Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSA
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 |
% Change |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-16 |
+31,718 |
10.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+8 |
+12,371 |
194.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+3 |
+2,580 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+2,350 |
n.a. |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+1,299 |
n.a. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+6 |
+1,130 |
76.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+1,105 |
90.0% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+1,100 |
n.a. |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+910 |
431.0% |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+3 |
+560 |
n.a. |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+525 |
188.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+475 |
74.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+395 |
840.0% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+361 |
101.0% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+249 |
66.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+162 |
n.a. |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+134 |
n.a. |
| Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia |
Orthodox |
0 |
+133 |
173.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+92 |
256.0% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+84 |
100.0% |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+59 |
31.0% |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+54 |
41.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+40 |
n.a. |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+37 |
123.0% |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+8 |
1.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-5 |
-3.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-12 |
-5.0% |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-13 |
-25.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-89 |
-22.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-99 |
-82.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
-107 |
-10.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-148 |
-27.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-162 |
-42.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
-380 |
-26.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-481 |
-79.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
-489 |
-3.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
-514 |
-16.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-556 |
-27.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-1,478 |
-24.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-3,168 |
-36.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-4 |
-5,113 |
-38.0% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-6 |
-7,970 |
-32.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
-5 |
-8,785 |
-44.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-12 |
-12,549 |
-27.0% |
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Totals:
28
| +15,813 |
+3.4% |
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The population of these 6 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 824,729; in 2000 it was 875,583. The total population changed 1.6%. The adherent totals for 1980 (473,866) represent 57.5% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (490,449) include 56.0% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 44 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 44 groups had 469,159 adherents in 1980 and 484,972 adherents in 2000, for a change of 3.4%
Sources
The 2000 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and includes statistics for 149 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Dale E. Jones, Sherri Doty, Clifford Grammich, James E. Horsch, Richard Houseal, Mac Lynn, John P. Marcum, Kenneth M. Sanchagrin and Richard H. Taylor supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Religious Congregations & Membership in the United States, 2000, published by the Glenmary Research Center.
The 1980 data were collected by the Glenmary Research Center and include statistics for 111 Judeo-Christian church bodies, including number of churches and adherents. Bernard Quinn, Herman Anderson, Martin Bradley, Paul Goetting and Peggy Shriver supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1980, published by the Glenmary Research Center.
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