Authoritative figures on local church membership are hard to come by.
The U.S. Census Bureau has not asked questions about religion since the 1950s, so the task falls to other organizations. Fortunately, every 10 years, a group called the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies collects data on the number of congregations and adherents within each state and county.
The latest numbers, just released, offer an interesting look at who’s up and who’s down in Dane County.