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Bloomington-Normal, IL MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

21,694 24,034   19,032 1,714 83,959
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
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 27 11,420 95.9
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 14 4,304 36.1
Catholic Church Catholic 10 18,589 156.0
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 8 5,432 45.6
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 8 2,717 22.8
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 7 5,106 42.9
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 6 1,344 11.3
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 5 3,069 25.8
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 4 726 6.1
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 4 1,345 11.3
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 3 373 3.1
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 3 541 4.5
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 2 451 3.8
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 2 260 2.2
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 2 646 5.4
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 40 0.3
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 1 529 4.4
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 1 191 1.6
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 1 222 1.9
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 1 272 2.3
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 502 4.2
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 1 214 1.8
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 191 1.6
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 1 53 0.4
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 114 58,537  

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 119,149. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (58,537) include 49.1% 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.