Metro Area Membership Report
 Maps and Reports > Select Metro Area > Metro Area Report
Search Maps & Reports:

Austin-San Marcos, TX MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

196,511 101,019 1,173 230,358 29,162 691,540
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.
[More information on the data sources]

Reports


Religious Bodies Theology Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 173 127,903 102.3
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 79 44,296 35.4
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 70 12,904 10.3
Catholic Church Catholic 55 230,358 184.3
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 40 18,735 15.0
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 39 6,210 5.0
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 32 13,056 10.5
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 28 16,724 13.4
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 23 9,788 7.8
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 22 14,312 11.5
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 19 5,254 4.2
National Primitive Baptist Convention, USA Evangelical Protestant 14 1,768 1.4
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 11 13,500 10.8
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 11 1,183 1.0
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 11 2,019 1.6
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant 10 915 0.7
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 9 1,674 1.3
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 8 1,334 1.1
Buddhism Other Theology 8 n.a. n.a.
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 8 1,128 0.9
Bahá'í Other Theology 7 1,091 0.9
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 6 6,760 5.4
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 6 358 0.3
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 6 12,550 10.0
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant 6 490 0.4
Cumberland Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant 6 1,509 1.2
Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line Evangelical Protestant 6 n.a. n.a.
Muslim Estimate Other Theology 5 3,914 3.1
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 5 918 0.7
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 4 869 0.7
Hindu Other Theology 4 n.a. n.a.
American Baptist Association, The Evangelical Protestant 4 182 0.2
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 3 632 0.5
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches Evangelical Protestant 3 n.a. n.a.
Vineyard USA Evangelical Protestant 3 836 0.7
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 3 154 0.1
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 3 1,281 1.0
Community of Christ Evangelical Protestant 2 231 0.2
Sikh Other Theology 2 n.a. n.a.
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 2 66 0.1
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant 2 264 0.2
Southwide Baptist Fellowship Evangelical Protestant 2 n.a. n.a.
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The Orthodox 2 642 0.5
North American Baptist Conference Evangelical Protestant 2 216 0.2
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 2 75 0.1
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant 1 56 0.0
Mennonite Church USA Evangelical Protestant 1 52 0.0
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 324 0.3
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 1 66 0.1
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 31 0.0
International Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 260 0.2
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches Mainline Protestant 1 321 0.3
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 224 0.2
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 18 0.0
Coptic Orthodox Church Orthodox 1 n.a. n.a.
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 1 291 0.2
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 89 0.1
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Etchmiadzin Orthodox 1 140 0.1
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 107 0.1
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, American Diocese of the Orthodox 1 100 0.1
Baptist Missionary Association of America Evangelical Protestant 1 45 0.0
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 782 558,223  
Total (Adjusted)**:   657,402  
The population of these 5 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 846,227; in 2000 it was 1,249,763. The total population changed 47.7%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (558,223) include 44.7% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (657,402) include 52.6% 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 [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.

[More information on the data source]