Albany County, New York
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 |
47 |
168,414 |
575.6 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
20 |
9,903 |
33.9 |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
21 |
6,269 |
21.4 |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
n.a. |
4,888 |
16.7 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
12 |
4,529 |
15.5 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
15 |
4,464 |
15.3 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
7 |
3,924 |
13.4 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
8 |
3,916 |
13.4 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
2,723 |
9.3 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
2,356 |
8.1 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
8 |
1,094 |
3.7 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
4 |
738 |
2.5 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
2 |
715 |
2.4 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
699 |
2.4 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
695 |
2.4 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
1 |
544 |
1.9 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
465 |
1.6 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
337 |
1.2 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
325 |
1.1 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
145 |
0.5 |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
119 |
0.4 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
99 |
0.3 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
98 |
0.3 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
90 |
0.3 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
65 |
0.2 |
| Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
57 |
0.2 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
50 |
0.2 |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
29 |
0.1 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
24 |
0.1 |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
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217,774 |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 292,594. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (217,774) include 74.4% 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.
