World survey by the Interchurch World Movement of North America : revised preliminary statement and budget .. . lfare.—Bishop Frederick De Land Leete 20 The Cities: HOME MISSIONS METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS ABOUT the larger cities twenty-five metro-. politan districts have been Hsted bythe United States Census Bureau, including thearea within ten miles of the city limits. Thus,all cities of 200,000 and over are included inthese metropolitan districts. They are as fol-lows: New York, including both Newark andJersey City, N. J., each of which has over200,000 inhabitants; Chicago, Philadelphia,Boston,
World survey by the Interchurch World Movement of North America : revised preliminary statement and budget .. . lfare.—Bishop Frederick De Land Leete 20 The Cities: HOME MISSIONS METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS ABOUT the larger cities twenty-five metro-. politan districts have been Hsted bythe United States Census Bureau, including thearea within ten miles of the city limits. Thus,all cities of 200,000 and over are included inthese metropolitan districts. They are as fol-lows: New York, including both Newark andJersey City, N. J., each of which has over200,000 inhabitants; Chicago, Philadelphia,Boston, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, San Francisco-Oakland, Baltimore, Cleveland, Cincinnati,Minneapolis-St. Paul, Detroit, Buffalo, LosAngeles, Milwaukee, Providence, Washington,New Orleans, Kansas City (Missouri andKansas), Louisville, Rochester, Seattle, Port-land, (Oregon), Indianapolis and Denver. In these 25 metropolitan districts one-fourth ofthe population of the United States lives on onefour-hundredth of the land area of the country. DISTRIBUTION OF CHURCH ANDNON-CHURCH MEMBERSHIP CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, 1916. Total population of Philadelphia 1,683,664* Total Protestant church membership 319,652tTotal non-Protestant church membership 776,422Total non-church membership 907,242 *1916 Census estimatefCensus Religious Bodies, 1916 RELATIVE GROWTH OF RURAL POPULATION AND CITIES OF 25,000 AND OVER 1900 TO 1910 i i 507. 1 f/ / 407. 30% / / 20% / / / 107. / / / ^ / .... —-? - — - — . 1900 1910 These districts are the dynamic, controllingcenters of American life. The commerce of theland centers in them. They are built aroundthe basic industries and control them. Thegreat financial institutions are there. Theyhave culture, science and art. They fix theprices of commodities; mold public opinion andstart the fads. They have great politicalpower. In them every city problem is foundin its tensest, most acute and active form. Here the church has not kept pace with theincreas
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