Suffolk 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 |
80 |
173,825 |
261.8 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
27 |
40,005 |
60.3 |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
n.a. |
34,183 |
51.5 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
25 |
12,183 |
18.4 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
35 |
11,158 |
16.8 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
6,955 |
10.5 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
10 |
4,517 |
6.8 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
4,443 |
6.7 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
3,785 |
5.7 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
19 |
2,987 |
4.5 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
10 |
2,361 |
3.6 |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
2,220 |
3.3 |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
2,170 |
3.3 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
1,940 |
2.9 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
6 |
1,037 |
1.6 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
975 |
1.5 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
924 |
1.4 |
| Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
883 |
1.3 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
685 |
1.0 |
| Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
1 |
600 |
0.9 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
600 |
0.9 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
537 |
0.8 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
490 |
0.7 |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
408 |
0.6 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
362 |
0.6 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
6 |
353 |
0.5 |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
307 |
0.5 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
217 |
0.3 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
199 |
0.3 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
166 |
0.3 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
124 |
0.2 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
1 |
129 |
0.2 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
70 |
0.1 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
25 |
0.0 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
13 |
0.0 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
4 |
0.0 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
4 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese |
Orthodox |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 325 |
311,840 |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 663,906. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (311,840) include 47.0% 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.
