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^†
Catholic Church	Catholic	83	156,307	235.1
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	126	113,523	170.7
Black Baptists Estimate	Evangelical Protestant	n.a.	42,477	63.9
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	52	27,983	42.1
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	31	14,486	21.8
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	22	13,477	20.3
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Evangelical Protestant	8	13,180	19.8
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	17	9,013	13.6
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	14	7,596	11.4
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	20	7,004	10.5
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	7	6,990	10.5
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	18	6,715	10.1
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	50	6,656	10.0
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	16	4,317	6.5
United Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	7	2,937	4.4
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	5	2,750	4.1
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	18	2,650	4.0
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	13	2,363	3.6
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	6	1,985	3.0
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	4	1,943	2.9
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	3	1,174	1.8
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	3	918	1.4
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	5	630	1.0
Cumberland Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	2	625	0.9
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	3	624	0.9
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	4	592	0.9
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	4	480	0.7
Old Missionary Baptists Associations	Evangelical Protestant	1	449	0.7
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	1	400	0.6
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	6	315	0.5
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	1	158	0.2
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	133	0.2
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	105	0.2
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	1	93	0.1
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	1	88	0.1
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	1	72	0.1
Old Regular Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	1	52	0.1
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	1	56	0.1
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	1	50	0.1
Church of God, Mountain Assembly, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	1	31	0.1
Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection	Evangelical Protestant	1	31	0.1
Central Baptist Association Ministries	Evangelical Protestant	1	25	0.0
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	27	0.0
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	1	20	0.0
Missionary Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	14	0.0
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	3	0	0.0
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	1	n.a.	n.a.
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	1	n.a.	n.a.
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other Theology	2	n.a.	n.a.
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	571	451,514

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 664,937. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (451,514) include 67.9% 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.