Dane County, Wisconsin

Denominational Groups, 2000

22,292	72,191	1,375	119,246	8,820	202,602
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^†
Catholic Church	Catholic	39	119,246	279.6
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	52	49,561	116.2
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	23	8,595	20.2
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	15	5,645	13.2
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	2	4,500	10.6
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	5	4,500	10.6
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	11	4,473	10.5
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	10	4,190	9.8
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	12	4,173	9.8
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	6	2,003	4.7
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	9	1,849	4.3
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	3	1,730	4.1
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	7	1,393	3.3
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	1	1,251	2.9
Muslim Estimate	Other Theology	2	1,218	2.9
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	4	1,129	2.7
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	2	1,114	2.6
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches and other Fundamental Baptist Associations/Fellowships	Evangelical Protestant	6	828	1.9
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	743	1.7
Moravian Church in America--Northern Province	Mainline Protestant	4	706	1.7
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	2	576	1.4
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	2	420	1.0
North American Baptist Conference	Evangelical Protestant	1	289	0.7
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	2	286	0.7
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	3	251	0.6
Bahá'í	Other Theology	3	243	0.6
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	2	243	0.6
International Council of Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	1	230	0.5
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	3	213	0.5
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	200	0.5
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	1	200	0.5
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	2	192	0.5
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	3	179	0.4
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	1	169	0.4
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	171	0.4
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	146	0.3
Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	2	135	0.3
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	2	132	0.3
Community of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	131	0.3
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	2	127	0.3
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	1	124	0.3
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Evangelical Protestant	1	100	0.2
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	2	75	0.2
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	1	76	0.2
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	1	63	0.2
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	1	42	0.1
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	28	0.1
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	1	25	0.1
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	1	11	0.0
Buddhism	Other Theology	11	n.a.	n.a.
Hindu	Other Theology	1	n.a.	n.a.
Sikh	Other Theology	1	n.a.	n.a.
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	273	223,924
	Total (Adjusted)^:**		254,129

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 367,085; in 2000 it was 426,526. The total population changed 16.2%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (223,924) include 52.5% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (254,129) include 59.6% 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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