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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 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+147 |
+528,115 |
1444.0% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+2,563 |
331.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+11 |
+5,695 |
267.0% |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
+12 |
+299 |
212.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+22 |
+4,494 |
168.0% |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+125 |
147.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+16 |
+1,901,760 |
100.0% |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+2,796 |
83.0% |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+125 |
82.0% |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+547 |
68.0% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+45 |
67.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+110 |
+24,204 |
60.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+8,600 |
57.0% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+28 |
+2,183 |
53.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+1,289 |
48.0% |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+1,898 |
43.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+12 |
+2,407 |
38.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+19 |
+11,309 |
30.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+125 |
+17,871 |
19.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+138 |
12.0% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+17 |
+113 |
12.0% |
| Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+475 |
8.0% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+140 |
1.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+19 |
+385 |
0.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+110 |
-1,166 |
-2.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+60 |
-5,797 |
-7.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-10 |
-1,494 |
-7.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+23 |
-1,648 |
-8.0% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
-1,358 |
-9.0% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-1,112 |
-14.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
-4 |
-776 |
-22.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-6 |
-4,351 |
-27.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
-1,179 |
-27.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
-10,491 |
-30.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+25 |
-23,060 |
-31.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+10 |
-1,858 |
-32.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-5 |
-6,969 |
-36.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-30,159 |
-36.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
-62 |
-26,850 |
-37.0% |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-383 |
-41.0% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-1,139 |
-42.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-22 |
-26,312 |
-45.0% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-394 |
-46.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+10 |
-5,595 |
-49.0% |
| Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-315 |
-58.0% |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-7 |
-2,437 |
-64.0% |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-66 |
-67.0% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-8,623 |
-68.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-3,223 |
-81.0% |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+19 |
n.a. |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+80 |
n.a. |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+20 |
n.a. |
| Reformed Church in the United States |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+63 |
n.a. |
| Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, North American Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+2,288 |
n.a. |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+31 |
+4,540 |
n.a. |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+25 |
+1,175 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+3 |
+1,731 |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+8 |
+7,845 |
n.a. |
| Netherlands Reformed Congregations |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+15 |
n.a. |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+372 |
n.a. |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+22 |
+1,255 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+16 |
+25,320 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+11 |
+71,500 |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+31 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
+2 |
+1,070 |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+823
| +2,468,145 |
+85.6% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 7,477,503; in 2000 it was 9,519,338. The total population changed 7.4%. The adherent totals for 1980 (2,896,151) represent 38.7% of the 1980 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 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 65 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 65 groups had 2,883,745 adherents in 1980 and 5,351,890 adherents in 2000, for a change of 85.6%
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 1980 data were collected by the Glenmary Research Center and include statistics for 111 Judeo-Christian church bodies, including number of churches and adherents. Bernard Quinn, Herman Anderson, Martin Bradley, Paul Goetting and Peggy Shriver supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1980, published by the Glenmary Research Center.
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