Hamilton County, Ohio
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 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+4 |
+1,127 |
60.9% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-223 |
-9.6% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-5 |
-11.1% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+228 |
63.3% |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-6 |
-13.3% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+213 |
7.0% |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-1 |
-1.4% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+210 |
82.4% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+7 |
28.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-117 |
-34.3% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-972 |
-18.8% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+92 |
5.3% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-2,390 |
-13.9% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
-41 |
-4.1% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-6,181 |
-17.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+79 |
36.4% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-398 |
-49.4% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-139 |
-31.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-466 |
-5.3% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-834 |
-7.9% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-223 |
-16.3% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-332 |
-12.2% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-1,722 |
-28.6% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-516 |
-15.5% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
+254 |
4.6% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+4,470 |
212.4% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-561 |
-9.0% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-76 |
-35.5% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
-3 |
+8,791 |
64.1% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
-6,112 |
-24.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
-2,774 |
-27.6% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
-212 |
-38.8% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-6 |
-3,660 |
-23.6% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-11 |
-41,136 |
-15.4% |
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Totals:
-44
| -53,626 |
-11.9% |
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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 adherent totals for 1990 (521,382) represent 60.2% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (413,928) include 49.0% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 34 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 34 groups had 451,344 adherents in 1990 and 397,718 adherents in 2000, for a change of -11.9%
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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