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Denominational Groups, 2000

135,700 44,985 670 19,637 6,074 270,375
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 173 105,385 253.8
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 60 27,559 66.4
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 20 4,301 10.4
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 18 2,244 5.4
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 16 5,649 13.6
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant 16 1,956 4.7
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 13 1,732 4.2
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 12 5,247 12.6
Catholic Church Catholic 12 16,147 38.9
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 10 3,535 8.5
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 9 4,177 10.1
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 8 5,850 14.1
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 7 1,328 3.2
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 7 853 2.1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 6 2,352 5.7
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 6 1,210 2.9
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 6 717 1.7
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 5 792 1.9
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 5 225 0.5
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 4 2,100 5.1
Advent Christian Church Evangelical Protestant 3 280 0.7
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 3 847 2.0
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant 3 189 0.5
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 3 138 0.3
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 2 882 2.1
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 2 1,400 3.4
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant 2 75 0.2
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Theology 2 n.a. n.a.
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Evangelical Protestant 2 1,294 3.1
Primitive Baptists Associations Evangelical Protestant 2 345 0.8
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 2 349 0.8
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 23 0.1
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 1 106 0.3
Mennonite Church USA Evangelical Protestant 1 66 0.2
Independent Fundamental Churches of America Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. n.a.
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 190 0.5
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 61 0.2
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 1 45 0.1
Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada Evangelical Protestant 1 38 0.1
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 1 n.a. n.a.
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 183 0.4
Black Baptists Estimate Evangelical Protestant n.a. 44,054 106.1
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 449 243,924  
The population of these counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 415,184. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (243,924) include 58.8% 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.