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Scott County, Iowa

Denominational Groups, 2000

13,106 28,133 80 33,162 2,315 81,872
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 Association of Lutheran Churches Evangelical Protestant 2 427 2.8
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 2 550 3.6
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 5 1,046 6.9
Baptist General Conference Evangelical Protestant 4 1,086 7.2
Black Baptists Estimate Evangelical Protestant n.a. 2,708 17.9
Catholic Church Catholic 14 30,718 203.5
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 2 85 0.6
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 1 150 1.0
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 3 1,445 9.6
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 3 653 4.3
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant 1 112 0.7
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Theology 1 n.a. n.a.
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 1 27 0.2
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 2 190 1.3
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 1 28 0.2
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 2 928 6.2
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 2 427 2.8
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 2 310 2.1
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 3 1,624 10.8
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 1 175 1.2
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 13 13,690 90.7
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 147 1.0
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 2 1,100 7.3
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 1 168 1.1
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 1 538 3.6
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 6 4,552 30.2
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant 1 102 0.7
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. Evangelical Protestant 2 n.a. n.a.
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 10 4,620 30.6
Reformed Church in America Mainline Protestant 1 294 2.0
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 114 0.8
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 2 452 3.0
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 5 1,956 13.0
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 274 1.8
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 2 704 4.7
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 11 6,001 39.8
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 113 0.8
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 113 77,514  

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 150,979. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (77,514) include 51.3% 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.