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Linn County, Iowa

Denominational Groups, 2000

20,701 38,861 837 44,642 4,332 82,328
Evangelical Protestant Mainline Protestant Orthodox Catholic Other Unclaimed

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


^ Religious Bodies Theology Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 3 874 5.2
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 3 462 2.7
Baptist General Conference Evangelical Protestant 2 306 1.8
Catholic Church Catholic 17 33,790 199.0
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 1 132 0.8
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 2 70 0.4
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 7 2,993 17.6
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 4 368 2.2
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant 1 154 0.9
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 1 288 1.7
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 1 44 0.3
Church of God (Seventh Day) Evangelical Protestant 1 49 0.3
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 2 747 4.4
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 2 130 0.8
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 3 1,844 10.9
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 4 480 2.8
Conservative Baptist Association of America Evangelical Protestant 3 609 3.6
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 3 1,222 7.2
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 1 83 0.5
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 13 9,663 56.9
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 3 366 2.2
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 123 0.7
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 2 441 2.6
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 1 200 1.2
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 8 6,645 39.1
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches Mainline Protestant 1 134 0.8
North American Baptist Conference Evangelical Protestant 1 155 0.9
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. Evangelical Protestant 1 250 1.5
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 15 8,573 50.5
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 1 76 0.5
Reformed Church in America Mainline Protestant 1 296 1.7
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 2,630 15.5
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 1 353 2.1
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 1 798 4.7
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 365 2.2
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 4 1,710 10.1
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 28 15,108 89.0
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 275 1.6
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 146 92,806  

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 169,775. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (92,806) include 54.7% of the total population in 1980.

Source

The 1980 data were collected by the Glenmary Research Center and includes statistics for 111 Judeo-Christian church bodies, including number of churches and adherents. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1980, published by the Glenmary Research Center.

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.