Dane County, Wisconsin
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† |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
39 |
102,227 |
278.5 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
51 |
47,758 |
130.1 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
22 |
9,368 |
25.5 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
15 |
6,586 |
17.9 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
4,714 |
12.8 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
10 |
4,572 |
12.5 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
3 |
4,500 |
12.3 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
3,927 |
10.7 |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
n.a. |
3,407 |
9.3 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
2,437 |
6.6 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
6 |
2,146 |
5.9 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
1,515 |
4.1 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
4 |
1,373 |
3.7 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
2 |
1,350 |
3.7 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
1,150 |
3.1 |
| Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
4 |
967 |
2.6 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
900 |
2.5 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
727 |
2.0 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
614 |
1.7 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
571 |
1.6 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
418 |
1.1 |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
288 |
0.8 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
268 |
0.7 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
198 |
0.5 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
195 |
0.5 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
139 |
0.4 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
133 |
0.4 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
132 |
0.4 |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
112 |
0.3 |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
103 |
0.3 |
| Church of the Lutheran Confession |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
99 |
0.3 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
91 |
0.3 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
87 |
0.2 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
67 |
0.2 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
58 |
0.2 |
| Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
38 |
0.1 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
29 |
0.1 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
24 |
0.1 |
| Advent Christian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
12 |
0.0 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 231 |
203,300 |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 367,085. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (203,300) include 55.4% 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.
