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Bronx County, New York

Denominational Groups, 2000

31,416 35,636 3,429 581,824 98,106 582,239
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
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Evangelical Protestant 11 15,623 13.0
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 28 14,645 12.2
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 38 7,243 6.0
Bible Church of Christ, Inc. Evangelical Protestant 2 5,036 4.2
Black Baptists Estimate Evangelical Protestant n.a. 68,155 56.6
Brethren In Christ Church Evangelical Protestant 1 86 0.1
Catholic Church Catholic 71 568,814 472.5
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 7 582 0.5
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 3 283 0.2
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 4 835 0.7
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 2 70 0.1
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Theology 1 n.a. n.a.
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 2 129 0.1
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 22 1,929 1.6
Church of God (Seventh Day) Evangelical Protestant 1 52 0.0
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 3 211 0.2
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 3 917 0.8
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 3 288 0.2
Church of the United Brethren in Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 28 0.0
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 2 30 0.0
Conservative Baptist Association of America Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. n.a.
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference Evangelical Protestant 2 56 0.1
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 22 6,950 5.8
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 17 3,538 2.9
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 2 n.a. n.a.
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 3 1,820 1.5
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 75 85,000 70.6
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 5 893 0.7
Mennonite Church USA Evangelical Protestant 5 253 0.2
Moravian Church in America--Northern Province Mainline Protestant 1 183 0.2
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. Evangelical Protestant 2 n.a. n.a.
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses Orthodox 1 n.a. n.a.
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant 2 175 0.2
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 19 3,729 3.1
Reformed Church in America Mainline Protestant 5 1,001 0.8
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 2 200 0.2
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 18 6,881 5.7
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 12 1,335 1.1
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 10 1,543 1.3
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 20 6,085 5.1
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 2 184 0.2
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 431 804,782  

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 1,203,789. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (804,782) include 66.9% 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.