|
|
 
County Membership Report
Santa Clara County, California
Denominational Groups, 2000
|
|
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.
[More information on the data sources]
Reports
|
| Religious Bodies |
Theology |
Congregations |
Adherents |
Adherence Rate† |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
53 |
202,958 |
156.7 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
49 |
24,926 |
19.3 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
31 |
16,676 |
12.9 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
28 |
15,561 |
12.0 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
25 |
14,173 |
10.9 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
39 |
12,719 |
9.8 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
25 |
11,712 |
9.0 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
19 |
11,664 |
9.0 |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
8,062 |
6.2 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
13 |
7,282 |
5.6 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
16 |
5,837 |
4.5 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
11 |
5,165 |
4.0 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
13 |
3,836 |
3.0 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
17 |
3,080 |
2.4 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
5 |
2,447 |
1.9 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
1,999 |
1.5 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
13 |
1,940 |
1.5 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
1,126 |
0.9 |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
1,132 |
0.9 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
979 |
0.8 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
974 |
0.8 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
4 |
955 |
0.7 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
927 |
0.7 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
4 |
916 |
0.7 |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
816 |
0.6 |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
800 |
0.6 |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
670 |
0.5 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
513 |
0.4 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
518 |
0.4 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
449 |
0.4 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
356 |
0.3 |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
328 |
0.3 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
309 |
0.2 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
276 |
0.2 |
| Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
250 |
0.2 |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
245 |
0.2 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
223 |
0.2 |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
200 |
0.2 |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
188 |
0.2 |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
184 |
0.1 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
150 |
0.1 |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
57 |
0.0 |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
53 |
0.0 |
| Church of God (Seventh Day) |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
24 |
0.0 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
17 |
0.0 |
|
Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 443 |
363,672 |
|
|
The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 1,295,071. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (363,672) include 28.1% 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.
|
 |
