Boulder County, Colorado
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 |
0 |
+31,410 |
114.9% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+4 |
+7,714 |
140.6% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+6,725 |
747.2% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+1,995 |
29.4% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+1,795 |
201.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+587 |
173.2% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+267 |
8.5% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+235 |
9.3% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
+190 |
49.9% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+75 |
31.4% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+68 |
n.a. |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+60 |
23.3% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+52 |
4.3% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+1 |
+39 |
0.8% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+33 |
5.6% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+32 |
152.4% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+27 |
14.8% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+25 |
1.3% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+9 |
12.2% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+2 |
2.6% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-9 |
-17.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-18 |
-37.5% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-30 |
-7.5% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-36 |
-32.4% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-79 |
-22.4% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-98 |
-26.3% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-123 |
-13.4% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-165 |
-82.1% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-212 |
-27.2% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-342 |
-6.2% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-397 |
-11.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-493 |
-20.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-580 |
-18.1% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-656 |
-49.9% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-1,283 |
-19.6% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+12
| +46,819 |
+56.4% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 225,339; in 2000 it was 291,288. The total population changed 29.3%. The adherent totals for 1990 (83,838) represent 37.2% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (137,473) include 47.2% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 35 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 35 groups had 82,966 adherents in 1990 and 129,785 adherents in 2000, for a change of 56.4%
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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