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Binghamton, NY MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

11,160 38,196 4,146 72,765 4,387 121,666
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 39 72,765 288.4
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 5 2,495 9.9
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 13 1,299 5.2
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 2 218 0.9
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant 1 221 0.9
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 2 98 0.4
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 1 100 0.4
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 4 1,016 4.0
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 2 150 0.6
Community of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 99 0.4
Conservative Baptist Association of America Evangelical Protestant 1 160 0.6
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference Evangelical Protestant 1 207 0.8
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 1 130 0.5
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 3 335 1.3
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches Evangelical Protestant 17 2,093 8.3
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 3 638 2.5
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 1 120 0.5
Primitive Methodist Church in the USA Evangelical Protestant 1 61 0.2
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 164 0.7
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 4 235 0.9
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 6 913 3.6
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 2 408 1.6
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 10 2,291 9.1
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 1 102 0.4
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 13 4,179 16.6
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 7 3,111 12.3
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches Mainline Protestant 1 18 0.1
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 21 4,476 17.7
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 8 960 3.8
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 66 23,059 91.4
American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church Orthodox 2 1,868 7.4
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Etchmiadzin Orthodox 1 180 0.7
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 2 564 2.2
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses Orthodox 2 484 1.9
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia Orthodox 1 n.a. n.a.
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA Orthodox 1 1,050 4.2
Bahá'í Other Theology 0 40 0.2
Buddhism Other Theology 2 n.a. n.a.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 4 1,104 4.4
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 3 2,400 9.5
Muslim Estimate Other Theology 1 600 2.4
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 243 1.0
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 258 130,654  
Total (Adjusted)**:   146,676  
The population of these 2 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 264,497; in 2000 it was 252,320. The total population changed -4.6%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (130,654) include 51.8% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (146,676) include 58.1% 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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