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County Membership Report
Alameda County, California
Denominational Groups, 2000
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Congregational "adherents" include all full members, their children, and others who regularly attend services. The historically African American denominations are not included in the 2000 congregation and membership totals. Many are also missing in 1990 and most historically African American denominations are missing in the 1980 reports.
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Reports
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| Religious Bodies |
Theology |
Congregations |
Adherents |
Adherence Rate† |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
78 |
22,524 |
15.6 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
69 |
306,437 |
212.3 |
| Buddhism |
Other Theology |
47 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
40 |
16,697 |
11.6 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
38 |
8,444 |
5.9 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
32 |
10,017 |
6.9 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
31 |
9,535 |
6.6 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
30 |
7,594 |
5.3 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
25 |
7,734 |
5.4 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
24 |
2,572 |
1.8 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
21 |
3,436 |
2.4 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
21 |
5,432 |
3.8 |
| Muslim Estimate |
Other Theology |
17 |
22,760 |
15.8 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
16 |
4,616 |
3.2 |
| Hindu |
Other Theology |
14 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
13 |
1,692 |
1.2 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
4,816 |
3.3 |
| Bahá'í |
Other Theology |
12 |
863 |
0.6 |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
11 |
1,190 |
0.8 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
1,665 |
1.2 |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
2,740 |
1.9 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
1,423 |
1.0 |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
2,273 |
1.6 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
9 |
888 |
0.6 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
1,514 |
1.1 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
8 |
32,500 |
22.5 |
| New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches and other Fundamental Baptist Associations/Fellowships |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
1,261 |
0.9 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
648 |
0.5 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
1,025 |
0.7 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
1,811 |
1.3 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
4,700 |
3.3 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
6 |
1,600 |
1.1 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
480 |
0.3 |
| General Association of Regular Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
433 |
0.3 |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
575 |
0.4 |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
226 |
0.2 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
282 |
0.2 |
| Sikh |
Other Theology |
4 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
3 |
268 |
0.2 |
| Community of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
206 |
0.1 |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
509 |
0.4 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
492 |
0.3 |
| Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| International Council of Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
3 |
576 |
0.4 |
| Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
129 |
0.1 |
| Tao |
Other Theology |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
3 |
200 |
0.1 |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
34 |
0.0 |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
349 |
0.2 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
2 |
4,272 |
3.0 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
92 |
0.1 |
| Vineyard USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
248 |
0.2 |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
328 |
0.2 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
121 |
0.1 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
1,750 |
1.2 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
235 |
0.2 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
2 |
399 |
0.3 |
| Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Etchmiadzin |
Orthodox |
1 |
924 |
0.6 |
| Holy Orthodox Church in North America |
Orthodox |
1 |
30 |
0.0 |
| Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA (New Gracanica Metropolitanate) |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Reformed Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
43 |
0.0 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Bulgarian Diocese |
Orthodox |
1 |
451 |
0.3 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
32 |
0.0 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
1 |
300 |
0.2 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
60 |
0.0 |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
112 |
0.1 |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 742 |
504,563 |
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Total (Adjusted)**:
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634,616 |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 1,279,182; in 2000 it was 1,443,741. The total population changed 12.9%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (504,563) include 34.9% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (634,616) include 44.0% of the population.
Source
*The “Unadjusted Totals” come from the 1990 and 2000 data collected by representatives of the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). While quite comprehensive, this data excludes most of the historically African-American denominations and some other major groups. As a result, these numbers will be an underestimate of the total adherence rate, particularly in areas with a large African-American population. The 2000 data included 149 religious groups and the final results are published in Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Copyright © 2002, All rights reserved. The 1990 data included 132 groups and the final results are published in Churches and Church Membership in the United States 1990 Copyright © 1990, All rights reserved. Published by Glenmary Research Center, 1312 Fifth Ave., North, Nashville, TN 37208. www.glenmary.org [More information on the data collection]
**The “Adjusted Totals” include all adherents in the denominations counted by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and estimates adherent totals for the historically African-American denominations and other religious groups not listed in the ASARB totals. An article by Roger Finke and Christopher P. Scheitle (2005) reviews how these estimates were computed.
†The adherence rate provides the number of adherents of a particular group per 1,000 population. For example, in 2000 the Episcopal Church had an adherence rate of approximately 8 (8.1) in Autauga County, Alabama. This means that 8 out of every 1,000 people in Autauga County are Episcopalian.
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