<page_title> Christian Science </page_title> <section_title> Decline </section_title> <table> <cell> 1936 <col_header> Number of Christian Science practitioners in the United States, 1883–2015 </col_header> <col_header>  </col_header> </cell> <cell> c. 268,915 <col_header> Number of Christian Science practitioners in the United States, 1883–2015 </col_header> <col_header> Christian Scientists </col_header> </cell> </table>
A census at the height of the religion's popularity in 1936 counted c. 268,915 Christian Scientists in the United States.