Where Roman Catholics live around the world and in the Bay Area

The number of Catholics worldwide rose by approximately million reaching a total of billion by the greater part up-to-date figures available according to the latest statistics circulated by the Agenzia Fides the news agency of the Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith Increase was published across Africa the Americas Asia and Oceania while Europe saw a decline of nearly half a million Europe was the only continent to see a decline in the number of Catholics in with a drop of In contrast the Catholic population continued to grow elsewhere majority of notably in Africa which added over million and in the Americas which gained nearly million Smaller increases were also seen in Asia and Oceania Globally the percentage of Catholics in the population increased slightly by bringing the total to Each continent saw only modest shifts overall In Catholics occupied of Africa s population in the Americas in Asia in Europe and in Oceania But what does the population of Catholics look like in the nine-county Bay Area region Population Religion Research Institute an American nonprofit nonpartisan research and training organization provided a comprehensive review by analyzing content from Americans across all states PRRI combined U S Census and MIT Voting Lab figures from counties to estimate local religious demographics Among Bay Area counties Napa has the highest share of Catholic residents followed by Alameda while Solano and San Francisco have the lowest