Howard County, Maryland
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† |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
30 |
10,597 |
56.6 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
5,020 |
26.8 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
9 |
4,633 |
24.7 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
8 |
29,184 |
155.8 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
8 |
3,555 |
19.0 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
1,035 |
5.5 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
1,139 |
6.1 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
4 |
2,491 |
13.3 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
4 |
7,200 |
38.4 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
598 |
3.2 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
3 |
1,274 |
6.8 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
459 |
2.5 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
145 |
0.8 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
495 |
2.6 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
103 |
0.6 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
1,288 |
6.9 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
38 |
0.2 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
90 |
0.5 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
70 |
0.4 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
100 |
0.5 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
37 |
0.2 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
455 |
2.4 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
400 |
2.1 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
116 |
0.6 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
1 |
626 |
3.3 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
60 |
0.3 |
| Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
n.a. |
6,114 |
32.6 |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
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77,322 |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 187,328. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (77,322) include 41.3% 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.
