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Richland County, Ohio

Denominational Groups, 2000

17,697 19,125 120 12,007 782 79,121
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
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 4 738 5.7
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. Evangelical Protestant 1 355 2.8
Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarean) Evangelical Protestant 2 700 5.4
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 2 2,157 16.7
Bahá'í Other Theology 1 72 0.6
Baptist General Conference Evangelical Protestant 2 1,242 9.6
Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) Evangelical Protestant 1 31 0.2
Buddhism Other Theology 1 n.a. n.a.
Catholic Church Catholic 5 12,007 93.2
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 4 1,294 10.0
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 4 1,157 9.0
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 5 1,060 8.2
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 3 760 5.9
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 4 1,523 11.8
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 1 39 0.3
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 1 524 4.1
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 3 331 2.6
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 4 566 4.4
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 6 438 3.4
Churches of God, General Conference Evangelical Protestant 1 131 1.0
Community of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 40 0.3
Conservative Baptist Association of America Evangelical Protestant 1 60 0.5
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference Evangelical Protestant 1 75 0.6
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 2 946 7.3
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 1 70 0.5
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 18 6,618 51.4
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 1 144 1.1
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 117 0.9
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 1 120 0.9
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 420 3.3
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 2 2,125 16.5
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 2 313 2.4
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 1 150 1.2
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 83 0.6
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches Mainline Protestant 2 1,284 10.0
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant 9 679 5.3
Old Order Amish Church Evangelical Protestant 4 296 2.3
Old Order Mennonite Evangelical Protestant 2 419 3.3
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 81 0.6
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 7 1,382 10.7
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 139 1.1
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 1 259 2.0
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 5 1,242 9.6
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 36 0.3
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 2 909 7.1
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 19 5,974 46.4
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 3 625 4.9
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 146 49,731  
Total (Adjusted)**:   58,713  

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 126,137; in 2000 it was 128,852. The total population changed 2.2%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (49,731) include 38.6% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (58,713) include 45.6% 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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