Henan

Henan

Henan 河南
		POPULATION						CHRISTIANS					Total
							Evangelicals			Catholics			Christians
		Census	Census			Estimate			TOTAL			TOTAL		% of 2020
Location		2000	2010	Growth		2020	TSPM	House church	Evangelicals	CPA	House church	Catholics	TOTAL	Population

Anyang Prefecture	安阳市
Anyang County	安阳县	1,116,162	849,057	-267,105	-23.93%	581,952	29,098 [1]	48,971	78,069	1,164	1,629	2,793	80,862	13.90%
Beiguan District	北关区	185,724	245,624	59,900	32.25%	305,524	15,276	25,710	40,986	611	855	1,467	42,453	13.90%
Hua County	滑县	1,182,162	1,263,289	81,127	6.86%	1,344,416	67,221	113,133	180,353	2,689	3,764	6,453	186,807	13.90%
Linzhou City	林州市	982,254	789,702	-192,552	-19.60%	597,150	29,858 [2]	50,250	80,108	1,194	1,672	2,866	82,974	13.90%
Long'an District	龙安区	249,294	214,456	-34,838	-13.97%	179,618	8,981	15,115	24,096	359	503	862	24,958	13.90%
Neihuang County	内黄县	678,730	693,498	14,768	2.18%	708,266	35,413	59,601	95,014	1,417	1,983	3,400	98,414	13.90%
Tangyin County	汤阴县	432,806	430,803	-2,003	-0.46%	428,800	21,440	36,084	57,524	858	1,201	2,058	59,582	13.90%
Wengfeng District	文峰区	150,360	442,885	292,525	194.55%	735,410	36,771	61,885	98,655	1,471	2,059	3,530	102,185	13.90%
Yindu District	殷都区	183,614	243,874	60,260	32.82%	304,134	15,207	25,593	40,800	608	852	1,460	42,259	13.90%
		5,161,106	5,173,188	12,082	0.23%	5,185,270	207,286	348,863	556,149	10,371	14,519	24,889	581,038	11.21%

Hebi Prefecture	鹤壁市
Heshan District	鹤山区	140,130	131,421	-8,709	-6.21%	122,712	6,381	10,739	17,120	245	344	589	17,709	14.43%
Qibin District	淇滨区	115,476	272,332	156,856	135.83%	429,188	22,318	37,561	59,879	858	1,202	2,060	61,939	14.43%
Qi County	淇县	249,986	269,149	19,163	7.67%	288,312	14,992	25,232	40,224	577	807	1,384	41,608	14.43%
Shangcheng District	山城区	239,730	230,968	-8,762	-3.65%	222,206	11,555	19,447	31,001	444	622	1,067	32,068	14.43%
Xun County	浚县	656,550	665,338	8,788	1.34%	674,126	35,055	58,997	94,051	1,348	1,888	3,236	97,287	14.43%
		1,401,872	1,569,208	167,336	11.94%	1,736,544	90,300	151,975	242,276	3,473	4,862	8,335	250,611	14.43%

Jiaozuo Prefecture	焦作市
Bo'ai County	博爱县	419,228	436,319	17,091	4.08%	453,410	23,124	38,918	62,041	907	1,270	2,176	64,218	14.16%
Jiefeng District	解放区	273,823	295,695	21,872	7.99%	317,567	16,196	27,258	43,454	635	889	1,524	44,978	14.16%
Macun District	马村区	128,842	139,533	10,691	8.30%	150,224	7,661	12,894	20,556	300	421	721	21,277	14.16%
Mengzhou City	孟州市	354,302	367,113	12,811	3.62%	379,924	26,215 [3]	44,119	70,334	760	1,064	1,824	72,158	18.99%
Qinyang City	沁阳市	446,404	447,701	1,297	0.29%	448,998	27,389 [4]	46,095	73,484	898	1,257	2,155	75,640	16.85%
Shanyang District	山阳区	233,639	324,121	90,482	38.73%	414,603	21,145	35,587	56,731	829	1,161	1,990	58,721	14.16%
Wen County	温县	404,621	421,796	17,175	4.24%	438,971	22,388	37,678	60,066	878	1,229	2,107	62,173	14.16%
Wuzhi County	武陟县	642,544	713,945	71,401	11.11%	785,346	40,053	67,409	107,461	1,571	2,199	3,770	111,231	14.16%
Xiuwu County	修武县	274,418	287,814	13,396	4.88%	301,210	15,362	25,854	41,215	602	843	1,446	42,661	14.16%
Zhongzhan District	中站区	110,995	106,064	-4,931	-4.44%	101,133	5,158	8,681	13,838	202	283	485	14,324	14.16%
		3,288,816	3,540,101	251,285	7.64%	3,791,386	199,532 [5]	335,812	535,343	7,583	10,616	17,713	553,056	14.59%

Jiyuan Prefecture	济源市
Jiyuan City	济源市	626,478	675,757	49,279	7.87%	725,036	52,203 [6]	87,857	140,060	1,450	2,030	3,480	143,540	19.80%
		626,478	675,757	49,279	7.87%	725,036	52,203	87,857	140,060	1,450	2,030	3,480	143,540	19.80%

Kaifeng Prefecture	开封市
Gulou District	鼓楼区	132,587	143,175	10,588	7.99%	153,763	5,351	9,006	14,357	461	646	1,107	15,464	10.06%
Jinming District [7]	金明区	268,030	262,258	-5,772	-2.15%	256,486	8,926	15,022	23,948	769	1,077	1,847	25,794	10.06%
Lankao County	兰考县	718,177	677,826	-40,351	-5.62%	637,475	43,348 [8]	72,955	116,303	1,912	2,677	4,590	120,893	18.96%
Longting District	龙亭区	87,411	127,784	40,373	46.19%	168,157	5,852	9,849	15,701	504	706	1,211	16,911	10.06%
Qi County	杞县	1,002,592	956,533	-46,059	-4.59%	910,474	31,684	53,325	85,010	2,731	3,824	6,555	91,565	10.06%
Shunhe District	顺河回族区	188,800	232,296	43,496	23.04%	275,792	9,598	16,153	25,750	827	1,158	1,986	27,736	10.06%
Tongxu County	通许县	552,363	567,495	15,132	2.74%	582,627	20,275	34,124	54,399	1,748	2,447	4,195	58,594	10.06%
Weishi County	尉氏县	812,150	879,713	67,563	8.32%	947,276	32,965	55,480	88,446	2,842	3,979	6,820	95,266	10.06%
Xiangfu District	祥符区	705,080	698,799	-6,281	-0.89%	692,518	36,011 [9]	60,606	96,617	2,078	2,909	4,986	101,603	14.67%
Yuwangtai District	禹王台区	119,343	130,604	11,261	9.44%	141,865	4,937	8,309	13,246	426	596	1,021	14,267	10.06%
		4,586,533	4,676,483	89,950	1.96%	4,766,433	198,947	334,828	533,776	14,299	20,019	34,318	568,094	11.92%

Luohe Prefecture	漯河市
Linying County	临颍县	632,427	710,845	78,418	12.40%	789,263	41,042	69,073	110,115	2,368	3,315	5,683	115,798	14.67%
Shaoling District	召陵区	477,340	477,340	477,340	0.00%	477,340	24,822	41,775	66,597	1,432	2,005	3,437	70,033	14.67%
Wuyang County	舞阳县	498,970	538,447	39,477	7.91%	577,924	30,052 [10]	50,578	80,630	1,734	2,427	4,161	84,791	14.67%
Yancheng District	郾城区	493,680	493,680	0	0.00%	493,680	25,671	43,205	68,876	1,481	2,073	3,554	72,431	14.67%
Yuanhui District	源汇区	323,954	323,954	0	0.00%	323,954	16,846	28,351	45,197	972	1,361	2,332	47,529	14.67%
		2,262,404	2,544,266	595,235	26.31%	2,662,161	138,432 [11]	232,982	371,414	7,986	11,181	19,168	390,582	14.67%

Luoyang Prefecture	洛阳市
Chanhe District	瀍河回族区	167,069	177,939	10,870	6.51%	188,809	9,440	15,888	25,329	566	793	1,359	26,688	14.14%
Jianxi District	涧西区	455,611	619,221	163,610	35.91%	782,831	39,142	65,875	105,017	2,348	3,288	5,636	110,653	14.14%
Jili District	吉利区	70,593	69,076	-1,517	-2.15%	67,559	3,378	5,685	9,063	203	284	486	9,549	14.14%
Laocheng District	老城区	141,571	163,176	21,605	15.26%	184,781	9,239	15,549	24,788	554	776	1,330	26,119	14.14%
Luanchuan County	栾川县	312,838	342,848	30,010	9.59%	372,858	18,643	31,376	50,019	1,119	1,566	2,685	52,703	14.14%
Luolong District	洛龙区	323,375	523,726	200,351	61.96%	724,077	36,204	60,931	97,135	2,172	3,041	5,213	102,348	14.14%
Luoning County	洛宁县	422,972	421,262	-1,710	-0.40%	419,552	21,817 [12]	36,718	58,534	1,259	1,762	3,021	61,555	14.67%
Mengjin County	孟津县	418,065	414,637	-3,428	-0.82%	411,209	20,560	34,603	55,164	1,234	1,727	2,961	58,124	14.14%
Ruyang County	汝阳县	397,833	408,009	10,176	2.56%	418,185	20,909	35,190	56,100	1,255	1,756	3,011	59,110	14.14%
Song County	嵩县	527,768	507,052	-20,716	-3.93%	486,336	24,317	40,925	65,242	1,459	2,043	3,502	68,744	14.14%
Xigong District	西工区	333,461	372,941	39,480	11.84%	412,421	20,621	34,705	55,326	1,237	1,732	2,969	58,296	14.14%
Xin'an County	新安县	481,740	470,198	-11,542	-2.40%	458,656	22,933	38,596	61,529	1,376	1,926	3,302	64,831	14.14%
Yanshi City	偃师市	816,026	666,696	-149,330	-18.30%	517,366	47,598 [13]	80,107	127,705	1,552	2,173	3,725	131,430	25.40%
Yichuan County	伊川县	708,387	756,669	48,282	6.82%	804,951	40,248	67,737 [14]	107,984	2,415	3,381	5,796	113,780	14.14%
Yiyang County	宜阳县	650,356	636,491	-13,865	-2.13%	622,626	38,603 [15]	64,969	103,571	1,868	2,615	4,483	108,054	17.35%
		6,227,665	6,549,941	322,276	5.17%	6,872,217	373,651 [16]	628,854	1,002,505 [17]	20,617	28,863	49,480	1,051,985	15.31%

Nanyang Prefecture	南阳市
Dengzhou City	邓州市	1,290,656	1,468,157	177,501	13.75%	1,645,658	143,337 [18]	241,236	384,573	7,405	10,368	17,773	402,346	24.45%
Fangcheng County	方城县	886,230	922,467	36,237	4.09%	958,704	83,503	250,509 [19]	334,012	4,314	6,040	10,354	344,366	35.92%
Nanzhao County	南召县	561,784	557,153	-4,631	-0.82%	552,522	48,125	80,994	129,118	2,486	3,481	5,967	135,086	24.45%
Neixiang County	内乡县	583,233	575,210	-8,023	-1.38%	567,187	49,402	83,144	132,546	2,552	3,573	6,126	138,671	24.45%
Sheqi County	社旗县	580,280	633,786	53,506	9.22%	687,292	59,863	100,750	160,613	3,093	4,330	7,423	168,036	24.45%
Tanghe County	唐河县	1,151,733	1,282,262	130,529	11.33%	1,412,791	179,566	718,263 [20]	897,829	6,358	8,901	15,258	913,087	64.63%
Tongbai County	桐柏县	403,359	393,942	-9,417	-2.33%	384,525	33,492	56,367	89,859	1,730	2,423	4,153	94,012	24.45%
Wancheng District	宛城区	785,943	887,234	101,291	12.89%	988,525	86,101	144,907	231,008	4,448	6,228	10,676	241,684	24.45%
Wolong District	卧龙区	798,772	924,578	125,806	15.75%	1,050,384	91,488	153,975	245,464	4,727	6,617	11,344	256,808	24.45%
Xichuan County	淅川县	641,327	685,683	44,356	6.92%	730,039	63,586	107,016	170,602	3,285	4,599	7,884	178,487	24.45%
Xinye County	新野县	629,106	629,210	104	0.02%	629,314	54,813	92,251	147,064	2,832	3,965	6,797	153,861	24.45%
Xixia County	西峡县	412,988	444,414	31,426	7.61%	475,840	41,446	69,753	111,199	2,141	2,998	5,139	116,338	24.45%
Zhenping County	镇平县	852,360	859,564	7,204	0.85%	866,768	75,495	127,059	202,554	3,900	5,461	9,361	211,916	24.45%
		9,577,771	10,263,660	685,889	7.16%	10,949,549	1,010,217 [21]	2,226,223	3,236,441	49,273	68,982	118,255 [22]	3,354,696	30.64%

Pingdingshan Prefecture	平顶山市
Baofeng County	宝丰县	473,287	490,269	16,982	3.59%	507,251	30,435	51,222	81,657	1,522	2,130	3,652	85,309	16.82%
Jia County	郏县	533,168	571,524	38,356	7.19%	609,880	36,593	61,586	98,178	1,830	2,561	4,391	102,570	16.82%
Lushan County	鲁山县	822,541	789,901	-32,640	-3.97%	757,261	45,436	121,904 [23]	167,340	2,272	3,180	5,452	172,792	22.82%
Ruzhou City	汝州市	923,245	927,934	4,689	0.51%	932,623	74,610 [24]	125,568	200,178	2,798	3,917	6,715	206,893	22.18%
Shilong District	石龙区	53,499	54,912	1,413	2.64%	56,325	2,816	4,740	7,556	169	237	406	7,962	14.14%
Weidong District	卫东区	274,444	302,603	28,159	10.26%	330,762	16,538	27,834	44,372	992	1,389	2,381	46,753	14.14%
Wugang City	舞钢市	313,089	313,828	739	0.24%	314,567	22,649 [25]	38,118	60,767	944	1,321	2,265	63,032	20.04%
Xinhua District	新华区	337,733	389,866	52,133	15.44%	441,999	22,100	37,194	59,294	1,326	1,856	3,182	62,477	14.14%
Ye County	叶县	838,691	777,203	-61,488	-7.33%	715,715	58,689	98,773 [26]	157,462	2,147	3,006	5,153	162,615	22.72%
Zhanhe District	湛河区	235,227	286,661	51,434	21.87%	338,095	16,905	28,451	45,355	1,014	1,420	2,434	47,790	14.14%
		4,804,924	4,904,701	99,777	2.08%	5,004,478	326,770 [27]	595,389	922,159	15,013	21,019	36,032	958,191	19.15%

Puyang Prefecture	濮阳市
Fan County	范县	479,818	469,874	-9,944	-2.07%	459,930	23,916	40,251	64,168	1,610	2,254	3,863	68,031	14.79%
Hualong District	华龙区	448,290	655,674	207,384	46.26%	863,058	44,879	75,531	120,410	3,021	4,229	7,250	127,660	14.79%
Nanle County	南乐县	468,360	458,487	-9,873	-2.11%	448,614	23,328	39,261	62,589	1,570	2,198	3,768	66,357	14.79%
Puyang County	濮阳县	1,081,832	1,046,654	-35,178	-3.25%	1,011,476	52,597	88,520 [28]	141,117	3,540	4,956	8,496	149,613	14.79%
Qingfeng County	清丰县	654,160	635,927	-18,233	-2.79%	617,694	32,120	54,058	86,178	2,162	3,027	5,189	91,367	14.79%
Taiqian County	台前县	325,872	332,124	6,252	1.92%	338,376	17,596	29,613	47,209	1,184	1,658	2,842	50,051	14.79%
		3,458,332	3,598,740	140,408	4.06%	3,739,148	194,436 [29]	327,235	521,671	13,087	18,322	31,409	553,080	14.79%

Sanmenxia Prefecture	三门峡市
Hubin District	湖滨区	288,746	325,628	36,882	12.77%	362,510	14,754	29,508	44,262	1,450	2,030	3,480	47,743	13.17%
Lingbao City	灵宝市	722,890	721,049	-1,841	-0.25%	719,208	41,714 [30]	70,205 [31]	111,919	2,877	4,028	6,904	118,823	16.52%
Lushi County	卢氏县	356,439	352,449	-3,990	-1.12%	348,459	19,514	32,842	52,355	1,394	1,951	3,345	55,700	15.98%
Mianchi County	渑池县	328,947	346,434	17,487	5.32%	363,921	21,835	65,506 [32]	87,341	1,456	2,038	3,494	90,835	24.96%
Shanzhou District	陕州区	343,863	343,679	-184	-0.05%	343,495	13,980	23,529	37,509	1,374	1,924	3,298	40,807	11.88%
Yima City	义马市	136,543	144,779	8,236	6.03%	153,015	7,758 [33]	13,056	20,814	612	857	1,469	22,283	14.56%
		2,177,428	2,234,018	56,590	2.60%	2,290,608	119,555 [34]	234,646	354,201	9,162	12,827	21,990	376,191	16.42%

Shangqiu Prefecture	商丘市
Liangyuan District	梁园区	674,502	787,984	113,482	16.82%	901,466	52,195	87,844	140,039	3,155	4,417	7,572	147,611	16.37%
Minquan County	民权县	805,063	703,428	-101,635	-12.62%	601,793	34,844	58,642	93,486	2,106	2,949	5,055	98,541	16.37%
Ningling County	宁陵县	562,794	523,403	-39,391	-7.00%	484,012	28,024	47,165	75,189	1,694	2,372	4,066	79,255	16.37%
Sui County	睢县	757,080	711,136	-45,944	-6.07%	665,192	38,515	64,820	103,335	2,328	3,259	5,588	108,922	16.37%
Suiyang District	睢阳区	754,481	748,408	-6,073	-0.80%	742,335	42,981	72,337	115,319	2,598	3,637	6,236	121,554	16.37%
Xiayi County	夏邑县	1,033,519	915,291	-118,228	-11.44%	797,063	46,150	77,670	123,820	2,790	3,906	6,695	130,516	16.37%
Yongcheng City	永城市	1,264,607	1,240,382	-24,225	-1.92%	1,216,157	87,563 [35]	131,345	218,908	4,257	5,959	10,216	229,124	18.84%
Yucheng County	虞城县	1,025,261	954,785	-70,476	-6.87%	884,309	42,358 [36]	71,289	113,648	3,095	4,333	7,428	121,076	13.69%
Zhecheng County	柘城县	876,537	778,158	-98,379	-11.22%	679,779	39,359	66,242	105,601	2,379	3,331	5,710	111,311	16.37%
		7,753,844	7,362,975	-390,869	-5.04%	6,972,106	411,990 [37]	677,355	1,089,344	24,402	34,163	58,566 [38]	1,147,910	16.46%

Xinxiang Prefecture	新乡市
Changyuan County	长垣县	765,740	809,535	43,795	5.72%	853,330	49,408	83,153	132,561	2,987	4,181	7,168	139,729	16.37%
Fengqiu County	封丘县	719,510	743,837	24,327	3.38%	768,164	44,477	74,854	119,331	2,689	3,764	6,453	125,784	16.37%
Fengquan District	凤泉区	100,132	144,298	44,166	44.11%	188,464	10,912	18,365	29,277	660	923	1,583	30,860	16.37%
Hongqi District	红旗区	330,170	391,290	61,120	18.51%	452,410	26,195	44,085	70,280	1,583	2,217	3,800	74,080	16.37%
Huixian City	辉县市	776,326	740,435	-35,891	-4.62%	704,544	41,498 [39]	69,841	111,338	2,466	3,452	5,918	117,256	16.64%
Huojia County	获嘉县	381,227	402,950	21,723	5.70%	424,673	24,589	41,383	65,971	1,486	2,081	3,567	69,538	16.37%
Muye District	牧野区	141,856	317,994	176,138	124.17%	494,132	28,610	48,151	76,761	1,729	2,421	4,151	80,912	16.37%
Weibin District	卫滨区	203,783	193,506	-10,277	-5.04%	183,229	10,609	17,855	28,464	641	898	1,539	30,003	16.37%
Weihui City	卫辉市	464,371	495,744	31,373	6.76%	527,117	33,683 [40]	56,688	90,371	1,845	2,583	4,428	94,799	17.98%
Xinxiang County	新乡县	424,138	339,942	-84,196	-19.85%	255,746	14,808	24,921	39,729	895	1,253	2,148	41,877	16.37%
Yanjin County	延津县	457,771	469,280	11,509	2.51%	480,789	27,838	46,851	74,689	1,683	2,356	4,039	78,727	16.37%
Yuanyang County	原阳县	642,409	659,380	16,971	2.64%	676,351	39,161	65,907	105,068	2,367	3,314	5,681	110,750	16.37%
		5,407,433	5,708,191	300,758	5.56%	6,008,949	351,785 [41]	592,055	943,840	21,031	29,444	50,475 [42]	994,315	16.55%

Xinyang Prefecture	信阳市
Guangshan County	光山县	649,578	585,353	-64,225	-9.89%	521,128	30,173	50,782	80,955	1,824	2,554	4,377	85,332	16.37%
Gushi County	固始县	1,188,599	1,023,929	-164,670	-13.85%	859,259	75,529 [43]	127,115	202,644	3,007	4,210	7,218	209,862	24.42%
Huaibin County	淮滨县	569,829	570,197	368	0.06%	570,565	38,741 [44]	65,202	103,943	1,997	2,796	4,793	108,736	19.06%
Huangchuan County	潢川县	679,278	630,376	-48,902	-7.20%	581,474	33,667	56,662	90,329	2,035	2,849	4,884	95,214	16.37%
Luoshan County	罗山县	574,100	504,577	-69,523	-12.11%	435,054	25,190	42,394	67,584	1,523	2,132	3,654	71,238	16.37%
Pingqiao District	平桥区	694,088	635,651	-58,437	-8.42%	577,214	33,421	56,247	89,668	2,020	2,828	4,849	94,516	16.37%
Shangcheng County	商城县	570,181	495,526	-74,655	-13.09%	420,871	24,368	41,012	65,381	1,473	2,062	3,535	68,916	16.37%
Shihe District	浉河区	561,662	594,391	32,729	5.83%	627,120	36,310	61,110	97,420	2,195	3,073	5,268	102,688	16.37%
Xin County	新县	269,773	275,304	5,531	2.05%	280,835	16,260	27,366	43,627	983	1,376	2,359	45,986	16.37%
Xi County	息县	770,280	793,802	23,522	3.05%	817,324	63,670	170,825 [45]	234,495	2,861	4,005	6,866	241,360	29.53%
		6,527,368	6,109,106	-418,262	-6.41%	5,690,844	377,330 [46]	698,716	1,076,045	19,918	27,885	47,803 [47]	1,123,848	19.75%

Xuchang Prefecture	许昌市
Changge City	长葛市	646,306	687,130	40,824	6.32%	727,954	60,202 [48]	101,320	161,521	2,548	3,567	6,115	167,636	23.03%
Weidu District	魏都区	373,387	498,087	124,700	33.40%	622,787	45,277	76,201	121,477	2,180	3,052	5,231	126,709	20.35%
Xiangcheng County	襄城县	679,863	671,315	-8,548	-1.26%	662,767	74,694 [49]	125,710	200,404	2,320	3,248	5,567	205,971	31.08%
Xuchang County	许昌县	737,384	767,449	30,065	4.08%	208,168	17,215 [50]	28,974	46,189	729	1,020	1,749	47,938	23.03%
Yanling County	鄢陵县	564,477	551,611	-12,866	-2.28%	538,745	44,554 [51]	74,985	119,539	1,886	2,640	4,525	124,064	23.03%
Yuzhou City	禹州市	1,122,669	1,131,896	9,227	0.82%	1,141,123	94,371 [52]	158,826	253,197	3,994	5,592	9,585	262,782	23.03%
		4,124,086	4,307,488	183,402	4.45%	3,901,544	336,313	566,014	902,327	13,655	19,118	32,773	935,100	23.97%

Zhengzhou Prefecture	郑州市
Dengfeng City	登封市	609,085	668,637	59,552	9.78%	728,189	64,153 [53]	107,970	172,124	3,277	4,588	7,864	179,988	24.72%
Erqi District	二七区	557,300	712,646	155,346	27.87%	867,992	76,470	128,699	205,169	3,906	5,468	9,374	214,544	24.72%
Gongyi City	巩义市	777,202	807,911	30,709	3.95%	838,620	69,605 [54]	117,146	186,751	3,774	5,283	9,057	195,809	23.35%
Guancheng District	管城回族区	348,513	645,932	297,419	85.34%	943,351	83,109	139,873	222,982	4,245	5,943	10,188	233,170	24.72%
Huiji District	惠济区	149,852	269,579	119,727	79.90%	389,306	34,298	57,723	92,021	1,752	2,453	4,205	96,226	24.72%
Jinshui District	金水区	878,308	1,588,716	710,408	80.88%	2,299,124	202,553	340,896	543,449	10,346	14,484	24,831	568,280	24.72%
Shangjie District	上街区	77,014	131,549	54,535	70.81%	186,084	16,394	27,591	43,985	837	1,172	2,010	45,995	24.72%
Xingyang City	荥阳市	619,840	613,804	-6,036	-0.97%	607,768	53,544 [55]	90,115	143,660	2,735	3,829	6,564	150,223	24.72%
Xinmi City	新密市	779,014	797,256	18,242	2.34%	815,498	66,871 [56]	112,544	179,414	3,670	5,138	8,807	188,222	23.08%
Xinzheng City	新郑市	609,173	758,128	148,955	24.45%	907,083	75,288 [57]	126,710	201,997	4,082	5,715	9,796	211,794	23.35%
Zhongmou County	中牟县	673,058	727,440	54,382	8.08%	781,822	68,879	115,923	184,801	3,518	4,925	8,444	193,245	24.72%
Zhongyuan District	中原区	578,400	905,491	327,091	56.55%	1,232,582	108,590	182,758	291,348	5,547	7,765	13,312	304,660	24.72%
		6,656,759	8,627,089	1,970,330	29.60%	10,597,419	919,755 [58]	1,547,948	2,467,703	47,688	66,764	114,452 [59]	2,582,155	24.37%

Zhoukou Prefecture	周口市
Chuanhui District	川汇区	323,738	505,171	181,433	56.04%	686,604	49,435	98,871 [60]	148,306	2,746	3,845	6,591	154,898	22.56%
Dancheng County	郸城县	1,151,994	1,003,910	-148,084	-12.85%	855,826	61,619	123,239 [61]	184,858	3,423	4,793	8,216	193,074	22.56%
Fugou County	扶沟县	666,779	625,819	-40,960	-6.14%	584,859	42,110	70,871	112,981	2,339	3,275	5,615	118,595	20.28%
Huaiyang County	淮阳县	1,229,357	1,089,699	-139,658	-11.36%	950,041	68,403	115,122	183,525	3,800	5,320	9,120	192,646	20.28%
Luyi County	鹿邑县	1,068,984	910,251	-158,733	-14.85%	751,518	54,109	91,066 [62]	145,175	3,006	4,209	7,215 [63]	152,390	20.28%
Shangshui County	商水县	1,093,686	940,792	-152,894	-13.98%	787,898	56,729	95,474	152,203	3,152	4,412	7,564	159,767	20.28%
Shenqiu County	沈丘县	1,079,278	983,583	-95,695	-8.87%	887,888	63,928	107,591	171,519	3,552	4,972	8,524	180,042	20.28%
Taikang County	太康县	1,254,680	1,102,952	-151,728	-12.09%	951,224	68,488	115,266	183,754	3,805	5,327	9,132	192,885	20.28%
Xiangcheng City	项城市	1,052,468	1,003,698	-48,770	-4.63%	954,928	68,755	115,714	184,469	3,820	5,348	9,167	193,636	20.28%
Xihua County	西华县	820,319	787,918	-32,401	-3.95%	755,517	54,397	91,551	145,948	3,022	4,231	7,253	153,201	20.28%
		9,741,283	8,953,793	-787,490	-8.08%	8,166,303	587,974 [64]	1,024,764 [65]	1,612,738	32,665	45,731	78,397	1,691,135	20.71%

Zhumadian Prefecture	驻马店市
Biyang County	泌阳县	813,273	810,409	-2,864	-0.35%	807,545	46,030	77,469	123,499	2,423	3,392	5,814	129,313	16.01%
Pingyu County	平舆县	842,250	748,398	-93,852	-11.14%	654,546	47,127 [66]	79,315	126,443	1,964	2,749	4,713	131,155	20.04%
Queshan County	确山县	553,157	406,021	-147,136	-26.60%	258,885	14,756	24,835	39,592	777	1,087	1,864	41,456	16.01%
Runan County	汝南县	784,005	769,995	-14,010	-1.79%	755,985	43,091	72,522	115,614	2,268	3,175	5,443	121,057	16.01%
Shangcai County	上蔡县	1,198,534	1,084,210	-114,324	-9.54%	969,886	55,284	93,042	148,326	2,910	4,074	6,983	155,309	16.01%
Suiping County	遂平县	547,541	493,930	-53,611	-9.79%	440,319	25,098	42,240	67,338	1,321	1,849	3,170	70,509	16.01%
Xincai County	新蔡县	918,237	851,362	-66,875	-7.28%	784,487	44,716	75,257	119,972	2,353	3,295	5,648	125,621	16.01%
Xiping County	西平县	767,214	700,152	-67,062	-8.74%	633,090	36,086	60,733	96,819	1,899	2,659	4,558	101,377	16.01%
Yicheng District	驿城区	338,036	721,723	383,687	113.50%	1,105,410	63,008	106,043	169,051	3,316	4,643	7,959	177,010	16.01%
Zhengyang County	正阳县	690,505	645,034	-45,471	-6.59%	599,563	34,175	57,517	91,692	1,799	2,518	4,317	96,009	16.01%
		7,452,752	7,231,234	-221,518	-2.97%	7,009,716	409,372 [67]	688,973	1,098,345	21,029	29,441	50,470 [68]	1,148,815	16.39%

Totals		91,236,854	94,029,939	2,793,085	3.06%	96,823,024	6,305,848 [69]	11,300,489 [70]	17,606,337 [71]	332,705	465,786	798,491 [72]	18,404,828	19.01%
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[1]

20,400 believers in 68 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[2]

42,800 believers in 143 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002. This figure came when Linzhou was a larger area with a much higher population of just under one million people. The city area was carved up and distributed to other cities and counties.

[3]

15,700 believers in 52 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[4]

19,400 believers in 65 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[5]

There were 87,500 TSPM Christians in the prefecture in 1996: Lambert,China's Christian Millions (1999), 219. Bridge (July-August 1993) listed 50,000 Christians in Jiaozuo Prefecture. In 1993 there were more than 5,000 people attending the Jiaozuo City TSPM Church: Bridge, July-August 1993.

[6]

25,800 believers in 86 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[7]

Jinming District was merged into Longting District in 2014.

[8]

"30,000 Christians meeting in about 100 churches and meeting points," World Report (August-September 2004). This was before the population of Lankao was reduced as the government carved it off into other cities and counties.

[9]

There were 20,600 TSPM TSPM believers in 69 churches within the former Kaifeng City: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[10]

15,000: Bridge (April-May 1988).

[11]

There were 7,300 TSPMbelievers in 24 churches within the former Liohe City: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[12]

"Ten percent of Luoning's population are Christian":
Amity News Service (July-September 2005).

[13]

36,700 believers in 122 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[14]

20,000: 1993 house church estimate, in Lambert, China's Christian Millions (1999), p.219.

[15]

16,000: Lambert, China's Christian Millions (1999), p.219.

[16]

There were 47,000 TSPM believers in the former Luoyang City in 1998: Amity News Service (May 1998). An earlier source listed 20,000 TSPM Christians in Luoyang: Bridge (September-October 1993). The article mentioned the 20,000 believers figure only in the city's Guanlin District. Bridge (September-October 1986) stated there were 10,000 Christians in Luoyang. Amity News Service (April 1993) said there were 140,000 Christians "in the Luoyang area." This probably refers to the whole of Luoyang Prefecture. The TSPM Prayer Calendar, 2002, estimated 40,200 believers in 134 TSPM churches in Luoyang City.

[17]

There were an estimated 500,000 house church Christians in the whole of Luoyang Prefecture in 1999: Lambert, China's Christian Millions , p.219.

[18]

50,000 believers in 226 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002. Dengzhou City, which is also known as Dengxian, had just 2,000 believers in 1949. This grew to 30,000 in 1984 and 50,000 by 1999: Global Chinese Ministries (April 2003).

[19]

China News and Church Report (30 November 1988) states, "there are between 160,000 and 300,000 Christians out of a population of 700,000." Almost three years before this report, Pray for China (January-February 1986) said there were 300,000 Christians in Fangcheng out of a population of 700,000. This figure of 300,000 was also given by Jonathan Chao, Wise as Serpents, Harmless as Doves (1988), p.189.

[20]

200,000: 1989 house church estimate, in Lambert, China's Christian Millions (1999), 219.

[21]

130,000 TSPM believers in the now defunct Nanyang City in 1997: Lambert, China's Christian Millions (1999), p.219. China News and Church Report (30 November 1988) listed 100,000 TSPM Christians in Nanyang County. It noted: "House church estimates of the number of Christians in Nanyang would indicate that the figure of 100,000 is very low." There were 215 TSPM churches in Nanyang City, according to the 2002 TSPM prayer calendar.

[22]

In 1950 there were 22,807 Catholics in Nanyang Diocese: www.catholic-hierarchy.org

[23]

Pray for China (January-February 1986) states, "In October 1981, one house church preacher preached in Lushan County in Henan, visiting each of the 22 communes. At each commune the elders gave their estimates of the total number of Christians in that commune. The statistics ranged from 400 to 20,000 believers. The total number of believers in Lushan County out of a population of 650,000 was given as 92,500, or 14%" A 2002 source stated there were tens of thousands of "Shouters" (Local Church) house church Christians in Lushan County: China Study Journal (December 2002).

[24]

42,200 believers in 141 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[25]

12,500 believers in 42 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[26]

55,000: Lambert, China's Christian Millions (1999), p. 219.

[27]

There were 23,900 TSPM believers in 80 churches in the now defunct Pingdingshan City: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[28]

20,000: Lambert, China's Christian Millions (1999), p.219.

[29]

There were 14,800 TSPM believers in 49 churches within the former Puyang City: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[30]

30,700 believers in 102 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[31]

40,000: Lambert, China's Christian Millions (1999), p.219. An earlier book listed 10,000, of which 2,700 Christians lived in one single commune: Jonathan Chao, Wise as Serpents, Harmless as Doves (1988), p.117.

[32]

50,000: 1989 estimate, in Lambert, China's Christian Millions (1999), p.219.

[33]

4,000 believers in 13 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[34]

There were 7,200 TSPM believers in 24 churches within the former Sanmenxia City: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[35]

60,000 believers in 200 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[36]

10,000: Lambert, China's Christian Millions (1999), p.219.

[37]

There were 49,500 TSPM believers in 165 churches within the former Shangqiu City: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002. The TSPM gave a 1983 estimate of 100,000 Christians for the whole of Shangqiu Prefecture: Lambert, China's Christian Millions (1999), p.219. Amity News Service (March 1996) noted, "One county in Shangqiu Prefecture has a policy of allowing only one meeting point for each township, even though there are now almost 5,000 believers in one township alone."

[38]

In 1950 there were 9,973 Catholics in Shangqiu Diocese: www.catholic-hierarchy.org

[39]

34,000 believers in 113 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[40]

20,000 believers in 67 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[41]

There were 19,000 TSPM believers in 63 churches within the former Xinxiang City: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[42]

There were 8,000 Catholics, both registered and unregistered, within the now defunct Xinxiang City: Fides, August 10, 2001. In 1950 there were 16,040 Catholics in the whole of Xinxiang Diocese, in 13 parishes: www.catholic-hierarchy.org

[43]

50,000: Amity News Service (March 1996) states these 50,000 believers had just one pastor to shepherd them.

[44]

15,600: 1995 official source, meeting in 41 churches and meeting points. Lambert, China's Christian Millions (1999), p.219.

[45]

As early as 1982 there were reportedly 80,000 house church Christians in Xi Xian, "40,000 north of the river and 40,000 south of the river. Before 1949 there were only 4,000 believers": China and the Church Today (February 1982).

[46]

There were 53,100 TSPM believers in 177 churches within the former Xinyang City: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002. Amity News Service (March 1996) listed 150,000 Christians in Xinyang Prefecture. The 150,000 Christians reportedly only had just five ordanined pastors, four elders, and 199 evangelists to serve them.

[47]

In 1950 there were 13,654 Catholics in Xinyang Diocese, in 17 parishes: www.catholic-hierarchy.org

[48]

28,800 in 96 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[49]

51,400 believers in 171 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[50]

There were 9,400 TSPM believers in 31 churches within the former Xuchang City: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[51]

10,000: China Daily (4 September 1984) said there were "more than three times the number in 1948. However, a report in Ming Bao of the same date quoted a Beijing official church spokesman as saying at least half of the people in that county were Christians:" Pray for China (January-February 1986).

[52]

51,800 believers in 173 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[53]

30,000: Bridge (September-October 1986). A TSPM prayer calender in 2002 stated there were 27,400 TSPM believers in 91 churches in the city.

[54]

33,800 believers in 113 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[55]

27,800 ibelievers n 93 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[56]

32,800 believers in 109 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[57]

25,500 believers in 85 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[58]

There were only about 4,000 Christians in the Zhengzhou area in 1949; 6,000 in 1966, and "about 46,000 baptized Christians and another 50,000 seekers" in 1993: Bridge (July-August 1993). The 2002 TSPM Prayer Calendar listed 208 churches in the former Zhengzhou City.

[59]

In 1954 there were 20,514 Catholics in the Zhengzhou Diocese, in 35 churches: Charbonnier, Guide to the Catholic Church in China, 1989, 101.

[60]

50,000: Lambert, China's Christian Millions (1999), p.219.

[61]

50,000: Lambert, China's Christian Millions (1999), p.219.

[62]

30,000: 1987 house church estimate, cited in Lambert, China's Christian Millions (1999), p.219.

[63]

In 1902 there were 1,500 catchumens in Luyi county, with 100 families asking for baptism: Koen De Ridder (ed.), Footsteps in Deserted Valleys: Missionary Cases, Strategies and Practice in Qing China (2000), p. 67.

[64]

There were 10,900 TSPM believers in 36 churches within the former Zhoukou City: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002. Bridge (March 1998) listed 160,000 TSPM Christians in Zhoukou Prefecture, noting, "Unregistered Christians must amount to the same number if not even more." In 2009 a specific figure of 251,643 registered believers in Zhoukou Prefecture was provided: Global Chinese Ministries (October 2009).

[65]

Bridge (March 1998) listed 160,000 TSPM Christians in Zhoukou Prefecture, noting, "Unregistered Christians must amount to the same number if not even more." DAWN Friday Fax (no.31, 1995) said there are 33,000 known house churches in Zhoukou Prefecture. Asia Harvest, "Henan Province, Ripe for Harvest" (July 2002), says, "House church sources say there are probably in excess of a million believers in Zhoukou Prefecture."

[66]

10,000: Lambert, China's Christian Millions (1999), p.219.

[67]

There were 20,700 TSPM believers in 69 churches within the former Zhumadian City: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002. Amity News Service (March 1996) listed 200,000 Christians in Zhumadian Prefecture. At the time there were just two ordained pastors and nine elders serving the 200,000 believers. The government had proudly declared Zhumadian "an area without religion" in the early 1980s.

[68]

In 1950 there were 14,100 Catholics in Zhumadian Diocese, in 5 parishes: www.catholic-hierarchy.org

[69]

Mandryk, Operation World (2010), p.236, listed a percentage which amounts to 5,707,500 TSPM believers in Henan Province.

[70]

Mandryk, Operation World (2010), p.236, listed a percentage which amounts to 9,480,200 house church believers in Henan Province.

[71]

Evangelicals in Henan:
            117 (1893 - Guinness, The Story of the China Inland Mission, p.147)
            649 (1899 - Austin, China’s Millions: The CIM and Late Qing Society, p.347)
       20,636 (1922 - Stauffer, The Christian Occupation of China, p.83)
     120,000 (1949 in 2,140 churches: China Study Journal (August 1994)
     100,000 (1965 - Lambert, China’s Christian Millions, p.198)*
10,000,000 (1985 - Leslie, God Reigns in China, p.172)
     700,000 (1986 - Bridge, September-October 1986)*
     830,000 (1988 in 3,087 churches: China Study Journal, August 1994)*
     800,000 (1989 - Lambert, China's Christian Millions, p.198)*
10,000,000 (1989 - Unpublished survey by house church leaders in Henan)
3,500,000 (1996 - Amity News Service, March 1996)*
5,000,000 (1999 - Lambert, Resurrection of the Chinese Church, p.310)*
6,964,200 (2001 - Johnstone & Mandryk, Operation World, p.172)
4,585,000 (2004 - Amity News Service, November-December 2004)*
2,630,000 (2008 - OMF International, May-June 2008)*
14,082,942 (2008 - Hattaway, Henan: The Galilee of China, p.342)
15,187,700 (2010 - Mandryk, Operation World, p.236)

* Denotes source may only refer to registered church estimates. TSPM figures typically only count adult baptized members.

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Catholics in Henan:
    3,000 (1703 - Standaert, Handbook of Christianity in China 635-1800, p.385)
       580 (1765 - Standaert, Handbook of Christianity in China 635-1800, p.385)
    5,000 (1866 - China’s Millions, October 1875)
    3,200 (1870 - Chinese Recorder, May 1880)
    4,000 (1873 - Chinese Recorder, May 1880)
    4,588 (1879 - De Ridder, Footsteps in Deserted Valleys, p.58)
    3,500 (1880 - De Ridder, Footsteps in Deserted Valleys, p.55)
    5,000 (1886 - China's Millions, October 1875)
18,487 (1907 - Wolferstan, The Catholic Church in China, p.450)
51,592 (1922 - Stauffer, Christian Occupation of China, p.84)
170,000 (1949 - China Study Journal, August 1994)
172,000 (1950 - De Ridder, Footsteps in Deserted Valleys, p.55)
599,102 (2008 - Hattaway, Henan: The Galilee of China, p.342)
580,400 (2010 - Mandryk, Operation World, p.236)