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County Membership Report
Los Angeles 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 |
% Change |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+86 |
-17,261 |
-13.4% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+57 |
+63,000 |
12.6% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+29 |
+9,220 |
16.7% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+17 |
-363 |
-5.4% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+14 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+14 |
+1,849 |
68.7% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+9 |
-2,793 |
-3.7% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
-1,110 |
-15.8% |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+136 |
44.7% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+5,458 |
163.8% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+6 |
+729,263 |
23.7% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+597 |
17.6% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+190 |
6.0% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
-1,059 |
-49.8% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+228 |
21.1% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
-257 |
-17.9% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+1,968 |
95.5% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
-3,012 |
-18.3% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
-10,570 |
-35.3% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
-5,568 |
-18.1% |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+20 |
7.8% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+282 |
29.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+960 |
15.4% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+26 |
30.2% |
| Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, North American Dioceses |
Orthodox |
0 |
+1,901 |
491.2% |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-43 |
-68.3% |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+31 |
17.3% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+8,911 |
59.9% |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-25 |
-43.1% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+2,471 |
46.1% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Netherlands Reformed Congregations |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-12 |
-44.4% |
| Reformed Church in the United States |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+35 |
125.0% |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-8 |
-9.1% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-28 |
-5.6% |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-83 |
-81.4% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-3,241 |
-20.6% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-4,370 |
-8.6% |
| Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-160 |
-41.2% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-33 |
-8.1% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
-1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
-1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-1,345 |
-16.9% |
| Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
-1 |
-2,500 |
-27.8% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-493 |
-28.2% |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-167 |
-84.3% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-6,019 |
-11.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
-2 |
-377 |
-12.1% |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
-421 |
-6.2% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
-199 |
-5.8% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
-12,043 |
-18.8% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
-1,019 |
-39.4% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-5 |
-4,750 |
-19.6% |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-5 |
-2,232 |
-62.3% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
-5 |
-1,504 |
-26.9% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-6 |
-7,650 |
-23.2% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
-6 |
-12,918 |
-19.8% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-7 |
-3,907 |
-25.1% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-9 |
-15,914 |
-22.5% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-16 |
-11,134 |
-25.6% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-19 |
+36,935 |
106.9% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
-32 |
-5,939 |
-5.8% |
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Totals:
+165
| +722,954 |
+15.7% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 8,863,164; in 2000 it was 9,519,338. The total population changed 7.4%. The adherent totals for 1990 (4,879,355) represent 55.1% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (5,528,376) include 58.1% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 58 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 58 groups had 4,598,376 adherents in 1990 and 5,321,330 adherents in 2000, for a change of 15.7%
Sources
The 2000 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and includes statistics for 149 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Dale E. Jones, Sherri Doty, Clifford Grammich, James E. Horsch, Richard Houseal, Mac Lynn, John P. Marcum, Kenneth M. Sanchagrin and Richard H. Taylor supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Religious Congregations & Membership in the United States, 2000, published by the Glenmary Research Center.
The 1990 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and include statistics for 132 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Martin B. Bradley, Norman M. Green, Jr., Dale E. Jones, Mac Lynn, and Lou McNeil supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1990, published by the Glenmary Research Center.
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