Fairfield County, Connecticut
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 |
Adherence Rate† |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
94 |
433,832 |
491.6 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
47 |
27,173 |
30.8 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
45 |
25,667 |
29.1 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
34 |
15,284 |
17.3 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
28 |
38,800 |
44.0 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
23 |
12,538 |
14.2 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
21 |
3,054 |
3.5 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
21 |
4,560 |
5.2 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
16 |
6,823 |
7.7 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
13 |
2,759 |
3.1 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
1,833 |
2.1 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
4,246 |
4.8 |
| Muslim Estimate |
Other Theology |
9 |
14,737 |
16.7 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
9 |
6,443 |
7.3 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
1,902 |
2.2 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
544 |
0.6 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
1,705 |
1.9 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
425 |
0.5 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
4 |
1,147 |
1.3 |
| American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church |
Orthodox |
4 |
1,913 |
2.2 |
| Bahá'í |
Other Theology |
4 |
241 |
0.3 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
642 |
0.7 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
4 |
4,380 |
5.0 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
495 |
0.6 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
3 |
539 |
0.6 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
309 |
0.4 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
3 |
560 |
0.6 |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
231 |
0.3 |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
854 |
1.0 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
126 |
0.1 |
| Jain |
Other Theology |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The |
Orthodox |
2 |
1,256 |
1.4 |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
355 |
0.4 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA |
Orthodox |
2 |
351 |
0.4 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
508 |
0.6 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
132 |
0.2 |
| International Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
184 |
0.2 |
| Sikh |
Other Theology |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
108 |
0.1 |
| International Pentecostal Church of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
75 |
0.1 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
71 |
0.1 |
| Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Etchmiadzin |
Orthodox |
1 |
600 |
0.7 |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
50 |
0.1 |
| Buddhism |
Other Theology |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
601 |
0.7 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
117 |
0.1 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese |
Orthodox |
1 |
225 |
0.3 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
1 |
312 |
0.4 |
| Hindu |
Other Theology |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
50 |
0.1 |
| Community of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
87 |
0.1 |
| General Association of Regular Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
163 |
0.2 |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 475 |
619,007 |
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Total (Adjusted)**:
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737,425 |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 827,645; in 2000 it was 882,567. The total population changed 6.6%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (619,007) include 70.1% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (737,425) include 83.6% of the population.
Source
*The “Unadjusted Totals” come from the 1990 and 2000 data collected by representatives of the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). While quite comprehensive, this data excludes most of the historically African-American denominations and some other major groups. As a result, these numbers will be an underestimate of the total adherence rate, particularly in areas with a large African-American population. The 2000 data included 149 religious groups and the final results are published in Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Copyright © 2002, All rights reserved. The 1990 data included 132 groups and the final results are published in Churches and Church Membership in the United States 1990 Copyright © 1990, All rights reserved. Published by Glenmary Research Center, 1312 Fifth Ave., North, Nashville, TN 37208. www.glenmary.org [More information on the data collection]
**The “Adjusted Totals” include all adherents in the denominations counted by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and estimates adherent totals for the historically African-American denominations and other religious groups not listed in the ASARB totals. An article by Roger Finke and Christopher P. Scheitle (2005) reviews how these estimates were computed.
†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.
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