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Alexandria, LA MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

50,421 6,966   21,089 1,061 46,800
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
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 87 44,229 336.2
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 25 6,826 51.9
Catholic Church Catholic 25 20,376 154.9
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 8 1,575 12.0
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 6 1,453 11.0
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 6 824 6.3
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 5 184 1.4
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 3 187 1.4
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 3 178 1.4
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 3 516 3.9
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 2 589 4.5
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 2 323 2.5
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 2 350 2.7
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 2 260 2.0
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 2 760 5.8
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 2 191 1.5
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 11 0.1
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 1 103 0.8
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Theology 1 n.a. n.a.
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 1 138 1.1
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 83 0.6
Primitive Baptists Associations Evangelical Protestant 1 51 0.4
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 94 0.7
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 300 2.3
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 1 267 2.0
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant 1 90 0.7
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 1 32 0.2
Black Baptists Estimate Evangelical Protestant n.a. 9,489 72.1
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 194 89,479  
The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 131,556. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (89,479) include 68.0% 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.