Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
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 |
11 |
117,237 |
348.8 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
24 |
9,247 |
27.5 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
11 |
3,873 |
11.5 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
8 |
3,693 |
11.0 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
3 |
3,500 |
10.4 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
13 |
2,457 |
7.3 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
1,600 |
4.8 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
4 |
1,375 |
4.1 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
6 |
1,330 |
4.0 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
5 |
1,212 |
3.6 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
1,093 |
3.3 |
| Apostolic Lutheran Church of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
1,030 |
3.1 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
900 |
2.7 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
850 |
2.5 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
819 |
2.4 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
3 |
805 |
2.4 |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
n.a. |
732 |
2.2 |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
4 |
486 |
1.5 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
392 |
1.2 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
388 |
1.2 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
330 |
1.0 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
324 |
1.0 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
312 |
0.9 |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
305 |
0.9 |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
293 |
0.9 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
275 |
0.8 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
202 |
0.6 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
150 |
0.5 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
144 |
0.4 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
82 |
0.2 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
74 |
0.2 |
| Advent Christian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
59 |
0.2 |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
50 |
0.2 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
35 |
0.1 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
30 |
0.1 |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
28 |
0.1 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
11 |
0.0 |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
4 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
4 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 155 |
155,723 |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 336,073. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (155,723) include 46.3% of the total population in 1990.
Source
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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†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.
