Austin-San Marcos, TX MSA
Denominational Groups, 2000
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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
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| Religious Bodies |
Theology |
Congregations |
Adherents |
% Change |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+4 |
+115,520 |
100.6% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+41 |
+13,386 |
11.7% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+9,000 |
25.5% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+8 |
+8,500 |
170.0% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+7,529 |
150.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+12 |
+4,849 |
98.2% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+4,848 |
40.8% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+2,094 |
19.1% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+2,045 |
16.7% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+1,585 |
30.6% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+1,406 |
12.2% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+1,075 |
179.5% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+1,069 |
504.2% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+815 |
4.5% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
-5 |
+788 |
14.5% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+756 |
466.7% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+425 |
653.8% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+380 |
23.2% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+351 |
124.9% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
+309 |
6.2% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+1 |
+291 |
50.3% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+199 |
159.2% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+197 |
27.4% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+181 |
218.1% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+123 |
52.3% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+67 |
42.7% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+42 |
37.5% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+31 |
16.8% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+28 |
73.7% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+9 |
20.9% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-15 |
-18.5% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-182 |
-12.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-183 |
-13.4% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-187 |
-14.2% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-203 |
-91.9% |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-228 |
-13.1% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+82
| +176,900 |
+47.7% |
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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 adherent totals for 1990 (403,660) represent 47.7% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (558,223) include 44.7% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 36 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 36 groups had 371,144 adherents in 1990 and 548,044 adherents in 2000, for a change of 47.7%
Sources
The 2000 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and includes statistics for 149 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Dale E. Jones, Sherri Doty, Clifford Grammich, James E. Horsch, Richard Houseal, Mac Lynn, John P. Marcum, Kenneth M. Sanchagrin and Richard H. Taylor supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Religious Congregations & Membership in the United States, 2000, published by the Glenmary Research Center.
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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