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County Membership Report
Multnomah County, Oregon
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 |
Adherence Rate† |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
40 |
150,075 |
227.2 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
29 |
10,850 |
16.4 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
27 |
5,849 |
8.9 |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
27 |
4,878 |
7.4 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
26 |
10,389 |
15.7 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
24 |
8,152 |
12.3 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
23 |
4,418 |
6.7 |
| Buddhism |
Other Theology |
19 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
16 |
6,979 |
10.6 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
16 |
6,978 |
10.6 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
15 |
6,242 |
9.5 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
14 |
3,184 |
4.8 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
5,043 |
7.6 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
11 |
2,027 |
3.1 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
1,855 |
2.8 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
4,059 |
6.2 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
9,319 |
14.1 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
2,556 |
3.9 |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
1,319 |
2.0 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
7 |
2,165 |
3.3 |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
1,137 |
1.7 |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
1,158 |
1.8 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
6 |
536 |
0.8 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
1,027 |
1.6 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
406 |
0.6 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
10,850 |
16.4 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
6 |
19,300 |
29.2 |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
936 |
1.4 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
5 |
1,246 |
1.9 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
925 |
1.4 |
| Hindu |
Other Theology |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Bahá'í |
Other Theology |
3 |
955 |
1.5 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
427 |
0.7 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
3,012 |
4.6 |
| Muslim Estimate |
Other Theology |
3 |
3,939 |
6.0 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
3 |
1,309 |
2.0 |
| Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The |
Orthodox |
2 |
322 |
0.5 |
| Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
1,150 |
1.7 |
| Jain |
Other Theology |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Vineyard USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
376 |
0.6 |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
135 |
0.2 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
346 |
0.5 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
2 |
257 |
0.4 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
285 |
0.4 |
| Community of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
585 |
0.9 |
| Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA |
Orthodox |
1 |
105 |
0.2 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
32 |
0.1 |
| General Association of Regular Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
124 |
0.2 |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
115 |
0.2 |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
148 |
0.2 |
| Sikh |
Other Theology |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Holy Orthodox Church in North America |
Orthodox |
1 |
42 |
0.1 |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
125 |
0.2 |
| Landmark Missionary Baptists, Independent Associations and Unaffiliated Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
25 |
0.0 |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
23 |
0.0 |
| International Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
417 |
0.6 |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
36 |
0.1 |
| Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
1 |
125 |
0.2 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
1 |
2,598 |
3.9 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
310 |
0.5 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
1 |
450 |
0.7 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
73 |
0.1 |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
189 |
0.3 |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 470 |
301,893 |
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Total (Adjusted)**:
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348,458 |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 583,887; in 2000 it was 660,486. The total population changed 13.1%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (301,893) include 45.7% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (348,458) include 52.8% 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 [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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