Altoona, PA MSA
Denominational Groups, 2000
|
|
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.
[More information on the data sources]
Reports
|
| Religious Bodies |
Theology |
Congregations |
Adherents |
Adherence Rate† |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
23 |
26,028 |
199.4 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
46 |
13,733 |
105.2 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
24 |
10,946 |
83.9 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
20 |
5,064 |
38.8 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
10 |
2,584 |
19.8 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
13 |
1,813 |
13.9 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
1,100 |
8.4 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
1,078 |
8.3 |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
910 |
7.0 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
755 |
5.8 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
678 |
5.2 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
665 |
5.1 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
3 |
567 |
4.3 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
2 |
480 |
3.7 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
424 |
3.3 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
417 |
3.2 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
1 |
396 |
3.0 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
266 |
2.0 |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
n.a. |
256 |
2.0 |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
232 |
1.8 |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
183 |
1.4 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
133 |
1.0 |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
100 |
0.8 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
91 |
0.7 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
79 |
0.6 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
67 |
0.5 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
52 |
0.4 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
50 |
0.4 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
43 |
0.3 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
|
Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 200 |
69,190 |
|
|
The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 130,542. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (69,190) include 53.0% 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.
[More information on the data collection]
†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.
