New Castle County, Delaware
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 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+872 |
23.9% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+3 |
+953 |
30.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+3 |
+3,050 |
34.5% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+234 |
74.8% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
-432 |
-7.4% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+1,094 |
155.6% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+1 |
+21,543 |
20.5% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+6 |
2.7% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-87 |
-9.9% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-71 |
-11.8% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+886 |
37.6% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+151 |
79.9% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+284 |
24.1% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+6 |
0.6% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+94 |
70.1% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
0 |
-27 |
-1.5% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+15 |
10.3% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-73 |
-15.9% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+36 |
80.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-145 |
-12.3% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-1 |
-3.2% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-1,725 |
-13.2% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
+33 |
2.3% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+107 |
62.6% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-28 |
-8.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+40 |
20.9% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+85 |
35.9% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-54 |
-0.6% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-64 |
-8.9% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-850 |
-29.8% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-369 |
-60.1% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-2,230 |
-7.3% |
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Totals:
+11
| +23,333 |
+11.8% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 441,946; in 2000 it was 500,265. The total population changed 13.2%. The adherent totals for 1990 (225,316) represent 51.0% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (228,405) include 45.7% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 32 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 32 groups had 197,360 adherents in 1990 and 220,693 adherents in 2000, for a change of 11.8%
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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