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County Membership Report
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
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 |
254 |
695,911 |
520.7 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
171 |
75,242 |
56.3 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
124 |
54,527 |
40.8 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
103 |
37,002 |
27.7 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
43 |
26,816 |
20.1 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
41 |
13,140 |
9.8 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
38 |
15,167 |
11.4 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
29 |
6,985 |
5.2 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
25 |
4,709 |
3.5 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
24 |
6,337 |
4.7 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
23 |
3,431 |
2.6 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
18 |
2,922 |
2.2 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
8,722 |
6.5 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
11 |
1,584 |
1.2 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
858 |
0.6 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
811 |
0.6 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
10 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
9 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Primitive Methodist Church in the USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
473 |
0.4 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
1,899 |
1.4 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
979 |
0.7 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
507 |
0.4 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
7 |
959 |
0.7 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
7 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
6 |
2,049 |
1.5 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
317 |
0.2 |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
6 |
615 |
0.5 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
5 |
1,208 |
0.9 |
| American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church |
Orthodox |
5 |
1,392 |
1.0 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
464 |
0.4 |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
927 |
0.7 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
436 |
0.3 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
1,703 |
1.3 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
2,600 |
2.0 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
4,800 |
3.6 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
398 |
0.3 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
366 |
0.3 |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
241 |
0.2 |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
60 |
0.0 |
| Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
365 |
0.3 |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
42 |
0.0 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
42 |
0.0 |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
105 |
0.1 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
306 |
0.2 |
| Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
80 |
0.1 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
117 |
0.1 |
| Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
42 |
0.0 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
96 |
0.1 |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
496 |
0.4 |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
36 |
0.0 |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
265 |
0.2 |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
n.a. |
34,787 |
26.0 |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 1,088 |
1,013,336 |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 1,336,449. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (1,013,336) include 75.8% 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.
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