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Jefferson County, Kentucky

Denominational Groups, 2000

149,446 56,947 1,660 156,949 13,740 314,862
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
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Evangelical Protestant 8 13,180 19.2
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 15 5,826 8.5
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant 1 102 0.2
Catholic Church Catholic 81 164,321 239.9
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 3 656 1.0
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 1 10 0.0
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 17 8,748 12.8
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 22 9,245 13.5
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 5 1,707 2.5
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 15 2,093 3.1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 3 1,694 2.5
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 17 2,861 4.2
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 54 8,210 12.0
Cumberland Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant 1 370 0.5
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 17 7,816 11.4
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 15 5,260 7.7
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 1 60 0.1
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 90 0.1
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 3 2,798 4.1
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 6 2,141 3.1
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 62 16,914 24.7
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 2 58 0.1
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 3 336 0.5
Separate Baptists in Christ Evangelical Protestant 3 711 1.0
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 4 1,754 2.6
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 122 116,444 170.0
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 3 501 0.7
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 20 8,580 12.5
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 54 31,310 45.7
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches Mainline Protestant 1 80 0.1
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 70 0.1
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 561 413,946  

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 685,004. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (413,946) include 60.4% 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.