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Henrico County, Virginia

Denominational Groups, 2000

50,003 46,318 40 22,554 2,592 140,793
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 % Change
Catholic Church Catholic -5 -52 0.0%
Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) Evangelical Protestant 0 -4 -8.0%
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant -1 -168 -20.0%
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant +1 +68 55.0%
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant -8 -1,579 -81.0%
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant -1 +3 0.0%
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 0 +14 8.0%
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant -2 -1,837 -89.0%
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant -3 -571 -70.0%
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant +1 +125 n.a.
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant +1 +5,000 n.a.
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant +1 +185 n.a.
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant +2 -146 -60.0%
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant -4 -1,395 -85.0%
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant -1 +333 125.0%
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 0 -1,215 -88.0%
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant -30 -38,369 -49.0%
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant +1 +39 n.a.
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant -18 -13,525 -87.0%
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant -5 -2,443 -65.0%
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant -13 -12,050 -60.0%
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant -2 -916 -31.0%
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant -2 +346 2.0%
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant -22 -16,661 -50.0%
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology +1 -69 -4.0%
  Totals: -109 -84,887 -41.5%

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 399,949; in 2000 it was 262,300. The total population changed -37.7%. The adherent totals for 1980 (211,513) represent 52.9% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (121,507) include 46.3% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 25 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 25 groups had 204,622 adherents in 1980 and 119,735 adherents in 2000, for a change of -41.5%

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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