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Walla Walla County, Washington

Denominational Groups, 2000

9,760 4,136 16 6,326 1,721 33,221
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 Association, The Evangelical Protestant 1 12 0.2
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 4 1,140 20.7
Bahá'í Other Theology 2 61 1.1
Baptist Missionary Association of America Evangelical Protestant 1 63 1.1
Catholic Church Catholic 4 6,326 114.6
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 1 99 1.8
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 2 549 10.0
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 1 463 8.4
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 5 1,660 30.1
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 3 525 9.5
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 2 135 2.5
Community of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 52 0.9
Conservative Baptist Association of America Evangelical Protestant 1 180 3.3
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 1 625 11.3
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 2 729 13.2
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 1 22 0.4
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 27 0.5
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches Evangelical Protestant 2 214 3.9
Hindu Other Theology 1 n.a. n.a.
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 2 118 2.1
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 196 3.6
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses Orthodox 1 16 0.3
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant 2 68 1.2
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 4 998 18.1
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 139 2.5
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 8 5,939 107.6
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 2 395 7.2
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 1 271 4.9
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 2 937 17.0
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 60 21,959  
Total (Adjusted)**:   24,565  

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 48,439; in 2000 it was 55,180. The total population changed 13.9%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (21,959) include 39.8% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (24,565) include 44.5% of the population.

Source

*The “Unadjusted Totals” come from the 1990 and 2000 data collected by representatives of the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). While quite comprehensive, this data excludes most of the historically African-American denominations and some other major groups. As a result, these numbers will be an underestimate of the total adherence rate, particularly in areas with a large African-American population. The 2000 data included 149 religious groups and the final results are published in Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Copyright © 2002, All rights reserved. The 1990 data included 132 groups and the final results are published in Churches and Church Membership in the United States 1990 Copyright © 1990, All rights reserved. Published by Glenmary Research Center, 1312 Fifth Ave., North, Nashville, TN 37208. www.glenmary.org/grc [More information on the data collection]

**The “Adjusted Totals” include all adherents in the denominations counted by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and estimates adherent totals for the historically African-American denominations and other religious groups not listed in the ASARB totals. An article by Roger Finke and Christopher P. Scheitle (2005) reviews how these estimates were computed.

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.

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