Hamilton County, Ohio

Denominational Groups, 2000

72,135	85,014	2,325	226,670	27,784	431,375
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	85	226,670	268.2
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	72	30,177	35.7
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	21	22,500	26.6
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	47	19,384	22.9
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	40	14,805	17.5
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	27	11,843	14.0
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	20	9,695	11.5
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	22	8,388	9.9
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	3	8,034	9.5
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	25	7,271	8.6
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	3	6,575	7.8
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	13	5,824	6.9
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	5	5,700	6.7
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	18	4,296	5.1
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	12	4,204	5.0
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	14	3,241	3.8
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	8	2,978	3.5
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	19	2,811	3.3
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	14	2,389	2.8
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	7	2,089	2.5
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	6	1,832	2.2
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	1	1,716	2.0
Muslim Estimate	Other Theology	4	1,191	1.4
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	11	1,147	1.4
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	3	1,078	1.3
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	1,066	1.3
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	4	954	1.1
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	2	880	1.0
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	3	588	0.7
International Council of Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	3	568	0.7
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	3	465	0.6
Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	1	407	0.5
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses	Orthodox	1	369	0.4
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	362	0.4
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	3	335	0.4
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	3	309	0.4
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	1	296	0.4
Macedonian Orthodox Church: American Diocese	Orthodox	1	240	0.3
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	3	224	0.3
Bahá'í	Other Theology	1	161	0.2
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	2	138	0.2
Separate Baptists in Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	99	0.1
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	1	95	0.1
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	1	85	0.1
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	1	75	0.1
Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body)	Mainline Protestant	1	72	0.1
Conservative Mennonite Conference	Evangelical Protestant	1	70	0.1
Community of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	67	0.1
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	2	40	0.1
Brethren In Christ Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	39	0.1
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	1	35	0.0
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	1	32	0.0
National Primitive Baptist Convention, USA	Evangelical Protestant	1	19	0.0
Southwide Baptist Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	3	n.a.	n.a.
Buddhism	Other Theology	2	n.a.	n.a.
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	1	n.a.	n.a.
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	1	n.a.	n.a.
Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line	Evangelical Protestant	2	n.a.	n.a.
Hindu	Other Theology	1	n.a.	n.a.
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	556	413,928
	Total (Adjusted)^:**		549,647

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 866,228; in 2000 it was 845,303. The total population changed -2.4%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (413,928) include 49.0% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (549,647) include 65.0% 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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