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Anchorage, AK MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

38,029 13,136 10,717 23,017 11,972 163,412
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 7 15,175 87.0
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 17 10,264 58.8
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 11 4,900 28.1
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 7 2,690 15.4
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 14 2,022 11.6
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 8 1,980 11.4
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 3 1,546 8.9
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 3 1,431 8.2
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 5 1,280 7.3
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 6 922 5.3
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 4 732 4.2
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 2 656 3.8
Baptist General Conference Evangelical Protestant 4 556 3.2
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 4 480 2.8
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 1 450 2.6
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 2 375 2.2
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 2 342 2.0
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 2 339 1.9
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 1 287 1.7
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches Mainline Protestant 1 280 1.6
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 2 275 1.6
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 1 240 1.4
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant 1 216 1.2
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 206 1.2
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 3 175 1.0
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 147 0.8
Evangelical Covenant Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 111 0.6
Conservative Baptist Association of America Evangelical Protestant 2 102 0.6
Baptist Missionary Association of America Evangelical Protestant 1 79 0.5
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant 1 64 0.4
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches Mainline Protestant 1 50 0.3
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 1 34 0.2
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 120 48,406  

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 174,431. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (48,406) include 27.8% of the total population in 1980.

Source

The 1980 data were collected by the Glenmary Research Center and includes statistics for 111 Judeo-Christian church bodies, including number of churches and adherents. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1980, published by the Glenmary Research Center.

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.