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Benton County, Oregon

Denominational Groups, 2000

6,142 5,114   5,257 1,171 60,469
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 2 4,634 65.4
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 5 2,090 29.5
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 4 1,475 20.8
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 1 1,267 17.9
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 2 1,175 16.6
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 3 1,055 14.9
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 1 1,033 14.6
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 3 1,012 14.3
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 3 817 11.5
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 589 8.3
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 2 548 7.7
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 1 505 7.1
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 1 420 5.9
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 2 368 5.2
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 2 358 5.1
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 3 351 5.0
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 300 4.2
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 3 232 3.3
Mennonite Church USA Evangelical Protestant 1 206 2.9
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 0 150 2.1
Black Baptists Estimate Evangelical Protestant n.a. 128 1.8
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant 1 127 1.8
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant 2 110 1.6
Church of the United Brethren in Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 106 1.5
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 85 1.2
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 1 62 0.9
American Association of Lutheran Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 60 0.9
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 46 0.7
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 1 38 0.5
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 1 30 0.4
Baptist General Conference Evangelical Protestant 1 30 0.4
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Theology 1 n.a. n.a.
Conservative Baptist Association of America Evangelical Protestant 4 n.a. n.a.
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 57 19,407  

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 70,811. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (19,407) include 27.4% of the total population in 1990.

Source

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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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.