Salt Lake County, Utah
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 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+459 |
+122,468 |
32.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+6 |
+21,747 |
68.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+2 |
+3,144 |
n.a. |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+2 |
+3,054 |
266.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+2,062 |
172.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+1,543 |
45.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+1,366 |
50.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+1,203 |
633.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
+866 |
32.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
+3 |
+859 |
23.0% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+800 |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+513 |
327.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+507 |
n.a. |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+1 |
+331 |
82.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+245 |
148.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+239 |
47.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+220 |
33.0% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+203 |
207.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+168 |
131.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+131 |
147.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+118 |
6.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+106 |
45.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+68 |
n.a. |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+24 |
267.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+20 |
105.0% |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+20 |
n.a. |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-11 |
-3.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-19 |
-38.0% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-24 |
-5.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-53 |
-12.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-76 |
-14.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-450 |
-33.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-515 |
-14.0% |
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Totals:
+499
| +160,877 |
+36.6% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 619,066; in 2000 it was 898,387. The total population changed 23.8%. The adherent totals for 1980 (439,433) represent 71.0% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (606,391) include 67.5% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 33 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 33 groups had 439,433 adherents in 1980 and 600,310 adherents in 2000, for a change of 36.6%
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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