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County Membership Report
Cook County, Illinois
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 |
308 |
2,121,152 |
415.5 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
181 |
80,710 |
15.8 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
159 |
57,560 |
11.3 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
144 |
83,205 |
16.3 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
140 |
208,577 |
40.9 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
116 |
55,001 |
10.8 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
103 |
40,909 |
8.0 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
101 |
32,192 |
6.3 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
79 |
23,311 |
4.6 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
71 |
15,886 |
3.1 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
56 |
15,007 |
2.9 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
56 |
21,210 |
4.2 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
51 |
11,189 |
2.2 |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
41 |
8,936 |
1.8 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
39 |
3,881 |
0.8 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
38 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
35 |
12,298 |
2.4 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
32 |
3,755 |
0.7 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
28 |
5,039 |
1.0 |
| Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
24 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
24 |
10,692 |
2.1 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
24 |
4,186 |
0.8 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
23 |
2,734 |
0.5 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
22 |
1,628 |
0.3 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
22 |
2,225 |
0.4 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
20 |
4,954 |
1.0 |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
18 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
18 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
18 |
28,650 |
5.6 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
18 |
2,071 |
0.4 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
17 |
6,988 |
1.4 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
17 |
2,616 |
0.5 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
14 |
3,090 |
0.6 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
9,450 |
1.9 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
16,090 |
3.2 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
7 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
2,335 |
0.5 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
358 |
0.1 |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
7 |
1,832 |
0.4 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
1,165 |
0.2 |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
1,104 |
0.2 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
7 |
574 |
0.1 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
291 |
0.1 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
545 |
0.1 |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
327 |
0.1 |
| Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
3 |
1,900 |
0.4 |
| Church of God (Seventh Day) |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
245 |
0.1 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
839 |
0.2 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
144 |
0.0 |
| Advent Christian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
302 |
0.1 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
80 |
0.0 |
| Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, North American Dioceses |
Orthodox |
2 |
25,937 |
5.1 |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
56 |
0.0 |
| Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
764 |
0.2 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
82 |
0.0 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
101 |
0.0 |
| Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
1,119 |
0.2 |
| Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| American Association of Lutheran Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
163 |
0.0 |
| American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church |
Orthodox |
1 |
242 |
0.1 |
| Byelorussion Council Of Orthodox Churches In North America |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia |
Orthodox |
1 |
3,000 |
0.6 |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
46 |
0.0 |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Reformed Episcopal Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
276 |
0.1 |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
217 |
0.0 |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
25 |
0.0 |
| Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
175 |
0.0 |
| Evangelical Congregational Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
94 |
0.0 |
| Old Regular Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
7 |
0.0 |
| Netherlands Reformed Congregations |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
16 |
0.0 |
| Evangelical Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
92 |
0.0 |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
n.a. |
290,094 |
56.8 |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 2,181 |
3,229,739 |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 5,105,067. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (3,229,739) include 63.3% of the total population in 1990.
Source
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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†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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