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County Membership Report
Santa Clara 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 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+2 |
+280,121 |
138.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+12 |
+51,553 |
2107.0% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+13,200 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+6,320 |
n.a. |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+2,688 |
4716.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+2,177 |
420.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+2 |
+1,860 |
n.a. |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+26 |
+1,253 |
8.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+1,244 |
62.0% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+1,022 |
312.0% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+678 |
n.a. |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+555 |
69.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+452 |
40.0% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+401 |
n.a. |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+336 |
1976.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
+281 |
31.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+256 |
57.0% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+191 |
37.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+185 |
19.0% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+170 |
n.a. |
| Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+150 |
n.a. |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+128 |
36.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+104 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+102 |
55.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+66 |
7.0% |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+65 |
n.a. |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+60 |
n.a. |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+2 |
0.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-32 |
-2.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
-43 |
-1.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-120 |
-60.0% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-157 |
-84.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-163 |
-59.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-176 |
-18.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-183 |
-82.0% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-183 |
-75.0% |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-200 |
-24.0% |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-381 |
-57.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+15 |
-606 |
-5.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-664 |
-22.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-713 |
-77.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+3 |
-1,562 |
-13.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-1,901 |
-50.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-2,136 |
-41.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-2,232 |
-13.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-2,310 |
-32.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-2,494 |
-21.0% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
-2,818 |
-35.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
-3,919 |
-28.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+6 |
-4,754 |
-19.0% |
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Totals:
+142
| +337,873 |
+93.1% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 1,295,071; in 2000 it was 1,682,585. The total population changed 12.4%. The adherent totals for 1980 (363,672) represent 28.1% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (727,752) include 43.3% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 50 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 50 groups had 362,886 adherents in 1980 and 700,759 adherents in 2000, for a change of 93.1%
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 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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