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 |
% Change |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+3,315 |
913.2% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+3,937 |
415.3% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+104 |
281.1% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+65 |
112.1% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+3,444 |
84.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+1,221 |
60.4% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+1 |
+276,019 |
54.8% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+99 |
53.8% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+270 |
53.1% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+18 |
+5,772 |
37.4% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+804 |
34.4% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+27 |
29.0% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+9,150 |
27.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
+139 |
24.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+31 |
+5,696 |
21.1% |
| Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, North American Dioceses |
Orthodox |
0 |
+67 |
20.6% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+341 |
17.9% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+6 |
10.5% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+1,166 |
8.4% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+23 |
2.2% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+40 |
1.6% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-301 |
-1.6% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
0 |
-832 |
-1.7% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
-833 |
-3.1% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-426 |
-3.3% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
-195 |
-3.6% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-951 |
-4.1% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-77 |
-5.3% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-30 |
-8.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-1,058 |
-10.4% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-1,939 |
-11.5% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+11 |
-583 |
-13.4% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-388 |
-13.6% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-1,242 |
-14.8% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-8 |
-4,065 |
-15.3% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-178 |
-18.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-6,483 |
-29.2% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-80 |
-30.3% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-1,204 |
-31.7% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+6 |
-35,000 |
-36.8% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-8 |
-4,131 |
-40.6% |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-127 |
-43.2% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-1,457 |
-50.3% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-588 |
-65.8% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+100 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+75
| +249,637 |
+26.1% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 2,410,556; in 2000 it was 2,846,289. The total population changed 18.1%. The adherent totals for 1990 (968,040) represent 40.2% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (1,274,591) include 44.8% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 45 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 45 groups had 955,474 adherents in 1990 and 1,205,111 adherents in 2000, for a change of 26.1%
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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