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Arlington County, Virginia

Denominational Groups, 2000

6,478 16,686   26,820 5,335 134,134
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 31 22,871 89.4
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 22 7,782 30.4
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 21 17,897 70.0
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 17 11,743 45.9
Catholic Church Catholic 14 46,061 180.1
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 4 2,904 11.4
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 4 1,159 4.5
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 4 1,705 6.7
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 3 455 1.8
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 3 400 1.6
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Evangelical Protestant 3 1,662 6.5
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 3 1,484 5.8
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 3 839 3.3
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 3 2,008 7.9
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 2 1,149 4.5
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 2 165 0.6
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 2 713 2.8
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 2 1,139 4.5
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 400 1.6
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 1 186 0.7
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 1 386 1.5
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 1 790 3.1
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 65 0.3
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 1 165 0.6
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 1 229 0.9
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 1 60 0.2
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 151 124,417  

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 255,816. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (124,417) include 48.6% 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.