053 109,763 290 4,266 4,266 48,637 80,358 8,007 5,935 785 10,013 1,493 2,847 2,081 6,300 35,044 64,821 18,428 46,802 64,821 2,098 46,802 2,776 13,324 52,282 3,775 17,742 46,378 1,351 11,900 20,235 11,225 1,971 2,160 1,182 3,981 14,085 5,227 11,875 975 2,923 23,169 23,169 2,070 13,480 290 Total number of adherents in each state 100 1,000 The size of the dot is in proportion to the total number of members of Orthodox Christian Churches in each state. 48,065 100,000 Source of data: 2010 US National Orthodox Census / 2010 Religious Congregation Membership Study Copyright by Alexei D. Krindatch 13

Map 2b Cartogram of Orthodox Church Adherents (2012) Member Churches of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops Adherent Cartogram resizes each state proportionately to the 14 number of Orthodox Church adherents in that state.

Orthodox Christian Churches in the United States: Number of Parishes1and Monastic Communities by County (2010) (only jurisdictions which are part of the Assembly of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops) Map 3 Number of parishes and monastic communities in each county none 1 2-3 4-5 6-9 10 or more 1Including mission parishes Source of data: 2010 US National Orthodox Census / 2010 Religious Congregation Membership Study Copyright by Alexei D. Krindatch 15

State-by-State Change in the Number of Orthodox Parishes and Monastic Communities during 2000-2010: in %, 2000=100% WA (only jurisdictions which are part of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops) MT ND ME OR ID MN VT NH WY SD WI MI NY CT MA RI CA NV UT CO NE KS IA MO IL IN KY OH WV PA VA MD NJ DE DC AZ NM OK AR TN SC NC MS AL GA TX LA AK FL HI Change (in %) in Number of Orthodox Parishes 2000-2010: No change or decrease in number of parishes Growth in number of parishes: + 1-24% Growth in number of parishes: + 25-49% Growth in number of parishes: + 50% or more SOURCE OF DATA: 2010 US National Orthodox Census 2010 Religious Congregations Membership Study Copyright by Alexei D. Krindatch US nationwide, during 2000-2010, the total number of parishes and monastic communities that belong to the various Assembly's jurisdictions increased from 1,689 to 1,936: +15% growth. 16

Map 5. Change in Presence: 2000 to 2010. Churches of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops Decadal Change Newly Entered Major Gains (50% or more) Minor Changes Major Losses (50% or more) Dropped No Presence 140 counties reported in 2010 but not in 2000. 32 counties reported in 2000 but not in 2010. 17