Ten years later how are we doing?

10 years later how are we doing?

U.S. Data	1965	1975	1985	1995	2000	2005	2007
Diocesan priests	35,925	36,005	35,052	32,349	30,607	28,702	27,971
Religious priests	22,707	22,904	22,265	16,705	15,092	14,137	13,478
Total priests	58,632	58,909	57,317	49,054	45,699	42,839	41,449
Priestly ordinations	994	771	533	511	442	454	456
Graduate-level seminarians	8,325	5,279	4,063	3,172	3,474	3,308	3,274
Permanent deacons	—	898	7,204	10,932	12,378	14,574	15,409
Religious brothers	12,271	8,625	7,544	6,535	5,662	5,451	5,015
Religious sisters	179,954	135,225	115,386	90,809	79,814	68,634	63,699
Parishes	17,637	18,515	19,244	19,331	19,236	18,891	18,634
Without a resident priest pastor	549	702	1,051	2,161	2,843	3,251	3,238
Catholic population	45.6m	48.7m	52.3m	57.4m	59.9m	64.8m	64.4m
Percent of U.S. population	24%	23%	23%	23%	22%	23%	22%
Catholic elementary schools	—	—	—	6,979	6,923	6,574	6,288
Students in Catholic elementary schools	—	—	—	1.991m	2.013m	1.779m	1.697m
Catholic secondary schools	—	—	—	1,238	1,221	1,225	1,210
Students in Catholic secondary schools	—	—	—	614,571	639,954	640,952	623,527