 The eparchy has jurisdiction over all the Melkite faithful in the United States, and there are parishes in twenty states.In 2013 there were 24,000 Melkite Catholics in 43 parishes.According to a research study published in "Sociology of Religion", there were approximately 120,000 Melkites residing in the country in 1986, although only about 24,000 were formally enrolled in Melkite parishes.