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Kitsap County, Washington

Denominational Groups, 2000

21,932 14,742   17,990 10,886 166,419
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
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 6 1,475 7.8
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 13 4,060 21.4
Baptist General Conference Evangelical Protestant 2 765 4.0
Black Baptists Estimate Evangelical Protestant n.a. 1,406 7.4
Catholic Church Catholic 6 16,629 87.7
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 6 1,317 6.9
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 2 115 0.6
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 2 250 1.3
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 3 581 3.1
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant 1 78 0.4
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Theology 2 n.a. n.a.
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 2 44 0.2
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 1 35 0.2
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 12 6,524 34.4
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 3 1,143 6.0
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 6 601 3.2
Conservative Baptist Association of America Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. n.a.
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 5 2,136 11.3
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 2 515 2.7
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 10 5,812 30.6
Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 451 2.4
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 3 166 0.9
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 2 33 0.2
Independent Fundamental Churches of America Evangelical Protestant 3 n.a. n.a.
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 300 1.6
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 3 452 2.4
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 3 1,152 6.1
Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of Evangelical Protestant 1 18 0.1
North American Baptist Conference Evangelical Protestant 1 45 0.2
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 4 1,868 9.9
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 1 63 0.3
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 112 0.6
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 3 830 4.4
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 6 1,661 8.8
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 2 216 1.1
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 2 639 3.4
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 7 2,607 13.7
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 254 1.3
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 130 54,353  

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 189,731. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (54,353) include 28.6% 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.