Erie 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 |
163 |
572,878 |
591.5 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
43 |
22,459 |
23.2 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
53 |
22,311 |
23.0 |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
n.a. |
22,131 |
22.9 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
19 |
18,125 |
18.7 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
39 |
16,694 |
17.2 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
41 |
14,283 |
14.8 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
13,909 |
14.4 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
35 |
13,084 |
13.5 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
31 |
11,647 |
12.0 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
25 |
11,605 |
12.0 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
24 |
11,210 |
11.6 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
3,300 |
3.4 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
2,172 |
2.2 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
13 |
1,612 |
1.7 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
6 |
1,592 |
1.6 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
8 |
1,436 |
1.5 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
4 |
1,059 |
1.1 |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
858 |
0.9 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
658 |
0.7 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
645 |
0.7 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
540 |
0.6 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
515 |
0.5 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
443 |
0.5 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
427 |
0.4 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
408 |
0.4 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
410 |
0.4 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
376 |
0.4 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
357 |
0.4 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
335 |
0.4 |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
313 |
0.3 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
3 |
211 |
0.2 |
| American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church |
Orthodox |
1 |
138 |
0.1 |
| Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
125 |
0.1 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
113 |
0.1 |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
102 |
0.1 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
100 |
0.1 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
88 |
0.1 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
66 |
0.1 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
6 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 599 |
768,735 |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 968,532. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (768,735) include 79.4% 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.
