Clark County, Nevada
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 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+314 |
570.9% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+6,296 |
322.7% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+13 |
+12,969 |
303.6% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+14 |
+56,000 |
294.7% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+97 |
277.1% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+90 |
214.3% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+905 |
192.6% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+633 |
172.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+390 |
123.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+7 |
+127,577 |
117.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+73 |
102.8% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+1,150 |
67.6% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+1,582 |
67.3% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
+49 |
64.5% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+293 |
60.8% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+18 |
+8,939 |
50.6% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+64 |
+22,771 |
38.5% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+159 |
32.4% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+1,910 |
31.1% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
+3 |
+934 |
21.4% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+1,172 |
20.3% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+503 |
17.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+319 |
16.5% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
0 |
0.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-36 |
-9.7% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
-217 |
-10.2% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-159 |
-10.7% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-158 |
-13.1% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-15 |
-14.9% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-1,210 |
-52.6% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+200 |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+144
| +243,530 |
+98.9% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 741,459; in 2000 it was 1,375,765. The total population changed 85.5%. The adherent totals for 1990 (265,293) represent 35.8% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (498,067) include 36.2% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 31 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 31 groups had 246,362 adherents in 1990 and 489,892 adherents in 2000, for a change of 98.9%
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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