|
|
 
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 |
52 |
368,611 |
246.1 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
13 |
32,000 |
21.4 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
57 |
23,595 |
15.8 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
45 |
21,153 |
14.1 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
32 |
16,651 |
11.1 |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
n.a. |
14,868 |
9.9 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
26 |
11,866 |
7.9 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
26 |
11,228 |
7.5 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
48 |
10,532 |
7.0 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
9,760 |
6.5 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
19 |
9,593 |
6.4 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
9,550 |
6.4 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
18 |
5,880 |
3.9 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
5,184 |
3.5 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
12 |
4,197 |
2.8 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
11 |
2,910 |
1.9 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
13 |
2,678 |
1.8 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
14 |
2,269 |
1.5 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
15 |
2,267 |
1.5 |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
2,074 |
1.4 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
1,383 |
0.9 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
1,161 |
0.8 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
4 |
1,154 |
0.8 |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
987 |
0.7 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
795 |
0.5 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
741 |
0.5 |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
710 |
0.5 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
657 |
0.4 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
3 |
606 |
0.4 |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
566 |
0.4 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
449 |
0.3 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
425 |
0.3 |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
422 |
0.3 |
| Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
1 |
400 |
0.3 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
343 |
0.2 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
340 |
0.2 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
309 |
0.2 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
267 |
0.2 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
271 |
0.2 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
251 |
0.2 |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
182 |
0.1 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
108 |
0.1 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
89 |
0.1 |
| Church of God (Seventh Day) |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
69 |
0.1 |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
79 |
0.1 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
75 |
0.1 |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
54 |
0.0 |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
64 |
0.0 |
| Primitive Baptists Associations |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
10 |
0.0 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
12 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
|
Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 552 |
579,833 |
|
|
The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 1,497,577. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (579,833) include 38.7% of the total population in 1990.
Source
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.
[More information on the data collection]
†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.
|
 |
