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Washington County, Pennsylvania

Denominational Groups, 2000

8,732 38,861 1,621 71,268 1,545 80,870
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 42 68,186 314.1
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Evangelical Protestant 2 158 0.7
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 3 1,240 5.7
Baptist General Conference Evangelical Protestant 1 106 0.5
Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) Evangelical Protestant 1 121 0.6
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 4 765 3.5
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 5 180 0.8
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 10 2,320 10.7
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant 1 92 0.4
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 1 75 0.4
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 1 87 0.4
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 9 1,859 8.6
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 5 529 2.4
Conservative Baptist Association of America Evangelical Protestant 3 208 1.0
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 2 396 1.8
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 43 0.2
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 2 424 2.0
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 142 0.7
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 2 155 0.7
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 4 918 4.2
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 11 3,027 13.9
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 11 3,922 18.1
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 6 2,770 12.8
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 10 4,047 18.6
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 61 21,784 100.4
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 52 16,184 74.6
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 2 549 2.5
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 2 311 1.4
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 255 130,598  

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 217,074. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (130,598) include 60.2% of the total population in 1980.

Source

The 1980 data were collected by the Glenmary Research Center and includes statistics for 111 Judeo-Christian church bodies, including number of churches and adherents. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1980, published by the Glenmary Research Center.

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.