Chester 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† |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
44 |
17,629 |
40.7 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
31 |
140,577 |
324.3 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
31 |
16,019 |
37.0 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
21 |
2,773 |
6.4 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
19 |
6,611 |
15.3 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
18 |
1,898 |
4.4 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
16 |
10,906 |
25.2 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
16 |
8,252 |
19.0 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
13 |
4,532 |
10.5 |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
1,128 |
2.6 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
1,784 |
4.1 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
463 |
1.1 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
805 |
1.9 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
5 |
1,801 |
4.2 |
| Muslim Estimate |
Other Theology |
4 |
5,823 |
13.4 |
| Mennonite; Other Groups |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
503 |
1.2 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
720 |
1.7 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
714 |
1.7 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
341 |
0.8 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
944 |
2.2 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
548 |
1.3 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
3 |
10,100 |
23.3 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
3 |
1,122 |
2.6 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
1,300 |
3.0 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
219 |
0.5 |
| Amish; Other Groups |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
213 |
0.5 |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
366 |
0.8 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
303 |
0.7 |
| Southwide Baptist Fellowship |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Reformed Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
335 |
0.8 |
| Bahá'í |
Other Theology |
1 |
108 |
0.3 |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
98 |
0.2 |
| Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
220 |
0.5 |
| Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
136 |
0.3 |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
63 |
0.2 |
| Primitive Methodist Church in the USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
61 |
0.1 |
| American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church |
Orthodox |
1 |
207 |
0.5 |
| International Council of Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
239 |
0.6 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
69 |
0.2 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
1 |
335 |
0.8 |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
40 |
0.1 |
| Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
126 |
0.3 |
| Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA |
Orthodox |
1 |
369 |
0.9 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
0 |
0.0 |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 311 |
240,800 |
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Total (Adjusted)**:
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277,628 |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 376,396; in 2000 it was 433,501. The total population changed 15.2%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (240,800) include 55.5% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (277,628) include 64.0% 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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