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