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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 % Change
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant +7 +1,365 119.0%
Baptist Missionary Association of America Evangelical Protestant +2 +543 241.0%
Catholic Church Catholic +3 +79,735 784.0%
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant +1 +228 n.a.
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant -4 +397 16.0%
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant -2 -297 -24.0%
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant -3 +249 84.0%
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology +15 +5,352 448.0%
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 0 -6 -2.0%
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant +7 +1,883 59.0%
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant +1 +2,414 150.0%
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 0 +182 379.0%
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant +3 +2,127 281.0%
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant +2 +3,750 n.a.
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant +5 +8,250 n.a.
Jewish Estimate Other Theology +3 +6,750 n.a.
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant +3 +1,896 269.0%
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant +1 +40 n.a.
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant -9 +1,854 108.0%
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant +2 +335 n.a.
Reformed Church in America Mainline Protestant +1 +1,466 n.a.
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant +23 +49,397 168.0%
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology +1 +219 n.a.
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant +2 +20,699 220.0%
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant +1 +580 n.a.
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant +1 +138 n.a.
  Totals: +66 +189,546 +296.9%

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 144,576; in 2000 it was 491,675. The total population changed 86.2%. The adherent totals for 1980 (63,944) represent 44.2% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (263,858) include 53.7% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 26 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 26 groups had 63,844 adherents in 1980 and 253,390 adherents in 2000, for a change of 296.9%

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 1980 data were collected by the Glenmary Research Center and include statistics for 111 Judeo-Christian church bodies, including number of churches and adherents. Bernard Quinn, Herman Anderson, Martin Bradley, Paul Goetting and Peggy Shriver supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1980, published by the Glenmary Research Center.

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