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 |
132 |
309,267 |
411.8 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
18 |
19,500 |
26.0 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
74 |
19,088 |
25.4 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
30 |
10,492 |
14.0 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
35 |
8,735 |
11.6 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
15 |
8,007 |
10.7 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
29 |
6,641 |
8.8 |
| Muslim Estimate |
Other Theology |
3 |
5,673 |
7.6 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
5 |
4,752 |
6.3 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
16 |
4,578 |
6.1 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
25 |
4,355 |
5.8 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
25 |
2,605 |
3.5 |
| Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The |
Orthodox |
1 |
2,286 |
3.0 |
| Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Etchmiadzin |
Orthodox |
1 |
2,100 |
2.8 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
6 |
2,056 |
2.7 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
1,870 |
2.5 |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
1,649 |
2.2 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
1,550 |
2.1 |
| International Council of Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
1,502 |
2.0 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
14 |
1,494 |
2.0 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
1,432 |
1.9 |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
1,300 |
1.7 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
1,063 |
1.4 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
1,020 |
1.4 |
| Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia |
Orthodox |
2 |
924 |
1.2 |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
844 |
1.1 |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
822 |
1.1 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
808 |
1.1 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese |
Orthodox |
2 |
600 |
0.8 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
3 |
587 |
0.8 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
469 |
0.6 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
363 |
0.5 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
317 |
0.4 |
| Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
1 |
300 |
0.4 |
| General Association of Regular Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
254 |
0.3 |
| Bahá'í |
Other Theology |
1 |
190 |
0.3 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
167 |
0.2 |
| Holy Orthodox Church in North America |
Orthodox |
1 |
150 |
0.2 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
113 |
0.2 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
111 |
0.2 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
54 |
0.1 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
35 |
0.1 |
| Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
35 |
0.1 |
| Sikh |
Other Theology |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Buddhism |
Other Theology |
5 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 530 |
430,158 |
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Total (Adjusted)**:
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484,959 |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 709,705; in 2000 it was 750,963. The total population changed 5.8%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (430,158) include 57.3% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (484,959) include 64.6% of the population.
Source
*The “Unadjusted Totals” come from the 1990 and 2000 data collected by representatives of the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). While quite comprehensive, this data excludes most of the historically African-American denominations and some other major groups. As a result, these numbers will be an underestimate of the total adherence rate, particularly in areas with a large African-American population. The 2000 data included 149 religious groups and the final results are published in Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Copyright © 2002, All rights reserved. The 1990 data included 132 groups and the final results are published in Churches and Church Membership in the United States 1990 Copyright © 1990, All rights reserved. Published by Glenmary Research Center, 1312 Fifth Ave., North, Nashville, TN 37208. www.glenmary.org/grc [More information on the data collection]
**The “Adjusted Totals” include all adherents in the denominations counted by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and estimates adherent totals for the historically African-American denominations and other religious groups not listed in the ASARB totals. An article by Roger Finke and Christopher P. Scheitle (2005) reviews how these estimates were computed.
†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.
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