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Mahoning County, Ohio

Denominational Groups, 2000

23,354 33,492 6,275 100,351 3,948 90,135
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 44 100,351 389.6
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 23 8,971 34.8
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 21 7,030 27.3
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 18 8,184 31.8
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 17 7,472 29.0
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 9 2,861 11.1
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 8 1,945 7.6
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 7 977 3.8
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 7 1,928 7.5
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 7 3,478 13.5
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 6 1,430 5.6
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 6 2,194 8.5
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 6 694 2.7
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches Evangelical Protestant 5 576 2.2
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 5 1,126 4.4
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 5 581 2.3
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 4 407 1.6
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 4 2,800 10.9
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 3 2,550 9.9
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 3 313 1.2
Mennonite Church USA Evangelical Protestant 3 380 1.5
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 3 565 2.2
Baptist General Conference Evangelical Protestant 3 1,264 4.9
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 3 566 2.2
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 2 155 0.6
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 2 236 0.9
Hindu Other Theology 2 n.a. n.a.
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 2 227 0.9
Muslim Estimate Other Theology 2 480 1.9
Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection Evangelical Protestant 2 21 0.1
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA Orthodox 1 1,050 4.1
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The Orthodox 1 336 1.3
American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church Orthodox 1 207 0.8
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 1 120 0.5
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA (New Gracanica Metropolitanate) Orthodox 1 n.a. n.a.
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA Orthodox 1 1,400 5.4
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 124 0.5
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 1 512 2.0
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The Evangelical Protestant 1 0 0.0
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses Orthodox 1 341 1.3
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant 1 75 0.3
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 1 111 0.4
Mennonite; Other Groups Evangelical Protestant 1 7 0.0
Orthodox Church in America: Bulgarian Diocese Orthodox 1 141 0.6
Evangelical Covenant Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 439 1.7
Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the USA Orthodox 1 n.a. n.a.
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 700 2.7
Evangelical Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant 1 651 2.5
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference Evangelical Protestant 1 301 1.2
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 800 3.1
Primitive Methodist Church in the USA Evangelical Protestant 1 61 0.2
Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America Orthodox 1 250 1.0
Bahá'í Other Theology 0 32 0.1
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 254 167,420  
Total (Adjusted)**:   208,303  

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 264,806; in 2000 it was 257,555. The total population changed -2.7%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (167,420) include 65.0% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (208,303) include 80.9% 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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