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Hennepin County, Minnesota

Denominational Groups, 2000

102,418 229,245 4,769 260,611 47,067 472,090
Evangelical Protestant Mainline Protestant Orthodox Catholic Other Unclaimed

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


Religious Bodies Theology Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
Catholic Church Catholic 74 260,611 233.5
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 120 152,817 136.9
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 14 31,600 28.3
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 45 23,538 21.1
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 37 22,343 20.0
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 24 17,293 15.5
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 28 15,514 13.9
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 20 13,246 11.9
Baptist General Conference Evangelical Protestant 19 11,918 10.7
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 4 10,900 9.8
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 22 9,987 9.0
Muslim Estimate Other Theology 6 7,878 7.1
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 22 7,862 7.0
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches Mainline Protestant 2 5,553 5.0
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 12 5,036 4.5
Evangelical Covenant Church, The Evangelical Protestant 14 4,865 4.4
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 12 4,785 4.3
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 10 4,376 3.9
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference Evangelical Protestant 2 3,355 3.0
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 12 2,402 2.2
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 1 2,280 2.0
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 5 2,236 2.0
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches and other Fundamental Baptist Associations/Fellowships Evangelical Protestant 10 2,068 1.9
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 7 2,025 1.8
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 10 1,938 1.7
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 8 1,739 1.6
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 6 1,536 1.4
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The Evangelical Protestant 6 1,512 1.4
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 3 1,343 1.2
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses Orthodox 2 1,338 1.2
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 7 1,014 0.9
Conservative Baptist Association of America Evangelical Protestant 5 879 0.8
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 5 856 0.8
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant 3 740 0.7
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 5 701 0.6
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA Orthodox 2 591 0.5
Bahá'í Other Theology 6 568 0.5
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Etchmiadzin Orthodox 1 560 0.5
North American Baptist Conference Evangelical Protestant 3 523 0.5
International Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 478 0.4
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 4 468 0.4
Reformed Church in America Mainline Protestant 2 384 0.3
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches Mainline Protestant 1 363 0.3
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 2 265 0.2
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 2 264 0.2
Vineyard USA Evangelical Protestant 1 235 0.2
Moravian Church in America--Northern Province Mainline Protestant 1 187 0.2
Mennonite Church USA Evangelical Protestant 2 181 0.2
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 1 163 0.2
Community of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 121 0.1
Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of Evangelical Protestant 1 117 0.1
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 2 111 0.1
Church of God General Conference Evangelical Protestant 2 95 0.1
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 2 95 0.1
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 2 84 0.1
International Council of Community Churches Mainline Protestant 1 47 0.0
Reformed Church in the United States Evangelical Protestant 1 46 0.0
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant 1 46 0.0
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 1 34 0.0
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia Orthodox 2 n.a. n.a.
Reformed Baptist Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. n.a.
Jain Other Theology 1 n.a. n.a.
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. n.a.
Hindu Other Theology 4 n.a. n.a.
Buddhism Other Theology 9 n.a. n.a.
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 643 644,110  
Total (Adjusted)**:   760,867  

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 1,032,431; in 2000 it was 1,116,200. The total population changed 8.1%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (644,110) include 57.7% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (760,867) include 68.2% 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 [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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