Wood 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 |
21 |
27,310 |
371.0 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
13 |
10,963 |
148.9 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
6 |
3,678 |
50.0 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
2,180 |
29.6 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
4 |
2,143 |
29.1 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
6 |
1,700 |
23.1 |
| Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
5 |
1,105 |
15.0 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
1,028 |
14.0 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
867 |
11.8 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
468 |
6.4 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
401 |
5.5 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
395 |
5.4 |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
379 |
5.2 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
2 |
348 |
4.7 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
250 |
3.4 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
242 |
3.3 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
206 |
2.8 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
145 |
2.0 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
129 |
1.8 |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
77 |
1.1 |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
60 |
0.8 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
41 |
0.6 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
31 |
0.4 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
1 |
29 |
0.4 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 88 |
54,175 |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 73,605. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (54,175) include 73.6% 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.
