York 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 |
% Change |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+1,650 |
206.3% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+1,537 |
898.8% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+1,021 |
75.6% |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+803 |
73.9% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
-1 |
+581 |
47.7% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+573 |
22.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+1 |
+554 |
43.9% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+479 |
130.9% |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+431 |
67.3% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+307 |
112.5% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+123 |
23.4% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
+82 |
43.2% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+36 |
1.2% |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+36 |
24.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+18 |
4.8% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+15 |
23.1% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+8 |
18.6% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+5 |
1.3% |
| Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
0 |
0.0% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
0 |
0.0% |
| Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-11 |
-2.5% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-71 |
-5.1% |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-85 |
-57.4% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-94 |
-16.9% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-155 |
-9.1% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
-9 |
-262 |
-33.2% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-365 |
-19.0% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
-6 |
-491 |
-63.6% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
0 |
-734 |
-1.9% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-1,134 |
-15.2% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
-1,611 |
-28.6% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-2,674 |
-7.8% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
-3,416 |
-14.6% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
-5,021 |
-11.4% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals:
-11
| -7,865 |
-4.5% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 339,574; in 2000 it was 381,751. The total population changed 12.4%. The adherent totals for 1990 (182,719) represent 53.8% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (171,682) include 45.0% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 34 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 34 groups had 176,022 adherents in 1990 and 168,157 adherents in 2000, for a change of -4.5%
Sources
The 2000 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and includes statistics for 149 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Dale E. Jones, Sherri Doty, Clifford Grammich, James E. Horsch, Richard Houseal, Mac Lynn, John P. Marcum, Kenneth M. Sanchagrin and Richard H. Taylor supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Religious Congregations & Membership in the United States, 2000, published by the Glenmary Research Center.
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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