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Washington County, Ohio

Denominational Groups, 2000

7,884 11,882   5,115 403 37,967
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
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 39 5,201 82.2
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 15 2,273 35.9
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 10 3,739 59.1
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 8 1,116 17.6
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 7 1,281 20.3
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 7 905 14.3
Catholic Church Catholic 5 5,115 80.9
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 5 797 12.6
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant 4 1,243 19.7
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 3 929 14.7
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 3 96 1.5
Christian Union Evangelical Protestant 3 38 0.6
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 3 185 2.9
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches Evangelical Protestant 2 164 2.6
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 1 85 1.3
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 1 170 2.7
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 1 39 0.6
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 1 250 4.0
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 1 84 1.3
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 146 2.3
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 165 2.6
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 1 629 9.9
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 1 208 3.3
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 1 63 1.0
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference Evangelical Protestant 1 176 2.8
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 180 2.9
Bahá'í Other Theology 0 7 0.1
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 126 25,284  
Total (Adjusted)**:   27,968  

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 62,254; in 2000 it was 63,251. The total population changed 1.6%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (25,284) include 40.0% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (27,968) include 44.2% 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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