Table 1. Number of students, by community type and religious or nonsectarian orientation: 1989–90, 1999–2000, and 2005

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Number of students, by community type and religious or nonsectarian orientation: 1989–90, 1999–2000, and 2005–06
	All community types			Central city
Religious or nonsectarian orientation	1989–90	1999–2000	2005–06	1989–90	1999–2000	2005–06
Total	4,838,497	5,162,684	5,057,520	2,395,990	2,540,516	2,107,312

Catholic	2,637,473	2,511,040	2,246,240	1,421,453	1,293,629	1,035,873
Assembly of God	54,265	75,255	56,683	24,613	31,776	18,341
Baptist	279,452	317,178	278,921	126,616	137,492	92,565
Christian (no specific denomination)	329,044	533,008	633,861	130,425	241,585	205,834
Episcopal	83,314	113,888	100,961	54,587	80,688	55,227
Islamic	‡	18,262	26,209	‡	10,499	13,384
Jewish	153,722	169,751	204,847	91,041	108,785	115,351
Lutheran	211,158	222,695	198,604	88,944	90,616	80,795
Pentecostal	24,128	33,201	22,971	12,241	15,820	8,224
Seventh-Day Adventist	77,241	61,080	55,488	32,589	22,013	18,115
All other religious	349,166	299,225	306,072	136,295	130,946	95,164
Nonsectarian	639,533	808,101	926,664	277,186	376,668	368,438
‡ Reporting standards not met.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding or missing values in cells with too few sample cases.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 1989–90, 1999–2000, and 2005–06.

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