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Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

53,335 52,964 795 141,238 2,568 107,465
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 55 109,944 377.3
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 24 32,030 109.9
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 35 24,494 84.1
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 17 12,184 41.8
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 22 9,184 31.5
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 15 8,130 27.9
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 8 3,689 12.7
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 4 2,628 9.0
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 10 1,564 5.4
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 6 715 2.5
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference Evangelical Protestant 2 441 1.5
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 1 285 1.0
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 2 272 0.9
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 3 252 0.9
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 2 242 0.8
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 2 225 0.8
Moravian Church in America--Northern Province Mainline Protestant 1 209 0.7
The Protestant Conference (Lutheran) Evangelical Protestant 1 200 0.7
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 2 190 0.7
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 1 185 0.6
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 2 183 0.6
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 90 0.3
Baptist General Conference Evangelical Protestant 1 65 0.2
Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America Evangelical Protestant 1 56 0.2
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 35 0.1
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 16 0.1
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant 1 16 0.1
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 1 14 0.1
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 222 207,538  

The population of these counties (or equivalent) in 1980 was 291,369. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (207,538) include 71.2% 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.