Essex County, Massachusetts
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† |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
83 |
276,556 |
436.5 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
29 |
23,356 |
36.9 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
54 |
19,500 |
30.8 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
36 |
10,992 |
17.4 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
28 |
6,676 |
10.5 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
11 |
5,038 |
8.0 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
16 |
3,129 |
4.9 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
2,440 |
3.9 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
7 |
2,263 |
3.6 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
11 |
1,899 |
3.0 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
4 |
1,053 |
1.7 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
980 |
1.6 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
2 |
881 |
1.4 |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
741 |
1.2 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
610 |
1.0 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
411 |
0.7 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
376 |
0.6 |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
357 |
0.6 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
3 |
355 |
0.6 |
| Primitive Methodist Church in the USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
305 |
0.5 |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
292 |
0.5 |
| Advent Christian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
253 |
0.4 |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
244 |
0.4 |
| Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia |
Orthodox |
1 |
200 |
0.3 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
188 |
0.3 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
189 |
0.3 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
165 |
0.3 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
138 |
0.2 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
126 |
0.2 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
3 |
112 |
0.2 |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
99 |
0.2 |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 333 |
359,924 |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 633,632. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (359,924) include 56.8% 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.
