Harris County, Texas

Denominational Groups, 2000

696,597	278,251	8,302	618,649	111,412	1,687,367
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	365	485,075	142.6
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	145	33,629	9.9
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	142	170,618	50.2
Catholic Church	Catholic	106	618,649	181.9
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	85	29,522	8.7
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	63	24,690	7.3
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	53	38,142	11.2
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	49	34,175	10.1
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	44	40,001	11.8
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	37	16,362	4.8
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	37	7,328	2.2
Buddhism	Other Theology	36	n.a.	n.a.
Muslim Estimate	Other Theology	33	47,568	14.0
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	29	6,642	2.0
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	23	5,824	1.7
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	22	4,566	1.3
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	21	35,900	10.6
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	21	7,404	2.2
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	17	1,505	0.4
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	16	17,336	5.1
Baptist Missionary Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	15	4,664	1.4
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	15	3,774	1.1
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	15	43,750	12.9
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	14	1,023	0.3
Hindu	Other Theology	14	n.a.	n.a.
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	13	2,704	0.8
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	12	3,130	0.9
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Evangelical Protestant	9	1,474	0.4
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	9	1,194	0.4
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	8	280	0.1
Bahá'í	Other Theology	7	1,610	0.5
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	7	1,416	0.4
Sikh	Other Theology	6	n.a.	n.a.
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	6	660	0.2
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	5	1,208	0.4
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	5	1,644	0.5
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	5	233	0.1
Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line	Evangelical Protestant	5	n.a.	n.a.
Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	5	340	0.1
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	4	460	0.1
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	4	1,378	0.4
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	4	220	0.1
Community of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	4	397	0.1
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	3	1,564	0.5
Jain	Other Theology	3	n.a.	n.a.
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	3	4,125	1.2
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	3	461	0.1
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	3	657	0.2
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	3	850	0.3
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	3	3,688	1.1
Southwide Baptist Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	2	n.a.	n.a.
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	2	870	0.3
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	2	n.a.	n.a.
Cumberland Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	2	294	0.1
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, American Diocese of the	Orthodox	2	550	0.2
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	2	n.a.	n.a.
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	2	180	0.1
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	2	n.a.	n.a.
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	41	0.0
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	1	76	0.0
Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	1	225	0.1
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA	Orthodox	1	800	0.2
North American Baptist Conference	Evangelical Protestant	1	132	0.0
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	1	113	0.0
Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch	Orthodox	1	60	0.0
Tao	Other Theology	1	n.a.	n.a.
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	906	0.3
Zoroastrian	Other Theology	1	n.a.	n.a.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	28	0.0
Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America	Orthodox	1	350	0.1
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses	Orthodox	1	628	0.2
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	25	0.0
Interstate & Foreign Landmark Missionary Baptists Association	Evangelical Protestant	1	93	0.0
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	1,587	1,713,211
	Total (Adjusted)^:**		2,203,636

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 2,818,199; in 2000 it was 3,400,578. The total population changed 20.7%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (1,713,211) include 50.4% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (2,203,636) include 64.8% 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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