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 |
89 |
329,929 |
492.4 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
22 |
45,007 |
67.2 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
28 |
18,456 |
27.5 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
52 |
16,160 |
24.1 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
34 |
10,478 |
15.6 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
27 |
5,898 |
8.8 |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
n.a. |
3,772 |
5.6 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
15 |
3,160 |
4.7 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
6 |
2,052 |
3.1 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
14 |
1,989 |
3.0 |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
928 |
1.4 |
| Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia |
Orthodox |
1 |
800 |
1.2 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
750 |
1.1 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
4 |
728 |
1.1 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
709 |
1.1 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
672 |
1.0 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
619 |
0.9 |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
499 |
0.7 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
2 |
477 |
0.7 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
468 |
0.7 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
437 |
0.7 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
408 |
0.6 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
398 |
0.6 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
366 |
0.6 |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
339 |
0.5 |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
320 |
0.5 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
313 |
0.5 |
| Primitive Methodist Church in the USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
295 |
0.4 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
145 |
0.2 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
4 |
142 |
0.2 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
124 |
0.2 |
| Advent Christian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
74 |
0.1 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
35 |
0.1 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
9 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
7 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
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446,947 |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 670,080. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (446,947) include 66.7% 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.
