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County Membership Report
Orange 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† |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
77 |
41,300 |
21.4 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
51 |
351,081 |
181.7 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
40 |
24,865 |
12.9 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
40 |
25,138 |
13.0 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
37 |
25,490 |
13.2 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
35 |
8,348 |
4.3 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
32 |
5,850 |
3.0 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
30 |
26,291 |
13.6 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
27 |
19,201 |
9.9 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
22 |
10,189 |
5.3 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
19 |
6,998 |
3.6 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
17 |
10,937 |
5.7 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
13 |
5,875 |
3.0 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
11 |
2,564 |
1.3 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
11 |
2,459 |
1.3 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
11 |
4,632 |
2.4 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
4,266 |
2.2 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
10 |
3,620 |
1.9 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
1,704 |
0.9 |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
2,932 |
1.5 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
981 |
0.5 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
8 |
2,287 |
1.2 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
8 |
649 |
0.3 |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
7 |
1,675 |
0.9 |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
2,053 |
1.1 |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
2,155 |
1.1 |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
595 |
0.3 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
779 |
0.4 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
1,107 |
0.6 |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
101 |
0.1 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
1,000 |
0.5 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
517 |
0.3 |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
4 |
14,721 |
7.6 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
832 |
0.4 |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
452 |
0.2 |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
262 |
0.1 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
1,855 |
1.0 |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
160 |
0.1 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
2,075 |
1.1 |
| Fire Baptized Holiness Church, (Wesleyan), The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
10 |
0.0 |
| Advent Christian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
150 |
0.1 |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
118 |
0.1 |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
85 |
0.0 |
| Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
120 |
0.1 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
144 |
0.1 |
| Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
258 |
0.1 |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 606 |
618,881 |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 1,932,709. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (618,881) include 32.0% of the total population in 1980.
Source
The 1980 data were collected by the Glenmary Research Center and includes statistics for 111 Judeo-Christian church bodies, including number of churches and adherents. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1980, published by the Glenmary Research Center.
†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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