Monroe 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 |
% Change |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+180 |
257.1% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+84 |
112.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+63 |
108.6% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+79 |
76.7% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+300 |
73.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+182 |
65.9% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+1,805 |
65.2% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+15 |
60.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+925 |
57.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+35 |
52.2% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
0 |
+6,118 |
37.3% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+71 |
17.8% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+79 |
14.3% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+2 |
+28,906 |
12.4% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+220 |
12.4% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+4 |
+320 |
12.1% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+64 |
8.6% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+9 |
4.8% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+21 |
1.4% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-94 |
-1.1% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-27 |
-2.7% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-841 |
-5.4% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-19 |
-5.9% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-100 |
-7.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
-119 |
-9.5% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-1,778 |
-14.6% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-1,529 |
-14.7% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-2,770 |
-17.4% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-935 |
-20.7% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-3,756 |
-20.8% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-47 |
-27.3% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-405 |
-28.7% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
-2,108 |
-28.8% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-466 |
-37.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-90 |
-46.6% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+45 |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+8
| +24,437 |
+6.7% |
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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 adherent totals for 1990 (382,171) represent 53.5% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (399,093) include 54.3% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 36 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 36 groups had 362,809 adherents in 1990 and 387,246 adherents in 2000, for a change of 6.7%
Sources
The 2000 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and includes statistics for 149 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Dale E. Jones, Sherri Doty, Clifford Grammich, James E. Horsch, Richard Houseal, Mac Lynn, John P. Marcum, Kenneth M. Sanchagrin and Richard H. Taylor supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Religious Congregations & Membership in the United States, 2000, published by the Glenmary Research Center.
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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