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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 26 11,088 85.8
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 14 3,619 28.0
Catholic Church Catholic 10 16,893 130.8
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 9 4,856 37.6
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 7 1,261 9.8
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 7 3,966 30.7
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 7 5,405 41.8
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 6 3,937 30.5
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 5 561 4.3
Mennonite Church USA Evangelical Protestant 5 1,079 8.4
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 4 1,348 10.4
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 3 222 1.7
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 3 77 0.6
Independent Fundamental Churches of America Evangelical Protestant 2 n.a. n.a.
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 2 595 4.6
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 2 466 3.6
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 2 459 3.6
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 2 749 5.8
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. Evangelical Protestant 2 780 6.0
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 2 562 4.4
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 1 643 5.0
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Theology 1 n.a. n.a.
Christ Catholic Church Evangelical Protestant 1 5 0.0
Baptist General Conference Evangelical Protestant 1 65 0.5
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 1 104 0.8
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 1 170 1.3
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 1 108 0.8
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 201 1.6
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 1 88 0.7
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant 1 76 0.6
Evangelical Mennonite Church Evangelical Protestant 1 44 0.3
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant 1 12 0.1
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 1 272 2.1
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 1 217 1.7
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 1,800 13.9
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 25 0.2
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 88 0.7
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 1 56 0.4
Advent Christian Church Evangelical Protestant 1 30 0.2
Black Baptists Estimate Evangelical Protestant n.a. 1,674 13.0
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 139 63,601  
The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 129,180. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (63,601) include 49.2% 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.