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Monroe County, New York

Denominational Groups, 2000

32,002 67,797 5,645 262,624 31,025 336,250
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 80 262,624 357.1
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 14 22,500 30.6
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 32 14,680 20.0
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 33 14,259 19.4
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 31 13,168 17.9
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 19 10,432 14.2
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 23 8,866 12.1
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 12 8,365 11.4
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 14 5,222 7.1
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 4 4,575 6.2
Muslim Estimate Other Theology 3 4,041 5.5
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 16 3,585 4.9
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 2 3,105 4.2
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 11 2,961 4.0
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 9 2,549 3.5
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 7 1,989 2.7
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 7 1,539 2.1
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 2 1,325 1.8
Macedonian Orthodox Church: American Diocese Orthodox 1 1,200 1.6
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 2 1,134 1.5
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 6 1,007 1.4
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA Orthodox 1 975 1.3
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 5 965 1.3
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant 2 808 1.1
Reformed Church in America Mainline Protestant 3 793 1.1
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches Evangelical Protestant 5 725 1.0
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 7 711 1.0
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 6 633 0.9
North American Baptist Conference Evangelical Protestant 2 471 0.6
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 3 458 0.6
Bahá'í Other Theology 6 389 0.5
Baptist General Conference Evangelical Protestant 1 340 0.5
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 2 303 0.4
Vineyard USA Evangelical Protestant 2 275 0.4
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 2 250 0.3
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses Orthodox 1 240 0.3
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The Evangelical Protestant 2 216 0.3
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 2 197 0.3
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 182 0.3
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant 1 159 0.2
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 2 125 0.2
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 121 0.2
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 2 103 0.1
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 1 102 0.1
Evangelical Covenant Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 97 0.1
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, American Diocese of the Orthodox 1 75 0.1
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches Mainline Protestant 1 55 0.1
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Etchmiadzin Orthodox 1 50 0.1
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 1 45 0.1
Mennonite Church USA Evangelical Protestant 2 40 0.1
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant 1 39 0.1
Community of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 25 0.0
Buddhism Other Theology 4 n.a. n.a.
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches Evangelical Protestant 7 n.a. n.a.
Jain Other Theology 1 n.a. n.a.
Sikh Other Theology 4 n.a. n.a.
Hindu Other Theology 3 n.a. n.a.
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia Orthodox 1 n.a. n.a.
Reformed Baptist Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. n.a.
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 418 399,093  
Total (Adjusted)**:   489,015  

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 713,968; in 2000 it was 735,343. The total population changed 3.0%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (399,093) include 54.3% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (489,015) include 66.5% 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/grc [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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