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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
Catholic Church Catholic 72 581,824 436.6
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 44 83,700 62.8
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 41 10,968 8.2
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 26 11,498 8.6
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 25 4,189 3.1
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 23 8,638 6.5
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 20 6,977 5.2
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 20 7,411 5.6
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 18 2,849 2.1
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 17 3,176 2.4
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 12 879 0.7
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 12 2,163 1.6
Muslim Estimate Other Theology 8 12,164 9.1
Buddhism Other Theology 8 n.a. n.a.
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 8 607 0.5
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 6 742 0.6
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 5 618 0.5
Mennonite Church USA Evangelical Protestant 5 344 0.3
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 5 2,242 1.7
Reformed Church in America Mainline Protestant 5 655 0.5
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 5 458 0.3
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 4 2,529 1.9
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 3 92 0.1
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 3 73 0.1
Conservative Baptist Association of America Evangelical Protestant 3 200 0.2
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 3 433 0.3
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 3 342 0.3
Hindu Other Theology 3 n.a. n.a.
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference Evangelical Protestant 2 64 0.1
Missionary Church, The Evangelical Protestant 2 83 0.1
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 2 741 0.6
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, American Diocese of the Orthodox 2 900 0.7
International Council of Community Churches Mainline Protestant 1 259 0.2
Moravian Church in America--Northern Province Mainline Protestant 1 272 0.2
Brethren In Christ Church Evangelical Protestant 1 35 0.0
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. n.a.
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant 1 220 0.2
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 1 26 0.0
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 300 0.2
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 1 91 0.1
Evangelical Covenant Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 1,525 1.1
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 124 0.1
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 1 0 0.0
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 426 750,411  
Total (Adjusted)**:   1,140,902  

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 1,203,789; in 2000 it was 1,332,650. The total population changed 10.7%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (750,411) include 56.3% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (1,140,902) include 85.6% 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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