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| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sisterspirit | USA | - | - | - | - | 1991 | Jade. To Know: A Guide to Women's Magic and Spirituality. Oak Park, IL: Delphi Press (1991); pg. 77. | "Sisterspirit, Women Sharing Spirituality, Frodo Okulam, P.O. Box 9264, Portland, OR 97207. Women of all traditions come together in celebration of our commonality as spiritual women; rituals, workshops, and kindred groups (Wiccan, Christian, Jewish, New Age, etc.). " |
| Six Houses Seven Schools | China | - | - | - | - | 350 C.E. | Fischer-Schreiber, Ingrid, et al. The Encyclopedia of Eastern Philosophy & Religion: Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Zen. Shambhala: Boston (English: pub. 1994; orig. German: 1986); pg. 335. | "Six houses (and) seven schools - (Chin., liu-chia ch'I-tsung); currents of Chinese Buddhism in its early phase (4th century), all arising from the engagement with the Prajnaparamita-sutra and presenting a particular interpretation of the notion of shunyata (emptiness). They developed under the influence of neo-Taoism... The principal of these were the School of Appearances As Such, the School of the Stored Impressions, the School of Illusions, the School of the Nonbeing of the Mind, the School of the Causal Combination, the School of Fundamental Nonbeing, and the Modified School of Fundamental Nonbeing. " |
| Skagit | North America - Pacific Coast | 1,200 | - | - | - | 1780 | Terrell, John Upton. American Indian Almanac. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. (1974); pg. 430-431. | Table: "The Pacific Coast: Earliest Population Estimates " (mainly relying on James Mooney, John R. Swanson, & A. L. Kroeber); Includes figures for Swinomish |
| Skagit | world | 1,200 | - | - | - | 1780 | Terrell, John Upton. American Indian Almanac. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. (1974); pg. 430-431. | Table: "The Pacific Coast: Earliest Population Estimates " (mainly relying on James Mooney, John R. Swanson, & A. L. Kroeber); Includes figures for Swinomish |
| Skilloot | North America - Pacific Coast | 3,250 | - | - | - | 1780 | Terrell, John Upton. American Indian Almanac. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. (1974); pg. 430-431. | Table: "The Pacific Coast: Earliest Population Estimates " (mainly relying on James Mooney, John R. Swanson, & A. L. Kroeber) |
| Skilloot | world | 3,250 | - | - | - | 1780 | Terrell, John Upton. American Indian Almanac. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. (1974); pg. 430-431. | Table: "The Pacific Coast: Earliest Population Estimates " (mainly relying on James Mooney, John R. Swanson, & A. L. Kroeber) |
| Skinheads | Alabama | - | - | 5 units |
- | 1992 | Thompson, S. E. Hate Groups. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books (1994). [Source: Klanwatch]; pg. 30. | Map: "White Supremacist Groups in the U.S. in 1992 " [Racist] skinhead groups. [Note that skinheads constitute a subculture, but do not identify themselves as a distinct 'religion.' There are skinheads who point out that skinheads are not necessarily racist.] |
| Skinheads | Alabama | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 2000 | Swain, Carol M. The New White Nationalism in America; Its Challenge to Integration. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press (2002); pg. 78-79. | Pg. 78-79: "Active Hate Groups in the United States in 2000 [map]... Source: Southern Poverty Law Center " |
| Skinheads | Arizona | - | - | 3 units |
- | 2000 | Swain, Carol M. The New White Nationalism in America; Its Challenge to Integration. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press (2002); pg. 78-79. | Pg. 78-79: "Active Hate Groups in the United States in 2000 [map]... Source: Southern Poverty Law Center " |
| Skinheads | Arkansas | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1992 | Thompson, S. E. Hate Groups. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books (1994). [Source: Klanwatch]; pg. 30. | Map: "White Supremacist Groups in the U.S. in 1992 " [Racist] skinhead groups. |
| Skinheads | Arkansas | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 2000 | Swain, Carol M. The New White Nationalism in America; Its Challenge to Integration. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press (2002); pg. 78-79. | Pg. 78-79: "Active Hate Groups in the United States in 2000 [map]... Source: Southern Poverty Law Center " |
| Skinheads | California | - | - | 10 units |
- | 1992 | Thompson, S. E. Hate Groups. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books (1994). [Source: Klanwatch]; pg. 30. | Map: "White Supremacist Groups in the U.S. in 1992 " [Racist] skinhead groups. |
| Skinheads | California | - | - | 6 units |
- | 2000 | Swain, Carol M. The New White Nationalism in America; Its Challenge to Integration. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press (2002); pg. 78-79. | Pg. 78-79: "Active Hate Groups in the United States in 2000 [map]... Source: Southern Poverty Law Center " |
| Skinheads | Colorado | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1992 | Thompson, S. E. Hate Groups. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books (1994). [Source: Klanwatch]; pg. 30. | Map: "White Supremacist Groups in the U.S. in 1992 " [Racist] skinhead groups. |
| Skinheads | Colorado | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 2000 | Swain, Carol M. The New White Nationalism in America; Its Challenge to Integration. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press (2002); pg. 78-79. | Pg. 78-79: "Active Hate Groups in the United States in 2000 [map]... Source: Southern Poverty Law Center " |
| Skinheads | Delaware | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1992 | Thompson, S. E. Hate Groups. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books (1994). [Source: Klanwatch]; pg. 30. | Map: "White Supremacist Groups in the U.S. in 1992 " [Racist] skinhead groups. |
| Skinheads | Florida | - | - | 6 units |
- | 1992 | Thompson, S. E. Hate Groups. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books (1994). [Source: Klanwatch]; pg. 30. | Map: "White Supremacist Groups in the U.S. in 1992 " [Racist] skinhead groups. |
| Skinheads | Florida | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 2000 | Swain, Carol M. The New White Nationalism in America; Its Challenge to Integration. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press (2002); pg. 78-79. | Pg. 78-79: "Active Hate Groups in the United States in 2000 [map]... Source: Southern Poverty Law Center " |
| Skinheads | Georgia, USA | - | - | 8 units |
- | 1992 | Thompson, S. E. Hate Groups. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books (1994). [Source: Klanwatch]; pg. 30. | Map: "White Supremacist Groups in the U.S. in 1992 " [Racist] skinhead groups. |
| Skinheads | Georgia, USA | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 2000 | Swain, Carol M. The New White Nationalism in America; Its Challenge to Integration. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press (2002); pg. 78-79. | Pg. 78-79: "Active Hate Groups in the United States in 2000 [map]... Source: Southern Poverty Law Center " |
| Skinheads | Germany | 10,000 | - | - | - | 1994 | Thompson, S. E. Hate Groups. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books (1994); pg. 27. | "Today there are... approximately five to ten thousand skinheads in Germany |
| Skinheads | Germany | 30,000 | 0.04% | - | - | 1995 | Able, Deborah. Hate Groups (series: "Issues in Focus "). Springfield, N.J.: Enslow Publishers, Inc. (1995); pg. 54-55. | "The association with Hitler reinforces the neo-Nazism practices by most skinheads. Skinheads began in Europe, first in England and then in Germany. Recnt estimates of the number of skinhead youths in Gemany run as high as 30,000 out of a population of 78 million. " |
| Skinheads | Idaho | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 2000 | Swain, Carol M. The New White Nationalism in America; Its Challenge to Integration. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press (2002); pg. 78-79. | Pg. 78-79: "Active Hate Groups in the United States in 2000 [map]... Source: Southern Poverty Law Center " |
| Skinheads | Indiana | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1992 | Thompson, S. E. Hate Groups. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books (1994). [Source: Klanwatch]; pg. 30. | Map: "White Supremacist Groups in the U.S. in 1992 " [Racist] skinhead groups. |
| Skinheads | Indiana | - | - | 4 units |
- | 2000 | Swain, Carol M. The New White Nationalism in America; Its Challenge to Integration. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press (2002); pg. 78-79. | Pg. 78-79: "Active Hate Groups in the United States in 2000 [map]... Source: Southern Poverty Law Center " |
| Skinheads | Kansas | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 2000 | Swain, Carol M. The New White Nationalism in America; Its Challenge to Integration. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press (2002); pg. 78-79. | Pg. 78-79: "Active Hate Groups in the United States in 2000 [map]... Source: Southern Poverty Law Center " |
| Skinheads | Kentucky | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1992 | Thompson, S. E. Hate Groups. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books (1994). [Source: Klanwatch]; pg. 30. | Map: "White Supremacist Groups in the U.S. in 1992 " [Racist] skinhead groups. |
| Skinheads | Louisiana | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1992 | Thompson, S. E. Hate Groups. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books (1994). [Source: Klanwatch]; pg. 30. | Map: "White Supremacist Groups in the U.S. in 1992 " [Racist] skinhead groups. |
| Skinheads | Maryland | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1992 | Thompson, S. E. Hate Groups. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books (1994). [Source: Klanwatch]; pg. 30. | Map: "White Supremacist Groups in the U.S. in 1992 " [Racist] skinhead groups. |
| Skinheads | Massachusetts | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1992 | Thompson, S. E. Hate Groups. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books (1994). [Source: Klanwatch]; pg. 30. | Map: "White Supremacist Groups in the U.S. in 1992 " [Racist] skinhead groups. |
| Skinheads | Michigan | - | - | 2 units |
- | 2000 | Swain, Carol M. The New White Nationalism in America; Its Challenge to Integration. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press (2002); pg. 78-79. | Pg. 78-79: "Active Hate Groups in the United States in 2000 [map]... Source: Southern Poverty Law Center " |
| Skinheads | Minnesota | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 2000 | Swain, Carol M. The New White Nationalism in America; Its Challenge to Integration. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press (2002); pg. 78-79. | Pg. 78-79: "Active Hate Groups in the United States in 2000 [map]... Source: Southern Poverty Law Center " |
| Skinheads | Missouri | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1992 | Thompson, S. E. Hate Groups. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books (1994). [Source: Klanwatch]; pg. 30. | Map: "White Supremacist Groups in the U.S. in 1992 " [Racist] skinhead groups. |
| Skinheads | Missouri | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 2000 | Swain, Carol M. The New White Nationalism in America; Its Challenge to Integration. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press (2002); pg. 78-79. | Pg. 78-79: "Active Hate Groups in the United States in 2000 [map]... Source: Southern Poverty Law Center " |
| Skinheads | Montana | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1992 | Thompson, S. E. Hate Groups. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books (1994). [Source: Klanwatch]; pg. 30. | Map: "White Supremacist Groups in the U.S. in 1992 " [Racist] skinhead groups. |
| Skinheads | Nevada | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1992 | Thompson, S. E. Hate Groups. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books (1994). [Source: Klanwatch]; pg. 30. | Map: "White Supremacist Groups in the U.S. in 1992 " [Racist] skinhead groups. |
| Skinheads | Nevada | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 2000 | Swain, Carol M. The New White Nationalism in America; Its Challenge to Integration. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press (2002); pg. 78-79. | Pg. 78-79: "Active Hate Groups in the United States in 2000 [map]... Source: Southern Poverty Law Center " |
| Skinheads | New Jersey | - | - | 7 units |
- | 1992 | Thompson, S. E. Hate Groups. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books (1994). [Source: Klanwatch]; pg. 30. | Map: "White Supremacist Groups in the U.S. in 1992 " [Racist] skinhead groups. |
| Skinheads | New Jersey | - | - | 2 units |
- | 2000 | Swain, Carol M. The New White Nationalism in America; Its Challenge to Integration. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press (2002); pg. 78-79. | Pg. 78-79: "Active Hate Groups in the United States in 2000 [map]... Source: Southern Poverty Law Center " |
| Skinheads | New York | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 2000 | Swain, Carol M. The New White Nationalism in America; Its Challenge to Integration. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press (2002); pg. 78-79. | Pg. 78-79: "Active Hate Groups in the United States in 2000 [map]... Source: Southern Poverty Law Center " |
| Skinheads | North Carolina | - | - | 2 units |
- | 1992 | Thompson, S. E. Hate Groups. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books (1994). [Source: Klanwatch]; pg. 30. | Map: "White Supremacist Groups in the U.S. in 1992 " [Racist] skinhead groups. |
| Skinheads | Ohio | - | - | 2 units |
- | 1992 | Thompson, S. E. Hate Groups. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books (1994). [Source: Klanwatch]; pg. 30. | Map: "White Supremacist Groups in the U.S. in 1992 " [Racist] skinhead groups. |
| Skinheads | Oklahoma | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1992 | Thompson, S. E. Hate Groups. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books (1994). [Source: Klanwatch]; pg. 30. | Map: "White Supremacist Groups in the U.S. in 1992 " [Racist] skinhead groups. |
| Skinheads | Oregon | - | - | 4 units |
- | 1992 | Thompson, S. E. Hate Groups. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books (1994). [Source: Klanwatch]; pg. 30. | Map: "White Supremacist Groups in the U.S. in 1992 " [Racist] skinhead groups. |
| Skinheads | Oregon | - | - | 2 units |
- | 2000 | Swain, Carol M. The New White Nationalism in America; Its Challenge to Integration. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press (2002); pg. 78-79. | Pg. 78-79: "Active Hate Groups in the United States in 2000 [map]... Source: Southern Poverty Law Center " |
| Skinheads | Pennsylvania | - | - | 6 units |
- | 1992 | Thompson, S. E. Hate Groups. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books (1994). [Source: Klanwatch]; pg. 30. | Map: "White Supremacist Groups in the U.S. in 1992 " [Racist] skinhead groups. |
| Skinheads | Pennsylvania | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 2000 | Swain, Carol M. The New White Nationalism in America; Its Challenge to Integration. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press (2002); pg. 78-79. | Pg. 78-79: "Active Hate Groups in the United States in 2000 [map]... Source: Southern Poverty Law Center " |
| Skinheads | Tennessee | - | - | 5 units |
- | 1992 | Thompson, S. E. Hate Groups. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books (1994). [Source: Klanwatch]; pg. 30. | Map: "White Supremacist Groups in the U.S. in 1992 " [Racist] skinhead groups. |
| Skinheads | Texas | - | - | 5 units |
- | 1992 | Thompson, S. E. Hate Groups. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books (1994). [Source: Klanwatch]; pg. 30. | Map: "White Supremacist Groups in the U.S. in 1992 " [Racist] skinhead groups. |
| Skinheads | Texas | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 2000 | Swain, Carol M. The New White Nationalism in America; Its Challenge to Integration. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press (2002); pg. 78-79. | Pg. 78-79: "Active Hate Groups in the United States in 2000 [map]... Source: Southern Poverty Law Center " |
| Skinheads | United Kingdom: Great Britain | 10,000 | - | - | - | 1991 | Landau, Elaine. The White Power Movement: America's Racist Hate Groups. Brookfield, CT: Milbrook Press (1993); pg. 41. | "Skinheads originated in Great Britain, where in the early 1990s the group had a following of 8,000 to 10,000 members. " |
| Skinheads | United Kingdom: Great Britain | 10,000 | - | - | - | 1994 | Thompson, S. E. Hate Groups. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books (1994); pg. 27. | "Today there are an estimated eight to ten thousand skinheads in Great Britain... " |
| Skinheads | USA | - | - | - | - | 1984 | Landau, Elaine. The White Power Movement: America's Racist Hate Groups. Brookfield, CT: Milbrook Press (1993); pg. 41. | "Racist skinheads first appeared in the United States in 1984 when a small Chicago group called Romantic Violence began distributing anti-Semitic leaflets in Illinois and Michigan. " |
| Skinheads | USA | 300 | - | - | - | 1986 | Lang, Susan S. Extremist Groups in America. New York: Franklin Watts (1990); pg. 91. | "Skinheads... A small cadre of only 300 young people in 1986... " |
| Skinheads | USA | 1,500 | - | - | - | 1988 | Able, Deborah. Hate Groups (series: "Issues in Focus "). Springfield, N.J.: Enslow Publishers, Inc. (1995); pg. 56. | "In 1993, the Anti-Defamation League published a report on the growing menace of skinhead groups. According to the survey, there were 1,500 skinheads in 12 states in 1988, and five years later there were 3,500 skinheads in 40 states. " |
| Skinheads | USA | 3,500 | - | - | - | 1990 | Lang, Susan S. Extremist Groups in America. New York: Franklin Watts (1990); pg. 91. | "These snarling teenagers are the fastest-growing segment and among the most violent of the neo-Nazi movement--and of the entire white supremacist movement, for that matter. A small cadre of only 300 young people in 1986 has swelled into a vicious, loosely organized army of up to 3,500 teenage thugs in 21 states, scattered all over the country. Some of the gangs with more coloful names include the Reich Skins, the Bashboys (Bay Area Skin Heads), the Death Squad Skins, the Gestapo, and the War Skins in California; the East Side White pride and Youth of Hitler in Oregon; the Confederate Hammer heads of Dallas; and Romantic Violence and the Chicago Area Skinheads (CASH) in Illinois. " |
| Skinheads | USA | 3,000 | - | - | - | 1991 | Landau, Elaine. The White Power Movement: America's Racist Hate Groups. Brookfield, CT: Milbrook Press (1993); pg. 41-42. | "During the early 1990s it was estimated that there were approximately 3,000 racist skinheads in thirty-four states. " |
| Skinheads | USA | - | - | - | - | 1991 | Landau, Elaine. The White Power Movement: America's Racist Hate Groups. Brookfield, CT: Milbrook Press (1993); pg. 41-42. | "During the early 1990s it was estimated that there were approximately 3,000 racist skinheads in thirty-four states. " |
| Skinheads | USA | - | - | 76 units |
- | 1992 | Thompson, S. E. Hate Groups. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books (1994). [Source: Klanwatch]; pg. 30. | Map: "White Supremacist Groups in the U.S. in 1992 " [Racist] Skinhead groups. [Note that skinheads constitute a subculture, but do not identify themselves as a distinct 'religion.' There are skinheads who point out that skinheads are not necessarily racist.] |
| Skinheads | USA | 3,500 | - | - | - | 1993 | Able, Deborah. Hate Groups (series: "Issues in Focus "). Springfield, N.J.: Enslow Publishers, Inc. (1995); pg. 56. | "In 1993, the Anti-Defamation League published a report on the growing menace of skinhead groups. According to the survey, there were 1,500 skinheads in 12 states in 1988, and five years later there were 3,500 skinheads in 40 states. " |
| Skinheads | USA | 3,000 | - | - | - | 1994 | Thompson, S. E. Hate Groups. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books (1994); pg. 27. | "Today there are... about three thousand skinheads in the U.S. " |
| Skinheads | USA | - | - | - | - | 1995 | Able, Deborah. Hate Groups (series: "Issues in Focus "). Springfield, N.J.: Enslow Publishers, Inc. (1995); pg. 55. | "There are conflicting reports about the numbers of skinheads in the U.S., but the perception is that their ranks are increasing. In 1989, skinheads marched in the annual KKK parade in Pulaski, Tennessee, demonstrating their solidarity with older white supremacy groups. " |
| Skinheads | USA | - | - | 39 units |
- | 2000 | Swain, Carol M. The New White Nationalism in America; Its Challenge to Integration. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press (2002); pg. 77. | Pg. 77: "Figure 3.2 shows a map of the 2000 geographical distribution of 602 racial hate groups "; Pg. 79: [Key to map] Ku Klux Klan: 110; Neo-Nazi: 180; Racist Skinhead: 39; Christian Identity: 32; Black Separatist: 48; Neo-Confederate; Other: 105 [Source: Southern Poverty Law Center.] |
| Skinheads | Utah | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1992 | Thompson, S. E. Hate Groups. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books (1994). [Source: Klanwatch]; pg. 30. | Map: "White Supremacist Groups in the U.S. in 1992 " [Racist] skinhead groups. |
| Skinheads | Virginia | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 2000 | Swain, Carol M. The New White Nationalism in America; Its Challenge to Integration. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press (2002); pg. 78-79. | Pg. 78-79: "Active Hate Groups in the United States in 2000 [map]... Source: Southern Poverty Law Center " |