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Albemarle County, Virginia

Denominational Groups, 2000

9,583 10,476   2,712 1,037 55,428
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 26 12,826 134.0
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 19 7,204 75.3
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 14 4,373 45.7
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 8 3,630 37.9
Catholic Church Catholic 3 3,309 34.6
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 9 2,378 24.9
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 2 1,475 15.4
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 1 659 6.9
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 1 614 6.4
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 4 510 5.3
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 388 4.1
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 2 334 3.5
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 1 280 2.9
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 1 262 2.7
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 1 258 2.7
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 3 250 2.6
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 2 242 2.5
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 190 2.0
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 3 187 2.0
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 167 1.8
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 1 136 1.4
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 1 112 1.2
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant 1 57 0.6
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 38 0.4
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 107 39,879  

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 95,699. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (39,879) include 41.7% of the total population in 1980.

Source

The 1980 data were collected by the Glenmary Research Center and includes statistics for 111 Judeo-Christian church bodies, including number of churches and adherents. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1980, published by the Glenmary Research Center.

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.