I. Confessional Breakdown of the German Population (December 1, 1871)
State and region | On December 1, 1871, for every 10,000 residents, there were: | Christian | Jewish | Other or no religion given | Evangelical (Protestant) | Roman Catholic | Other | Prov. East Prussia | 8,609 | 1,278 | 34 | 79 | 0,1 | Prov. West Prussia | 4,819 | 4,880 | 98 | 203 | 0,3 | City of Berlin | 8,904 | 626 | 31 | 436 | 3 | Prov. Brandenburg | 9,760 | 170 | 14 | 56 | 0,1 | Prov. Pomerania | 9,761 | 118 | 30 | 91 | 0,0 | Prov. Posen | 3,228 | 6,374 | 7 | 391 | 0,1 | Prov. Silesia | 4,749 | 5,115 | 10 | 126 | 0,3 | Prov. Saxony | 9,351 | 603 | 18 | 28 | 0,1 | Prov. Schleswig-Holstein | 9,894 | 60 | 10 | 36 | 0,1 | Prov. Hanover | 8,727 | 1,191 | 17 | 65 | 0,1 | Prov. Westphalia | 4,543 | 5,347 | 13 | 97 | 0,1 | Prov. Hesse-Nassau | 7,056 | 2,655 | 28 | 259 | 2 | Prov. Rhineland | 2,534 | 7,343 | 16 | 107 | 0,1 | Hohenzollern | 269 | 9,618 | 5 | 108 | - | | | | | | | Kingdom of Prussia | 6,497 | 3,349 | 22 | 132 | 0,3 | | | | | | | Kingdom of Bavaria | 2,761 | 7,123 | 11 | 104 | 1 | | | | | | | Kingdom of Saxony | 9,755 | 209 | 19 | 13 | 3 | Württemberg | 6,867 | 3,044 | 21 | 67 | 0,2 | Baden | 3,359 | 6,449 | 16 | 176 | 0,2 | Hesse | 6,852 | 2,803 | 46 | 297 | 2 | Mecklenburg-Schwerin | 9,921 | 24 | 2 | 53 | 0,4 | Hamburg | 9,044 | 229 | 93 | 407 | 227 | Alsace-Lorraine | 1,744 | 7,973 | 14 | 264 | 5 | | | | | | | German Reich | 6,231 | 3,621 | 20 | 125 | 5 | II. Confessional Breakdown of the German Population (December 1, 1910)
State and region | On December 1, 1910, for every 10,000 residents, there were: | Christian | Jewish | Evangelical (Protestant) | Roman Catholic | Other | | | | | | Prov. East Prussia | 8,434 | 1,409 | 84 | 3 | Prov. West Prussia | 4,632 | 5,182 | 99 | 82 | City of Berlin | 8,155 | 1,173 | 53 | 434 | Prov. Brandenburg | 8,984 | 734 | 50 | 150 | Prov. Pomerania | 9,536 | 328 | 70 | 52 | Prov. Posen | 3,079 | 6,773 | 20 | 126 | Prov. Silesia | 4,208 | 5,669 | 25 | 86 | Prov. Saxony | 9,161 | 753 | 23 | 25 | Prov. Schleswig-Holstein | 9,556 | 330 | 61 | 21 | Prov. Hanover | 8,513 | 1,372 | 43 | 63 | Prov. Westphalia | 4,722 | 5,143 | 58 | 51 | Prov. Hesse-Nassau | 6,839 | 2,824 | 56 | 233 | Prov. Rhineland | 2,946 | 6,903 | 41 | 80 | Hohenzollern | 503 | 9,437 | 2 | 57 | | | | | | Kingdom of Prussia | 6,182 | 3,631 | 47 | 104 | | | | | | Kingdom of Bavaria | 2,821 | 7,061 | 20 | 80 | | | | | | Kingdom of Saxony | 9,405 | 491 | 53 | 37 | Württemberg | 6,856 | 3,036 | 53 | 49 | Baden | 3,856 | 5,932 | 62 | 121 | Hesse | 6,615 | 3,101 | 52 | 188 | Mecklenburg-Schwerin | 9,618 | 320 | 20 | 22 | Hamburg | 9,163 | 503 | 42 | 199 | Alsace-Lorraine | 2,178 | 7,629 | 21 | 165 | | | | | | German Reich | 6,159 | 3,669 | 46 | 95 |
Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch für das Deutsche Reich [Statistical Almanac for the German Reich],1880, p. 13 and 1913, p. 11. Reprinted in Gerd Hohorst, Jürgen Kocka, and Gerhard A. Ritter, Sozialgeschichtliches Arbeitsbuch: Materialien zur Statistik des Kaiserreichs 1870-1914 [Social History Workbook: Materials on Kaiserriech Statistics 1870-1914]. 2 vols., Munich, 1975, vol. 2, pp. 54-55. Translation: Thomas Dunlap |