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 |
% Change |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-7 |
+136,325 |
78.4% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+3,068 |
571.3% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+3,000 |
307.7% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+844 |
233.1% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+576 |
289.4% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+514 |
55.6% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+2 |
+371 |
287.6% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+292 |
7.7% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+287 |
172.9% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
+145 |
41.1% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+132 |
3300.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+92 |
18.8% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+75 |
576.9% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+63 |
50.8% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+39 |
12.7% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-19 |
-27.1% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-43 |
-6.3% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-145 |
-4.9% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-290 |
-28.0% |
| Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
0 |
-300 |
-50.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
-330 |
-17.0% |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-935 |
-42.1% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-999 |
-42.3% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-2,021 |
-93.1% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-2,043 |
-18.3% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-2,778 |
-22.8% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
-2 |
-2,918 |
-64.6% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-4,009 |
-90.2% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
-5 |
-15,305 |
-38.3% |
| Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
-1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+4
| +113,688 |
+42.3% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 663,906; in 2000 it was 689,807. The total population changed 3.9%. The adherent totals for 1990 (311,840) represent 47.0% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (413,990) include 60.0% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 29 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 29 groups had 268,569 adherents in 1990 and 382,257 adherents in 2000, for a change of 42.3%
Sources
The 2000 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and includes statistics for 149 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Dale E. Jones, Sherri Doty, Clifford Grammich, James E. Horsch, Richard Houseal, Mac Lynn, John P. Marcum, Kenneth M. Sanchagrin and Richard H. Taylor supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Religious Congregations & Membership in the United States, 2000, published by the Glenmary Research Center.
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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