Worcester 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 |
133 |
331,320 |
512.6 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
79 |
21,356 |
33.0 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
32 |
13,696 |
21.2 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
36 |
9,678 |
15.0 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
31 |
9,657 |
14.9 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
13 |
8,034 |
12.4 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
30 |
3,942 |
6.1 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
5 |
3,674 |
5.7 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
13 |
3,324 |
5.1 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
15 |
2,009 |
3.1 |
| Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
1 |
1,799 |
2.8 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
1,500 |
2.3 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
1,418 |
2.2 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
1,263 |
2.0 |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
1,141 |
1.8 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
1,129 |
1.8 |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
992 |
1.5 |
| Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia |
Orthodox |
2 |
877 |
1.4 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
638 |
1.0 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
3 |
612 |
1.0 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
2 |
617 |
1.0 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
459 |
0.7 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
396 |
0.6 |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
308 |
0.5 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
259 |
0.4 |
| Advent Christian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
226 |
0.4 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
120 |
0.2 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
116 |
0.2 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
29 |
0.0 |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 446 |
420,589 |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 646,352. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (420,589) include 65.1% 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.
