April 24, 2000

Texas Baptist baptisms for the 1990s
By Age	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Under 6	639	780	599	687	739	704	669	827	864	722
6-8	8,553	8,801	7,975	8,216	8,158	8,138	7,697	8,484	8,774	8,327
9-11	12,960	13,603	11,549	11,111	11,476	11,572	10,886	12,011	12,397	11,860
12-17	15,746	15,502	13,941	13,339	13,638	14,332	13,803	14,872	16,145	14,962
18-29	12,854	12,864	10,955	10,047	10,147	10,503	9,659	14,095	11,224	10,636
30-59	12,342	12,983	11,764	11,667	12,284	13,227	13,020	13,923	14,602	14,662
60+	1,423	1,447	1,346	1,300	1,324	1,300	1,298	1,472	1,414	1,541
Total	64,517	65,980	58,129	56,367	57,766	59,776	57,032	65,684	65,420	62,710
Note: Sum of age groups will not match baptism totals in BGCT Annuals because not all churches report baptisms by age groups.
Total in Texas Baptist Annual	64,763	66,084	58,193	56,799	59,060	62,162	61,513	67,574	69,266	68,083
Southern Baptist Baptism Totals	385,031	396,668	367,847	349,073	378,463	393,811	379,344	412,027	407,264	419,342
Percentage of Baptisms by Age Group by Year
Age Group	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Under 6	1.0%	1.2%	1.0%	1.2%	1.3%	1.2%	1.2%	1.3%	1.3%	1.2%
6-8	13.3%	13.3%	13.7%	14.6%	14.1%	13.6%	13.5%	12.9%	13.4%	13.3%
9-11	20.1%	20.6%	19.9%	19.7%	19.9%	19.4%	19.1%	18.3%	18.9%	18.9%
12-17	24.4%	23.5%	24.0%	23.7%	23.6%	24.0%	24.2%	22.6%	24.7%	23.9%
18-29	19.9%	19.5%	18.8%	17.8%	17.6%	17.6%	16.9%	21.5%	17.2%	17.0%
30-59	19.1%	19.7%	20.2%	20.7%	21.3%	22.1%	22.8%	21.2%	22.3%	23.4%
60+	2.2%	2.2%	2.3%	2.3%	2.3%	2.2%	2.3%	2.2%	2.2%	2.5%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Population Age 5 and Over (US Dept of Commerce)
Age Group	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Age 5 only	279,576	284,701	285,445	288,601	293,658	306,154	316,840	322,571	323,566	325,400
6-8	825,487	833,363	837,087	848,659	854,541	861,859	881,172	914,118	939,940	967,401
9-11	822,442	860,249	871,601	875,567	881,631	884,616	895,231	904,885	911,962	950,455
12-17	1,509,852	1,544,453	1,592,657	1,639,112	1,695,005	1,739,038	1,776,079	1,821,746	1,838,348	1,873,014
18-29	3,434,461	3,374,367	3,340,244	3,328,771	3,320,395	3,336,852	3,355,957	3,362,435	3,437,155	3,449,432
30-59	6,358,466	6,598,971	6,821,444	7,061,596	7,294,406	7,510,713	7,695,241	7,802,522	7,986,421	7,970,798
60+	2,335,849	2,406,805	2,450,803	2,491,596	2,531,218	2,582,443	2,624,786	2,651,382	2,706,838	2,762,392
Total	15,566,133	15,902,909	16,199,281	16,533,902	16,870,854	17,221,675	17,545,306	17,779,659	18,144,230	18,298,892
Baptisms Per 1,000 Population
Age Group	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
5	2.3	2.7	2.1	2.4	2.5	2.3	2.1	2.6	2.7	2.2
6-8	10.4	10.6	9.5	9.7	9.5	9.4	8.7	9.3	9.3	8.6
9-11	15.8	15.8	13.3	12.7	13.0	13.1	12.2	13.3	13.6	12.5
12-17	10.4	10.0	8.8	8.1	8.0	8.2	7.8	8.2	8.8	8.0
18-29	3.7	3.8	3.3	3.0	3.1	3.1	2.9	4.2	3.3	3.1
30-59	1.9	2.0	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.8
60+	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.6
Total	4.1	4.1	3.6	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.3	3.7	3.6	3.4
Based on Total Baptism in Annuals	4.2	4.2	3.6	3.4	3.5	3.6	3.5	3.8	3.8	3.7
Source: Research & Information Services, BGCT

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