Santa Barbara 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 |
+2 |
+6,994 |
991.0% |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+1,280 |
955.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+417 |
787.0% |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+279 |
581.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+2,748 |
321.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+3 |
+100,468 |
156.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+1,672 |
105.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+169 |
70.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+105 |
64.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+115 |
54.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+377 |
53.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+100 |
53.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+404 |
44.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+44 |
42.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+1 |
+108 |
18.0% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+398 |
17.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+2 |
+675 |
14.0% |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
0 |
0.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-184 |
-7.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-81 |
-8.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-659 |
-12.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-154 |
-24.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-836 |
-24.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-299 |
-30.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-18 |
-31.0% |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-35 |
-35.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-1,355 |
-38.0% |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-74 |
-39.0% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-372 |
-43.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-68 |
-48.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-2,241 |
-53.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-169 |
-71.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-1,671 |
-87.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+7 |
+3,752 |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+573 |
n.a. |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+336 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+600 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+1,775 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+3 |
+129 |
n.a. |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+80 |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+122 |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+52
| +115,504 |
+111.3% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 298,694; in 2000 it was 399,347. The total population changed 8.0%. The adherent totals for 1980 (103,809) represent 34.8% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (222,819) include 55.8% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 41 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 41 groups had 103,809 adherents in 1980 and 219,313 adherents in 2000, for a change of 111.3%
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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