Church at a glance statistics

Laity
There are 68,293,869 Catholics in the United States1 (22% of the U.S. population), and 1.1 billion Catholics worldwide

New Church Members

    Infant Baptisms: 830,673
    Adult Baptisms: 42,335
    Received into Full Communion: 72,859

Dioceses and Archdioceses
In the United States, there are 195 archdioceses/dioceses and one 1 apostolic exarchate:
    145 Latin Catholic dioceses
    33 Latin Catholic archdioceses
    15 Eastern Catholic dioceses
    2 Eastern Catholic archdioceses
    1 apostolic exarchate for Syro-Malankara Catholic Church

Currently, 7 dioceses are vacant (sede vacante):
    Baker, Oregon
    Fresno, California
    Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida
    Pittsburgh (Ruthenian)
    Salina, Kansas
    Steubenville, Ohio

Clergy and Religious

 

Cardinals
There are 18 U.S. Cardinals

5 Cardinals currently lead U.S. archdioceses
    Cardinal Daniel DiNardo - Galveston-Houston
    Cardinal Francis George - Chicago
    Cardinal Sean O'Malley - Boston
    Cardinal Justin Rigali - Philadelphia
    Cardinal Donald Wuerl - Washington

4 U.S. Cardinals are not currently diocesan bishops
    Cardinal Raymond L. Burke - Prefect, Apostolic Signatura
    Cardinal John P. Foley - Grand Master of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher
    Cardinal Bernard F. Law - Archpriest of St. Mary Major Basilica, Rome
    Cardinal William J. Levada - Prefect, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

9 U.S Cardinals are retired
    Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua - Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia
    Cardinal William Baum - Major Penitentiary Emeritus
    Cardinal Edward Egan - Archbishop Emeritus of New York
    Cardinal William Keeler - Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore
    Cardinal Roger Mahony - Archbishop Emeritus of Los Angeles
    Cardinal Adam Maida - Archbishop Emeritus of Detroit
    Cardinal Theodore McCarrick - Archbishop Emeritus of Washington
    Cardinal James Stafford - Major Penitentiary Emeritus
    Cardinal Edmund Szoka - Former President, Pontifical Commission for Vatican City

Bishops
There are 450 active and retired Catholic bishops in the United States:
270 Active Bishops:
    5 Cardinal Archbishops
    1 Coadjutor Archbishop
    154 Diocesan Bishops
    73 Auxiliary Bishops
    9 Apostolic or Diocesan Administrators
180 Retired Bishops:
    10 retired Cardinal Archbishops
    24 retired Archbishops
    94 retired Diocesan Bishops
    52 retired Auxiliary Bishops


Priests

There are 40,271 diocesan and religious-order priests in the United States.
    27,284 diocesan priests
    12,978 religious-order priests (Jesuits, Dominicans, Franciscans, etc.)

Seminarians

There are 5,247 seminarians enrolled in the United States.
    3,394 enrolled in diocesan seminaries
    1,853 enrolled in religious-order seminaries

Permanent Deacons

There are 17,436 men who are ordained as permanent deacons in the United States. A permanent deacon is a man, either married or single, who is ordained to the order of deacons, the first of three ranks in ordained ministry. They assist priests in administrative and pastoral roles.

Vowed Religious
Sisters: 57,113
Brothers: 4,650

Catholic Education
Total Catholic elementary and high school enrollment: 2,065,872
Elementary Schools: 5,774 schools educating 1,467,694 students
High Schools: 1,206 schools educating 598,178 students
Colleges and Universities: 235 institutions educating 804,826 students10
Non-residential Schools for Handicapped Persons: 61 schools educating 59,160 students
Public School Students Receiving Religious Education:

Elementary School students: 3,012,495
High School students: 675,686