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Collin County, Texas

Denominational Groups, 2000

109,264 44,998 123 89,905 19,568 227,817
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
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 57 40,563 153.6
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 27 4,381 16.6
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 23 15,923 60.3
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 14 3,257 12.3
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 12 1,657 6.3
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 10 2,630 10.0
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 8 3,307 12.5
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 7 809 3.1
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 7 2,907 11.0
Catholic Church Catholic 6 18,444 69.9
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 6 3,139 11.9
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 4 1,572 6.0
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 4 1,850 7.0
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 3 3,650 13.8
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 3 2,315 8.8
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 3 397 1.5
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 2 863 3.3
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 2 122 0.5
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant 2 157 0.6
Baptist Missionary Association of America Evangelical Protestant 2 403 1.5
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Theology 1 n.a. n.a.
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 1 125 0.5
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 1 93 0.4
Reformed Church in America Mainline Protestant 1 1,085 4.1
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 79 0.3
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 500 1.9
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 1 194 0.7
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 1 73 0.3
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 1 0 0.0
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 230 0.9
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 0 3,516 13.3
Black Baptists Estimate Evangelical Protestant n.a. 4,658 17.6
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 212 118,899  

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 264,036. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (118,899) include 45.0% 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.