Henrico County, Virginia
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 |
Adherence Rate† |
| African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
16 |
2,633 |
6.3 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
23 |
18,111 |
43.0 |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
25 |
0.1 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
2,018 |
4.8 |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
n.a. |
45,718 |
108.6 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
16 |
29,445 |
70.0 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
75 |
0.2 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
90 |
0.2 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
11 |
3,291 |
7.8 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
2,018 |
4.8 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
105 |
0.3 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
991 |
2.4 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
201 |
0.5 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
3 |
1,904 |
4.5 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
228 |
0.5 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
586 |
1.4 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
1,028 |
2.4 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
22 |
15,769 |
37.5 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
35 |
0.1 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
5 |
2,503 |
6.0 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
235 |
0.6 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
2,400 |
5.7 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
1,125 |
2.7 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
162 |
0.4 |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
416 |
1.0 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
8 |
3,001 |
7.1 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
1,744 |
4.1 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
174 |
0.4 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
31 |
17,113 |
40.7 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
620 |
1.5 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
187 |
0.4 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
1,458 |
3.5 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
65 |
59,260 |
140.8 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
1 |
727 |
1.7 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
606 |
1.4 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
44 |
30,646 |
72.8 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
30 |
0.1 |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 318 |
246,678 |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 420,937. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (246,678) include 58.6% of the total population in 1990.
Source
The 1990 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and include statistics for 132 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Martin B. Bradley, Norman M. Green, Jr., Dale E. Jones, Mac Lynn, and Lou McNeil supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1990, published by the Glenmary Research Center.
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†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.
