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^†
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	26	12,069	46.4
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	19	8,203	31.5
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	12	4,620	17.8
Catholic Church	Catholic	11	23,017	88.4
Buddhism	Other Theology	9	n.a.	n.a.
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	9	2,294	8.8
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	9	4,678	18.0
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	9	1,399	5.4
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	8	1,416	5.4
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	6	938	3.6
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	6	1,070	4.1
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	6	2,012	7.7
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	5	1,556	6.0
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	5	2,107	8.1
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	5	2,314	8.9
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	4	809	3.1
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	4	641	2.5
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	4	1,605	6.2
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	4	492	1.9
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	3	2,300	8.8
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	3	659	2.5
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses	Orthodox	3	9,631	37.0
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	3	362	1.4
Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	3	267	1.0
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	2	78	0.3
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	2	284	1.1
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	2	235	0.9
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	2	302	1.2
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	2	153	0.6
Muslim Estimate	Other Theology	2	1,218	4.7
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	2	60	0.2
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	2	900	3.5
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	2	6,000	23.1
Sikh	Other Theology	2	n.a.	n.a.
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	2	137	0.5
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	1	596	2.3
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	1	518	2.0
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	1	23	0.1
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	1	n.a.	n.a.
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	1	251	1.0
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	1	255	1.0
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA	Orthodox	1	40	0.2
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	1	53	0.2
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	73	0.3
Moravian Church in America--Alaska Province	Mainline Protestant	1	19	0.1
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	1	30	0.1
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	26	0.1
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	219	0.8
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Evangelical Protestant	1	150	0.6
Community of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	317	1.2
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	1	25	0.1
Hindu	Other Theology	1	n.a.	n.a.
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	1	450	1.7
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	216	96,871
	Total (Adjusted)^:**		112,355

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 226,338; in 2000 it was 260,283. The total population changed 15.0%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (96,871) include 37.2% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (112,355) include 43.2% of the population.

Source

^*The “Unadjusted Totals” come from the 1990 and 2000 data collected by representatives of the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). While quite comprehensive, this data excludes most of the historically African-American denominations and some other major groups. As a result, these numbers will be an underestimate of the total adherence rate, particularly in areas with a large African-American population. The 2000 data included 149 religious groups and the final results are published in Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Copyright © 2002, All rights reserved. The 1990 data included 132 groups and the final results are published in Churches and Church Membership in the United States 1990 Copyright © 1990, All rights reserved. Published by Glenmary Research Center, 1312 Fifth Ave., North, Nashville, TN 37208. www.glenmary.org/grc [More information on the data collection]

^**The “Adjusted Totals” include all adherents in the denominations counted by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and estimates adherent totals for the historically African-American denominations and other religious groups not listed in the ASARB totals. An article by Roger Finke and Christopher P. Scheitle (2005) reviews how these estimates were computed.

^†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.

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