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 |
+1 |
+34,646 |
144.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+6 |
+13,200 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+7,625 |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+5 |
+2,369 |
37.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+2,072 |
336.0% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+2,000 |
n.a. |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+1,219 |
55.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+5 |
+1,106 |
30.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+633 |
30.0% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+589 |
73.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+543 |
n.a. |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+316 |
11.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+239 |
63.0% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+227 |
483.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+209 |
n.a. |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+187 |
144.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+115 |
2.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
+98 |
21.0% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+80 |
n.a. |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+75 |
n.a. |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+75 |
38.0% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+71 |
29.0% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+68 |
n.a. |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+53 |
n.a. |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+30 |
n.a. |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+13 |
1.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-42 |
-54.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-44 |
-73.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-143 |
-76.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-169 |
-23.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-222 |
-25.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-268 |
-25.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-274 |
-43.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-522 |
-21.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-667 |
-20.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
-774 |
-46.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-2,338 |
-31.0% |
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Totals:
+37
| +62,395 |
+90.1% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 189,625; in 2000 it was 291,288. The total population changed 29.3%. The adherent totals for 1980 (69,575) represent 36.7% of the 1980 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 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 37 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 37 groups had 69,266 adherents in 1980 and 131,661 adherents in 2000, for a change of 90.1%
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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